Discourse

Discourse Posts API

The Posts API from Discourse — 5 operation(s) for posts.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /posts.json List latest posts across topics #

POST /posts.json Creates a new topic, a new post, or a private message #

GET /posts/{id}.json Retrieve a single post #

PUT /posts/{id}.json Update a single post #

DELETE /posts/{id}.json delete a single post #

GET /posts/{id}/replies.json List replies to a post #

PUT /posts/{id}/locked.json Lock a post from being edited #

POST /post_actions.json Like a post and other actions #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Discourse API Documentation Posts API
  x-logo:
    url: https://docs.discourse.org/logo.svg
  version: latest
  description: This page contains the documentation on how to use Discourse through API calls.
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://docs.discourse.org/LICENSE.txt
servers:
- url: https://{defaultHost}
  variables:
    defaultHost:
      default: discourse.example.com
tags:


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