Notion

Use the Notion API for pages, data sources (databases), and blocks.

Setup

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

NOTION_KEY=$(cat ~/.config/notion/api_key)
curl -X POST "" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2025-09-03" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Common Operations

# Search
curl -X POST "" -d '{"query": "title"}'

# Get page
curl ""

# Get page blocks
curl ""

# Create page in database
curl -X POST "" -d '{
  "parent": {"data_source_id": "xxx"},
  "properties": {"Name": {"title": [{"text": {"content": "Item"}}]}}
}'

# Query database
curl -X POST "" -d '{
  "filter": {"property": "Status", "select": {"equals": "Active"}}
}'

# Update page
curl -X PATCH "" -d '{
  "properties": {"Status": {"select": {"name": "Done"}}}
}'

# Add blocks
curl -X PATCH "" -d '{
  "children": [{"type": "paragraph", "paragraph": {"rich_text": [{"text": {"content": "Text"}}]}}]
}'

# Delete page or block (moves to trash)
curl -X DELETE ""

# Restore from trash (set archived to false)
curl -X PATCH "" -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": ""}

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