Hey.Café Endpoint Docs
Get Explore Accounts
get_explore_ accounts
Get a list of recently active and intresting accounts.
https://endpoint.hey.cafe/get_explore_accountsVariables
A list of variables needed to make the call work, they can be provided via the URL or POST.
countHow many items to return (default 20).
suggestIf provide TRUE we will show accounts not followed by the logged in user based on mutual followers.
newIf provide TRUE we will show only accounts created in the last week.
proIf provide TRUE we will show only accounts that are PRO.
typeThe type of account to return, from person, business, robot, or creator.
Example Response
https://endpoint.hey.cafe/get_explore_accounts{
"system_api_endpoint": "endpoint-009.hey.cafe",
"system_api_timestamp": "20260811064317",
"system_api_request_ip": "0.0.0.0",
"system_api_request_status": "valid",
"system_api_request_country": "FI",
"system_api_error": false,
"system_api_error_reason": "",
"response_data": {
"found_items": true,
"accounts": {
"ehdr0wsllxnt8x5": {
"id": "ehdr0wsllxnt8x5",
"alias": "workinonit",
"name": "Keith Bevan",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260302044443-1oooqhklk8ugzd2.jpg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260302044739-mc9s0u1pqgz2uxn.jpg",
"bio": "I live in British Columbia Canada and enjoy spending time working on my model railway, vintage vehicles, camping and fishing with friends. I have cancer and a few other medical issues, but try not to let them stop me.",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064317",
"active": "20260811064316",
"created": "20260301184734",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "0",
"type": "person",
"admin": "0",
"moderator": "0",
"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
"public_comment": "1",
"public_react": "1"
},
"wqhosjjk0mx8oue": {
"id": "wqhosjjk0mx8oue",
"alias": "danastill",
"name": "Dana Still",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-07\/20260713150317-v6o1xlzv5y4as62.jpg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260312055453-zyhvgyua8k65gd0.jpg",
"bio": "I'm a retired actor. Mostly stage but some TV\/film back in the 80s and 90s. I'm a prostate cancer patient\/survivor. I'm married to Jane. We have 2 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. We live in Parksville on Vancouver Island. 🍁 ",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064317",
"active": "20260811064313",
"created": "20260303115251",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "1",
"type": "person",
"admin": "0",
"moderator": "0",
"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
"public_comment": "1",
"public_react": "1"
},
"zy56n1u2xika49024vmi2xegp": {
"id": "zy56n1u2xika49024vmi2xegp",
"alias": "anthony",
"name": "Anthony Lee",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-04\/20260404073710-wl7ji48asq4zeub.png",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-05\/20260526123845-n093npz488pu3gs.png",
"bio": "I am a Canadian 🇨🇦🍁 developer on large scale web servers and applications and creator and developer on Hey.Café! Always ready to help any way that I can.",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064317",
"active": "20260811064312",
"created": "20210414004138",
"verified": "1",
"pro": "1",
"type": "person",
"admin": "1",
"moderator": "0",
"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
"public_comment": "1",
"public_react": "1"
},
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"id": "fbmkcfdgp1byefd",
"alias": "kathleensommerville",
"name": "Kathleen Sommerville 🇨🇦",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260313133445-b2tc5fkpcbtkgve.jpeg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-04\/20260419051702-vxdg4hjv6u2vo64.jpeg",
"bio": "Proud Canadian! Love my city Toronto with its lake and rivers, trees, parks and fantastic food from possibly every corner of the earth. Grateful! More peace, less war. Respect for the environment. Support public healthcare, public education and the arts.",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064305",
"active": "20260811064259",
"created": "20260313133238",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "0",
"type": "person",
"admin": "0",
"moderator": "0",
"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
"public_comment": "1",
"public_react": "1"
},
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"alias": "flipme",
"name": "Phil",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260305093454-sbiwt2fqh0nftvx.jpeg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260323071509-pvi7skyhd1h3abc.jpeg",
"bio": "Born in the Netherlands and proud Canadian",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064317",
"active": "20260811064257",
"created": "20260303131316",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "0",
"type": "person",
"admin": "0",
"moderator": "0",
"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
"public_comment": "1",
"public_react": "1"
},
"m7wh56wd4ily4sb": {
"id": "m7wh56wd4ily4sb",
"alias": "kondor_one",
"name": "John Bunker",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-07\/20260726062310-c6dyfm3c0jfj7wz.jpg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/defaults\/header_account.jpg",
"bio": "Theoretically Retired. College, University. Major: Psychology. Lic. Pilot ( lapsed ) & aircraft owner. Ski Instructor. Skydiver. Scuba. Sailing. Motorcyclist. 20 years Retail\/Studio\/Photographer. 15 years Communications Police Service. Adv. Lic. - Ham Radio. VE3JAC Hobbies - Travel, Radio and Computer Gaming. I am conservative and an Atheist. ",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064105",
"active": "20260811064101",
"created": "20260726062036",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "0",
"type": "person",
"admin": "0",
"moderator": "0",
"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
"public_comment": "1",
"public_react": "1"
},
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"alias": "rvgrebtelus_net",
"name": "Ronnyg57",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260317064955-7nxuho9di6rtseo.jpeg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/defaults\/header_account.jpg",
"bio": "Retired senior who doesn’t use social media much ",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811062810",
"active": "20260811064230",
"created": "20260317061917",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "0",
"type": "person",
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"language": "en",
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"public_react": "1"
},
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"alias": "jooda",
"name": "Jooda",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2022-11\/20221107110125-t1c6a68o8l.png",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2022-11\/20221107060413-gpsql7328f.jpeg",
