Forum Posts

Search forum posts across discussion boards, Q&A sites, and community forums. Returns post title, URL, source domain, and content snippet. Supports filtering by time period and country.

Endpoint

GET /v1/forums/posts

Price: $0.008 per request Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`query`	Yes	Search keyword (max 500 characters)
`page`	No	Page number for pagination (default: 1)
`time`	No	Time filter: `any`, `hour`, `day`, `week`, `month`, `year` (default: `any`)
`country`	No	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., `US`, `GB`, `DE`)
`get_sentiment`	No	Set to `true` to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik’s Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per request to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`posts`	array	Array of matching forum posts
`posts[].position`	integer	Result ranking position
`posts[].rank`	integer	Result rank value
`posts[].title`	string	Post or thread title
`posts[].url`	string	Direct link to the post
`posts[].source`	string	Source name or forum domain
`posts[].domain`	string	Forum domain name
`posts[].snippet`	string	Post content preview
`posts[].sentiment`	object/null	Emotion analysis results. Only present when `get_sentiment=true`. Returns `null` if analysis fails.
`posts[].sentiment.emotions`	object	Plutchik emotion scores (0-100) for: `joy`, `trust`, `fear`, `surprise`, `sadness`, `disgust`, `anger`, `anticipation`.
`posts[].sentiment.dominant_emotion`	string	The emotion with the highest score.
`posts[].sentiment.emotional_intensity`	integer	Overall emotional intensity on a scale of 0-10.
`posts[].sentiment.polarity`	string	Overall sentiment polarity: `positive`, `negative`, or `neutral`.
`page`	integer	Current page number
`count`	integer	Number of results returned

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/forums/posts?query=programming&time=week&country=US" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/forums/posts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "programming",
        "time": "week",
        "country": "US"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "rank": 1,
      "title": "Discussion about programming",
      "url": "https://forum.example.com/thread/...",
      "source": "forum.example.com",
      "domain": "forum.example.com",
      "snippet": "Forum post content...",
      "sentiment": {
        "emotions": {
          "joy": 40,
          "trust": 55,
          "fear": 0,
          "surprise": 10,
          "sadness": 0,
          "disgust": 0,
          "anger": 0,
          "anticipation": 30
        },
        "dominant_emotion": "trust",
        "emotional_intensity": 5,
        "polarity": "positive"
      }
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "count": 10
}