Lobsters · Example Payload

Story

compilersprogramming

Story is an example object payload from Lobsters, with 12 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

short_idcreated_attitleurlscoreflagscomment_countdescriptiondescription_plainsubmitter_useruser_is_authortags

Example Payload

Raw ↑ 
{
  "short_id": "abcdef",
  "created_at": "2026-06-10T14:23:00.000Z",
  "title": "Interesting Advances in Compiler Optimization",
  "url": "https://example.com/compiler-optimization",
  "score": 47,
  "flags": 0,
  "comment_count": 12,
  "description": null,
  "description_plain": null,
  "submitter_user": "alice",
  "user_is_author": false,
  "tags": ["compilers", "programming"]
}