Notion Skill

Name: notion
Rating: 65
Author: devalexandre

Use the Notion API to create, read, and update pages, databases, and blocks.

Setup

•Create an integration at https://notion.so/my-integrations
•Copy the API key (starts with ntn_ or secret_)
•Share target pages/databases with your integration (click "..." -> "Connect to" -> your integration name)
•Set NOTION_API_KEY environment variable

API Basics

All requests need:

bash

curl -X GET "https://api.notion.com/v1/..." \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Common Operations

Search for pages and databases

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "page title"}'

Get a page

bash

curl "https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/{page_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28"

Get page content (blocks)

bash

curl "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/{page_id}/children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28"

Create a page in a database

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/pages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "parent": {"database_id": "xxx"},
    "properties": {
      "Name": {"title": [{"text": {"content": "New Item"}}]},
      "Status": {"select": {"name": "Todo"}}
    }
  }'

Query a database

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/databases/{database_id}/query" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "filter": {"property": "Status", "select": {"equals": "Active"}},
    "sorts": [{"property": "Date", "direction": "descending"}]
  }'

Update page properties

bash

curl -X PATCH "https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/{page_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"properties": {"Status": {"select": {"name": "Done"}}}}'

Add blocks to a page

bash

curl -X PATCH "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/{page_id}/children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" \
  -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"}}
•Checkbox: {"checkbox": true}
•Number: {"number": 42}
•URL: {"url": "https://..."}

Notes

•Page/database IDs are UUIDs (with or without dashes)
•Rate limit: ~3 requests/second average
•Integration must be shared with target pages to access them