Notion API 2026 01 15

Here is the complete SKILL.md file updated for the January 15, 2026 API state.

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name: notion api 202601 15
description: Notion API updated to 2026 01 15 changes for creating, moving, and managing pages, data sources, and blocks.
homepage: https://developers.notion.com
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---

# notion

Use the Notion API to create/read/update/move pages, data sources (databases), and blocks.

## Setup

1. Create an integration at https://notion.so/my-integrations
2. Copy the API key (starts with `ntn_` or `secret_`)
3. Store it:
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.config/notion
echo "ntn_your_key_here" > ~/.config/notion/api_key

4. Share target pages/databases with your integration (click "..." → "Connect to" → your integration name)

API Basics

All requests need:

NOTION_KEY=$(cat ~/.config/notion/api_key)
curl -X GET "[https://api.notion.com/v1/](https://api.notion.com/v1/)..." \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Note: The Notion-Version header is required. Use 2025-09-03. The features released in Jan 2026 (Move Page, Templates) are additive and use this version header.

Common Operations

Search for pages and data sources:

curl -X POST "[https://api.notion.com/v1/search](https://api.notion.com/v1/search)" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "page title"}'

Get page:

curl "[https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/](https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/){page_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03"

Move a page (Change Parent):

curl -X POST "[https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/](https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/){page_id}/move" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "parent": {"type": "page_id", "page_id": "new_parent_page_id"}
  }'

Note: To move to a database, use {"type": "data_source_id", "data_source_id": "..."}.

Create page (Standard):

curl -X POST "[https://api.notion.com/v1/pages](https://api.notion.com/v1/pages)" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "parent": {"database_id": "xxx"},
    "properties": {
      "Name": {"title": [{"text": {"content": "New Item"}}]},
      "Status": {"select": {"name": "Todo"}}
    }
  }'

Create page from Template:

curl -X POST "[https://api.notion.com/v1/pages](https://api.notion.com/v1/pages)" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "parent": {"database_id": "xxx"},
    "template": {"type": "template_id", "template_id": "yyy"}
  }'

List Data Source Templates:

curl -X GET "[https://api.notion.com/v1/data_sources/](https://api.notion.com/v1/data_sources/){data_source_id}/templates" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03"

Update page properties:

curl -X PATCH "[https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/](https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/){page_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "properties": {"Status": {"select": {"name": "Done"}}},
    "is_locked": true
  }'

Apply Template to existing page (erasing content):

curl -X PATCH "[https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/](https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/){page_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": {"type": "template_id", "template_id": "yyy"},
    "erase_content": true
  }'

Query a data source (database):

curl -X POST "[https://api.notion.com/v1/data_sources/](https://api.notion.com/v1/data_sources/){data_source_id}/query" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "filter": {"property": "Status", "select": {"equals": "Active"}},
    "sorts": [{"property": "Date", "direction": "descending"}]
  }'

Add blocks to page:

curl -X PATCH "[https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/](https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/){page_id}/children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "children": [
      {"object": "block", "type": "paragraph", "paragraph": {"rich_text": [{"text": {"content": "Hello"}}]}}
    ]
  }'

Property Types

Common property formats for database items:

• Title: {"title": [{"text": {"content": "..."}}]}
• Rich text: {"rich_text": [{"text": {"content": "..."}}]}
• Select: {"select": {"name": "Option"}}
• Multi-select: {"multi_select": [{"name": "A"}, {"name": "B"}]}
• Date: {"date": {"start": "2024-01-15", "end": "2024-01-16"}}
• Checkbox: {"checkbox": true}
• Number: {"number": 42}
• URL: {"url": "https://..."}
• Email: {"email": "a@b.com"}
• Relation: {"relation": [{"id": "page_id"}]}

Recent Changes (Jan 2026)

• Move Page API: Use /v1/pages/{id}/move to reparent pages.
• Templates: New endpoints to list templates and parameters to apply them during page creation/update.
• Locking: is_locked boolean now supported in Update Page.
• Tokens: New tokens use ntn_ prefix (formerly secret_).
• Data Sources: Continue using data_source_id for queries (introduced in 2025-09-03).

Notes

• Page/database IDs are UUIDs (with or without dashes)
• The API cannot set database view filters — that's UI-only
• Rate limit: ~3 requests/second average
• Use is_inline: true when creating data sources to embed them in pages