Database Values

The following is a description of the various database tables and attributes. (This document is not yet complete).

accesstokens

Generated user access tokens for accessing the API.

appcontent

Instance-level dynamic content, usually created via the admin dashboard, such as the About and Privacy pages.

appmigrations

All database migrations that have been run on this database.

collectionattributes

Used for additional properties on collections.

collectionkeys

Public / private keypairs for all collections on the instance. Used to sign ActivityPub / fediverse requests.

collectionpasswords

Salted and hashed passwords for password-protected collections.

collectionredirects

Data about former aliases for collections that have had them changed, so that the old alias redirects visitors to the new one.

collections

Table that contains collections (i.e. “Blogs”).

• id: int(6). Primary Key. Blog id. Instance specific.

• alias: varchar(100). Blog identifier based on the blog’s title when created.

• title: varchar(255. Cannot be null. Blog name.

• description: varchar(160). Cannot be null. User defined description of blog.

• style_sheet: text. CSS stylesheet data goes here.

• script: text. Currently unused.

• format: varchar(8). User defined format (blog, novel, or notebook).

• privacy: tinyint(1). Cannot be null. 0=Unlisted. 2=Private. 4=Password Protected.

• owner_id: int(6). Cannot be null. The id of the user that published this collection.

• view_count: int(6). Cannot be null. How many views this collection has.

posts

Table that contains data for posts within collections.

• id: Primary Key. Char(16). Randomly generated id.

• slug: varchar(100). Identifier for post. Smartly generated based on post content, favoring: Title > Text > Id.

• modify_token: char(32).

• text_appearance: char(4). Cannot be null. Font class (Serif=norm, Sans-serif=sans, Monospace=wrap)

• language: char2. The post’s language.

• rtl: tinyint(1). Value is 0 if the post is written left-to-right, 1 if written right-to-left (e.g. Arabic), and null if user never explicitly provided this value.

• privacy: Not currently used.

• owner_id: int(6). Id of the author. Id is instance-specific.

• collection_id: int(6). Id of the blog. Id is instance-specific. Null if post is a Draft.

• pinned_position: tinyint(1). The order the post is “pinned” (zero-indexed). Null if not pinned.

• created: timestamp. Cannot be null. Time and date of first publish

• updated: timestamp. Cannot be null. Time and date of last edit

• view_count: int(6). Cannot be null. How many views this post has.

• title: varchar(160). Cannot be null. Title, if author created one (may be empty string).

• content: text. Cannot be null. The content of the post in plain text.

remotefollows

Data about which remote, i.e. ActivityPub / fediverse, users are following which collections.

remoteuserkeys

Public keys of all remote users.

remoteusers

Data needed to communicate with remote users.

userattributes

Additional attributes on users.

userinvites

User invite codes and metadata.

users

Table that contains user data.

• id: int(6). Primary Key. User id. Instance specific.

• username: varchar(100). Cannot be null. Chosen username.

• password: char(60). Cannot be null. Salted and hashed password.

• email: varbinary(255). Encrypted email address. (null if not given by user).

• created: datetime. Cannot be null. Date and time account was created.

usersinvited

Data about which users were brought in by which user-invite.