docs/_entities/post.md
---
title: Post
---
This is the abstract parent type of [StatusMessage][status_message] and currently still [Reshare][reshare].
{% include warning_box.html
title="Future of reshares"
content="<p>Reshare will not inherit from Post in the future anymore! More information about this
can be found <a href=\"/diaspora_federation/entities/reshare.html\">here</a> or
in <a href=\"https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora_federation/issues/83\">this issue</a>.</p>"
%}
## Common Properties
| Property | Type (Length) | Description |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `author` | [diaspora\* ID][diaspora-id] | The diaspora\* ID of the author of the post. |
| `guid` | [GUID][guid] | The GUID of the post. |
| `created_at` | [Timestamp][timestamp] | The create timestamp of the post. |
| `public` | [Boolean][boolean] | `true` if the post is public. |
## Common Optional Properties
| Property | Type (Length) | Description |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `provider_display_name` | [String][string] (255) | The means by which the author has posted the post. |
[diaspora-id]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/types.html#diaspora-id
[guid]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/types.html#guid
[timestamp]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/types.html#timestamp
[boolean]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/types.html#boolean
[string]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/types.html#string
[status_message]: {{ site.baseurl }}/entities/status_message.html
[reshare]: {{ site.baseurl }}/entities/reshare.html