Threads post API

The post with its counts and media, and its top replies in `extra.replies`.

GET /v1/threads/post

The post with its counts and media, and its top replies in extra.replies.

Cost: 1 credit
Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	URL	yes	Post URL (threads.net/@user/post/...). Accepted hosts: `threads.net`, `threads.com`.

Every request also accepts:

trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/post" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DeZtp-TkQHh"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DeZtp-TkQHh",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/post",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11)12body = res.json()1314if body["ok"]:15    print(body["data"])16else:17    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/post");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DeZtp-TkQHh"4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape Threads post",5      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6      "typeVersion": 4.2,7      "position": [8        0,9        010      ],11      "parameters": {12        "method": "GET",13        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/post",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "url",19              "value": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DeZtp-TkQHh"20            }21          ]22        },23        "sendHeaders": true,24        "headerParameters": {25          "parameters": [26            {27              "name": "x-api-key",28              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"29            }30          ]31        }32      }33    }34  ],35  "connections": {}36}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened, other people's names and handles are replaced. Status 200.

200 OKSample response

1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_ef6ac6756ac9cd5359000140",8  "data": {9    "object": "post",10    "platform": "threads",11    "id": "4006434140014576097",12    "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DeZtp-TkQHh",13    "type": "image",14    "author": {15      "id": "63055343223",16      "handle": "zuck",17      "name": "Mark Zuckerberg",18      "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck",19      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/825322135_17989325280103224_1252773933700107438_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s206x206_tt6&_nc_cat=107&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=30ff31&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLnd3dy4xMDgwLkMzIn0%3D&_nc_ohc...",20      "verified": true21    },22    "title": null,23    "text": "Introducing Muse Wonder, our new family of frontier models with state of the art performance for personal and professional agentic work.",24    "published_at": "2026-10-12T16:56:29Z",25    "duration_seconds": null,26    "language": "en",27    "hashtags": null,28    "mentions": null,29    "stats": {30      "views": null,31      "likes": 2143,32      "comments": 623,33      "shares": 232,34      "saves": null,35      "dislikes": null36    },37    "media": {38      "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/844965867_17991705567103224_8296143909108287920_n.webp?_nc_cat=109&ig_cache_key=NDAwNjQzNDE0MDAxNDU3NjA5Nw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkZFRUQueHBpZHM...",39      "video_url": null,40      "audio_url": null,41      "image_urls": [42        "https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/844965867_17991705567103224_8296143909108287920_n.webp?_nc_cat=109&ig_cache_key=NDAwNjQzNDE0MDAxNDU3NjA5Nw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkZFRUQueHBpZHM..."43      ],44      "width": 2160,45      "height": 326046    },47    "song": null,48    "location": null,49    "is_pinned": false,50    "is_sponsored": null,51    "extra": {52      "code": "DeZtp-TkQHh",53      "full_id": "4006434140014576097_63055343223",54      "quotes": 62,55      "replies": [56        {57          "author": {58            "id": "1000000001",59            "handle": "sample_user",60            "name": "Sample User",61            "url": null,62            "avatar_url": null,63            "verified": false64          },65          "extra": {66            "code": "DeZuAywDEWf"67          },68          "id": "4006435708155479455",69          "object": "comment",70          "parent_id": "4006434140014576097",71          "platform": "threads",72          "post_id": "4006434140014576097",73          "published_at": "2026-10-12T16:59:36Z",74          "stats": {75            "likes": 0,76            "replies": 077          },78          "text": "Impressive stuff.\nDoes it beat OpenAIs Dots though?",79          "url": "https://www.threads.com/@_randomdev001/post/DeZuAywDEWf"80        },81        {82          "author": {83            "id": "1000000001",84            "handle": "sample_user",85            "name": "Sample User",86            "url": null,87            "avatar_url": null,88            "verified": false89          },90          "extra": {91            "code": "DeZuC5mCQTx"92          },93          "id": "4006435852942640369",94          "object": "comment",95          "parent_id": "4006434140014576097",96          "platform": "threads",97          "post_id": "4006434140014576097",98          "published_at": "2026-10-12T16:59:53Z",99          "stats": {100            "likes": 6,101            "replies": 0102          },103          "text": "You're a fucking traitor!",104          "url": "https://www.threads.com/@ron.peter.1967/post/DeZuC5mCQTx"105        },106        {107          "author": {108            "id": "1000000001",109            "handle": "sample_user",110            "name": "Sample User",111            "url": null,112            "avatar_url": null,113            "verified": false114          },115          "extra": {116            "code": "DeZuIIaCGyE"117          },118          "id": "4006436212444785796",119          "object": "comment",120          "parent_id": "4006434140014576097",121          "platform": "threads",122          "post_id": "4006434140014576097",123          "published_at": "2026-10-12T17:00:36Z",124          "stats": {125            "likes": 27,126            "replies": 1127          },128          "text": "Can you make that stupid moose to remove all the ai and bots from ig and fb?",129          "url": "https://www.threads.com/@cristi.baluta/post/DeZuIIaCGyE"130        }131      ],132      "reply_control": "everyone",133      "reposts": 170,134      "shares_sent": 148135    }136  },137  "cursor": null,138  "has_more": null139}

Response#

A Post object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

Code	HTTP	Retry	Meaning
`invalid_params`	400	no	A parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
`unsupported_url`	400	no	The URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
`not_found`	404	no	The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

1{2  "ok": false,3  "error": {4    "code": "not_found",5    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",6    "retryable": false7  },8  "credits_charged": 0,9  "request_id": "req_8fefa2b83c16306c23348358"10}

Threads profile (GET /v1/threads/profile)
Threads profile posts (GET /v1/threads/profile/posts)
Threads post search (GET /v1/threads/search)
Threads user search (GET /v1/threads/search/users)

Parameters#

Example request#

Example response#

Response#

Errors#

Related endpoints#