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
- 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
