Notification

Field	Type	Description
`id`	`int`	Unique identifier for the notification.
`question_id`	`int`\|`null`	Unique identifier for the question this notification refers to, or `null` if the notification does not refer to a specific question.
`content`	`string`(plain text with mentioning markup)	Content of the notification subject, in plain text (HTML stripped) but possibly with mentioning markup.
`personal_message`	`string\|null`	Personal message as part of share (question, solution, recommend expert) if present otherwise `null`.
`icon`	`URL`	URL of the icon that can be displayed with this notification.
`url`	`resource`	Relative path to the target of this notification.
`target_type`	`string`	One of `question`, `solution`, `comment` or `user_profile`.
`target_id`	`int`\|`null`	If the `target_type` is `question`, `solution` or `comment`, then this field contains the id of the referred question, solution or comment respectively. If there is no target id, then this field is `null`.
`is_read`	`boolean`	Indicates if the user has read the notification. This implies that the notification has also be seen.
`is_seen`	`boolean`	Indicates if the user has seen the notification.
`type`	`string`	The notification type. Please find all possible notification types in the Notification Type section
`user`	`resource`	The user that has triggered the notification. If no user is available, this will be set to `null`.
`created`	`datetime`	Creation date of the notification.

{
    "id": 21,
    "question_id": 10931,
    "content": "You'll never know..",
    "personal_message": null,
    "icon": "https://cdn.example.com/avatar/default/2d/1b84215e2f035a22f6fec213d3b1d9.jpg",
    "url": "/question/10931/is-there-a-study-in-scarlet",
    "target_type": "solution",
    "target_id": 912,
    "is_seen": true,
    "is_read": true,
    "type": "new_solution",
    "user": {
        "image": "https://cdn.example.com/static/user/default.jpg",
        "firstname": "Sherlock",
        "is_deleted": false,
        "lastname": "Holmes",
        "id": 17310,
        "email": "sherlock.holmes@example.com",
        "location": "London",
        "customfields": { "occupation": "Detective" }
    },
    "created": "2014-10-07T08:45:20.000Z"
}

Notification Types

A mapping and description of all possible notifications a user could receive.

In the table below, "you" always refers to the user who receives the notification.

For some notification types, whether there is a referring user or not is decided by the concept of question poser anonymity.

Type	Description	Referring user
`new_comment_to_question`	A new comment to a question has been posed	The comment author (if different from the question poser)
`new_comment_to_your_question`	A new comment to your question has been posed	The comment author
`new_comment_to_solution`	A new comment to a solution has been posed	The comment author (if different from the question poser)
`new_comment_to_your_solution`	A new comment to your solution has been posed	The comment author (if different from the question poser)
`new_solution`	A solution has been added	The solution author
`new_solution_to_your_question`	A solution has been added to your question	The solution author
`solution_rated`	A solution has been rated	/
`solution_rated_by_question_poser`	A solution has been rated	/
`new_question`	You have been selected as an expert for a new question	/
`new_question_random_user`	A new question that potentially might interest you	/
`question_forwarded`	A question has been forwarded to you	The user who sent the question to you
`question_forwarded_inactive`	A question has been forwarded to you, while your user was not yet activated	The user who sent the question to you
`solution_from_comment`	A comment has been converted into a solution	/
`question_changed_to_solution_author`	A question that you have solved has been significantly edited	/
`solution_changed_to_question_poser`	A solution to your question has been significantly edited	The solution author
`solution_changed_to_solution_rater`	A solution that you have rated has been significantly edited	The solution author
`validation_request`	A validation has been requested for your solution	/
`validation`	A previously expired solution was validated	The solution author
`validation_to_your_question`	A previously expired solution to your question was validated	The solution author
`validation_new_expert`	You have been selected as an expert to provide a new solution for a question with expired solutions, for which a solution validation was requested	/
`tag_subscription`	New question with a tag that you have subscribed to	/
`new_user_score_level_reached`	You have reached a new level in the gamification mode	/
`mention_in_question`	You have been mentioned in a question	/
`mention_in_solution`	The user has been mentioned in a solution	The solution author
`mention_in_comment`	The user has been mentioned in a comment	The comment author (if different from the question poser, or if it's a comment to a solution which the comment author wrote himself)
`share_question`	A question has been shared with you	The user who shared the question
`share_solution`	A solution has been shared with you	The user who shared the solution