# Get the unread notification count

Returns how many of the signed-in user’s notifications have no `readAt`. Only a dashboard session can call this.

## GET `/v1/notifications/unread-count`

### Authorization

`Authorization` Bearer token · header required

``nAuthorization: Bearer <token>`` with an API key (`sfa_` prefix), an OAuth access token, a session token, or a Space machine credential (`sfm_` prefix).

## Responses

### 200 Response for status 200

`$schema` string <uri>

Canonical JSON Schema URL for this response body. The server also sends it in the `Link: rel="describedby"` response header.

`data` object required  
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`count` integer required  
How many of the user's notifications have no `readAt`.

min 0 · max 9007199254740991

default Error. Every 4xx and 5xx response is one RFC 9457 problem document served as `application/problem+json`.

`$schema` string <uri>

Canonical JSON Schema URL for this response body. The server also sends it in the `Link: rel="describedby"` response header.

`type` string required

URL of the documentation page for this error. Derived from `code`.

`title` string required

Human-readable name of the error type. Derived from `code`.

`status` integer required

HTTP status of the response, repeated in the body.

min -9007199254740991 · max 9007199254740991

`detail` string required

What went wrong in this request.

`code` string required

Stable snake_case error code. Match on this, not on `detail`.

`pointer` string

RFC 6901 JSON Pointer to the request field or batch entry that failed, for example `/files/37/path`. Present on validation failures.

`details` object

Machine-readable context keyed by the error code.

`suggestions` string[]

Recovery steps safe to show to a person.

`next` string[]

Commands or API requests to run next, usable as written.

`requestId` string required

ID of this request, from the `X-Request-Id` header or generated. Quote it when contacting support.

## Try it

### Server

**Base URL** https://api.spacefast.com  
**Custom base URL** Overrides the selected server when set.

### Authorization

Bearer token  
Remember on this device  
Include my values in samples

### Request Examples

#### cURL

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.spacefast.com/v1/notifications/unread-count" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
```

#### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://api.spacefast.com/v1/notifications/unread-count", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
  }
});
```

#### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.spacefast.com/v1/notifications/unread-count",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
    },
)
```

## Response

### 200 Default

```json
{
  "$schema": "http://example.com",
  "data": {
    "count": 9007199254740991
  }
}
```

```json
{
  "$schema": "http://example.com",
  "type": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "status": -9007199254740991,
  "detail": "string",
  "code": "string",
  "pointer": "string",
  "details": {
    "property1": null,
    "property2": null
  },
  "suggestions": [
    "string"
  ],
  "next": [
    "string"
  ],
  "requestId": "string"
}
```