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Full CRUD for Notion pages, databases, and blocks. Create, read, update, delete, search, and query.

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# Notion Use the Notion API for pages, data sources (databases), and blocks. ## Setup ```bash mkdir -p ~/.config/notion echo "ntn_your_key_here" > ~/.config/notion/api_key ``` Share target pages/databases with your integration in Notion UI. ## API Basics ```bash NOTION_KEY=$(cat ~/.config/notion/api_key) curl -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/..." \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \ -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" ``` ## Common Operations ```bash # Search curl -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/search" -d '{"query": "title"}' # Get page curl "https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/{page_id}" # Get page blocks curl "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/{page_id}/children" # Create page in database curl -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/pages" -d '{ "parent": {"data_source_id": "xxx"}, "properties": {"Name": {"title": [{"text": {"content": "Item"}}]}} }' # Query database curl -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/data_sources/{id}/query" -d '{ "filter": {"property": "Status", "select": {"equals": "Active"}} }' # Update page curl -X PATCH "https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/{page_id}" -d '{ "properties": {"Status": {"select": {"name": "Done"}}} }' # Add blocks curl -X PATCH "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/{page_id}/children" -d '{ "children": [{"type": "paragraph", "paragraph": {"rich_text": [{"text": {"content": "Text"}}]}}] }' # Delete page or block (moves to trash) curl -X DELETE "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/{block_id}" # Restore from trash (set archived to false) curl -X PATCH "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/{block_id}" -d '{"archived": false}' ``` ## Property Types | Type | Format | |------|--------| | Title | `{"title": [{"text": {"content": "..."}}]}` | | Text | `{"rich_text": [{"text": {"content": "..."}}]}` | | Select | `{"select": {"name": "Option"}}` | | Multi-select | `{"multi_select": [{"name": "A"}]}` | | Date | `{"date": {"start": "2024-01-15"}}` | | Checkbox | `{"checkbox": true}` | | Number | `{"number": 42}` | | URL | `{"url": "https://..."}` | ## 2025-09-03 API Notes - Databases = "data sources" in API - Use `data_source_id` for both creating pages and querying - Get `data_source_id` from search results (the `id` field) - Rate limit: ~3 req/sec

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