"bio": "lemons",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260330012900",
"active": "20260811064138",
"created": "20211215052731",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "0",
"type": "person",
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"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
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},
"4y1av7shbs81u43": {
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"alias": "nomadic_bucca",
"name": "Colin",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-05\/20260516105315-5a5kta36f15dr7f.jpg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260331045408-sux1tx8usnkc3mu.jpg",
"bio": "Born Uranium City '67. Raised Port Hope, Vancouver & Saskatoon. Cut teeth on student stints: Manitouwadge, Fraser Lake, Campbell River, Yellowknife, Montréal. Career mostly Saskatchewan, with turns in Europe incl Cornwall (my ancestral roots) & Azerbaijan. Back to Canada after years in UK. A bit of a tramp miner (nowhere near as much as many).",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064237",
"active": "20260811064133",
"created": "20260323045704",
"verified": "0",
"pro": "1",
"type": "person",
"admin": "0",
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"language": "en",
"public_view": "1",
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},
"oq7ei89vwbem2lj": {
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"alias": "brendon",
"name": "Gayle",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/defaults\/avatar_account.png",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/defaults\/header_account.jpg",
"bio": "Hey I have no bio, I must be new!",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064104",
"active": "20260811064057",
"created": "20260303135044",
"verified": "0",
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"language": "en",
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"public_react": "1"
},
"v6u4l9exek7b1xu": {
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"alias": "prysmcat",
"name": "Prysmcat",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260304123331-z529muxvzxji0cm.png",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-05\/20260509140624-c5d7pjansy0525w.jpg",
"bio": "AKA Steph Shangraw. Writer of always-free diverse 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ fantasy. GenX, non-binary, pan, disabled, neurosparkly, pagan, lover of all cats, hater of all things AI\/invasive. 💉😷 @indiediva is my roommate\/BFF !prysmcatbooks !prysmquincunx",
"timeout": false,
"status": "active",
"seen": "20260811064317",
"active": "20260811064042",
"created": "20260304112417",
"verified": "1",
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"type": "creator",
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},
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"alias": "laurajm",
"name": "Laura Manning 🇨🇦",
"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260303140009-9fcp00wug6ko3s8.jpeg",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260303140143-hveqxzjd6rehf2a.jpeg",
"bio": "I’ve seen enough crime shows to know where the bodies are buried (figuratively speaking...mostly). A crime drama fan, I’ve got a logical theory for everything. My current quest: Finding the ultimate all-Canadian skincare routine. 🇨🇦",
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"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-03\/20260301164410-1wtxunzsknn128e.jpg",
"bio": "I never know what to say for these, so here I am.",
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"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/defaults\/header_account.jpg",
"bio": "Retired Engineering Technologist living in South-Central British Columbia, Canada.",
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},
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"name": "Dougie P 🇨🇦🇧🇲",
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"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-08\/20260801103018-smcti6th6viljaf.jpg",
"bio": "REtired but not really tired.",
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"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2026-05\/20260503105413-mnsljpbi5m9gmsf.jpg",
"bio": "Former supporter of Committee for an Independent Canada (yes, I'm old...er). SO glad to see that spirit returning! This is now my more general account. Politics (in the right cafés), grumbling about design and usability, and general faffing about.",
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"avatar": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/2025-08\/20250824140543-97o2fgbshpvyama.png",
"header": "https:\/\/storage.heycafecdn.com\/defaults\/header_account.jpg",
"bio": "Direct feed of the public RSS feed. This is ** NOT ** an official account. A non official Global News account that shares news from Global News.",
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"bio": "You may know Who Jesus is, but do You Know HIM ? IN GOD Alone, I TRUST . One Has to Stand for Something, or One Will Fall for Everything! Isaiah 25:8a HE (Christ Jesus) Will Swallow up death Forever re: the world & Unbelief... John 11:35 Jesus (GOD Himself) wept The fool says In His heart, that there is no GOD ",
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}Response Modifications
We have a few URL options you can provide to modify the API response. If you have any suggestions let us know.
&convert_numeric=VARIABLE
This option will turn an array into a numeric response instead of KEYs when provided with the variable to modify. It will only work on main level variables at this time for example in the call endpoint.hey.cafe/api/account_conversations?query=anthony&convert_numeric=conversations.
&error_boolean=true
Return all responses in system_api_error as a boolean true or false only. If there is an error message when this is active it will be provided in system_api_error_message.
&error_no_http=true
Do not modify the HTTP response code when any error response happens, keep the HTTP response code as 200.
Flags
Some requests have rules that must be followed, they are done on the API end and will be automatically validated and if failed you will get an error message.
Needs Session
On fail will return needs_session and if this falg is set the request will only respond if made by a valid user session or API session.
Needs Agecheck
On fail you will get the response of needs_agecheck and this happens if request is made from an IP in a country or region that has an age verification law. To use this the IP must not be based in an age check region or the user must do the age verification in settings first.