Merge a duplicate

Two are the same thing. The one in the path survives; the duplicate’s reporters and title move onto it as an alias.

POST/signals/{id}/merge

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

`MEDIAN_KEY` from Settings under API, or an MCP OAuth access token. A key acts as the organization; a token acts as the person who approved it.

Path parameters

idstringrequired

A signal id.

Request body

requiredapplication/json

duplicateIdstringrequired

Responses

200Done.

okboolean

401The bearer token is missing, revoked, or expired.

errorobject

Show properties

codestring

messagestring

404Not one of yours, or not there at all.

errorobject

Show properties

codestring

messagestring

429Too many requests. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`. Limits depend on the plan. See [rate limits](/api/errors-and-limits#rate-limits).

errorobject

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codestring

messagestring

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.median.sh/v1/signals/string/merge" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "duplicateId": "string"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.median.sh/v1/signals/string/merge", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "duplicateId": "string"
})
});

Response

{
  "ok": true
}