Mark a notification as read

PUThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/{id}/readSign in to see this endpoint's URL

Parameters 1

Name	Type	Description
`id`required	path · integer (int32)	Notification ID.

Responses

200: Updated; returns { message, data }.
404: The notification does not exist.
500: Unexpected server error.

Example

Request

curl -X PUT "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read" \
  -H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response200 OK

{
  "message": "Notification marked as read",
  "data": {
    "id": 2,
    "userId": 101,
    "type": "like",
    "title": "Your post got a like",
    "body": "Emma liked your post 'Getting Started with REST APIs'",
    "read": true,
    "link": "/posts/1",
    "createdAt": "2025-07-16T14:10:00Z"
  }
}

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api.testingapis.com

curl -X PUT 'https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read' \
  -H 'X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

// The shape of the example response in the docs.
type ApiResponse = {
  message: string;
  data: {
    id: number;
    userId: number;
    type: string;
    title: string;
    body: string;
    read: boolean;
    link: string;
    createdAt: string;
  };
};

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const body = (await res.json()) as ApiResponse;
console.log(res.status, body);

import requests

res = requests.put(
    "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read",
    headers={
        "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Put, "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine($"{(int)response.StatusCode} {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read"))
                .header("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
                .method("PUT", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
                .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode() + " " + response.body());
    }
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	data, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(data))
}

PUThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/Notifications/2/read

Path

idrequiredinteger (int32)