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Substack User Posts

Get an author’s posts across all their publications, newest first. Returns post title, publication, publication date, engagement, paywall status, word count and tags. Supports fetching multiple pages in a single API call.

Endpoint

GET /v1/substack/user/posts

Price: $0.003 per page Free tier: 50 requests/month

Provide exactly one of username, user_id or url.

Parameters

Parameter Required Description
username One required Substack handle, e.g. lenny, with or without a leading @ (max 100 characters). Provide one of username, user_id or url.
user_id One required Numeric Substack user ID, as returned in user_id. Provide one of username, user_id or url.
url One required Profile URL, e.g. https://substack.com/@lenny (max 500 characters). Provide one of username, user_id or url.
pages No Number of pages to fetch, 1-60 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 50 posts; you are billed per page returned.
get_sentiment No Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik’s Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per page to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Response Fields

Field Type Description
posts array Array of the author’s posts, newest first
posts[].title string Post title
posts[].subtitle string Post subtitle, empty when none
posts[].url string Direct link to the post
posts[].date string Publication date and time (UTC, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
posts[].author string Author’s Substack handle (empty when the byline is the publication itself)
posts[].author_name string Author’s display name
posts[].author_id integer/null Author’s Substack user ID, null when the byline is the publication itself
posts[].author_url string Link to the author’s profile
posts[].source string "Substack"
posts[].domain string "substack.com"
posts[].snippet string Post description or preview text
posts[].likes integer Number of likes (reactions)
posts[].comments integer Number of comments
posts[].restacks integer Number of restacks (shares to Notes)
posts[].reactions object Reaction counts by emoji, e.g. {"❤": 284}
posts[].is_paid boolean Whether the post is for paying subscribers only
posts[].audience string everyone, only_paid or only_founding
posts[].type string newsletter, podcast, video or thread
posts[].wordcount integer Word count of the full post
posts[].lang string Post language code (e.g. en)
posts[].cover_image_url string Cover image URL, empty when none
posts[].podcast_url string Audio file URL for podcast posts, empty otherwise
posts[].podcast_duration number Podcast length in seconds, 0 otherwise
posts[].tags string[] Post tags
posts[].authors array All credited authors (username, name, user_id, url); author is the first
posts[].replies integer Number of replies to comments
posts[].audio_url string Substack’s narrated audio of the post (MP3), empty when none
posts[].podcast_image_url string Episode artwork for podcast posts, empty otherwise
posts[].video_duration number Video length in seconds for video posts, 0 otherwise
posts[].publication string Publication name
posts[].publication_id integer/null Publication ID (pass it as publication_id to the publication endpoints)
posts[].publication_url string Publication home URL
posts[].slug string Post URL slug
posts[].post_id string Post ID (pass it as post_id to the post endpoints)
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.
username string The author’s handle
user_id string The author’s user ID
pages integer Number of pages returned
count integer Number of posts returned

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/substack/user/posts?username=lenny&pages=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/substack/user/posts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"username": "lenny", "pages": 1}
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "count": 100,
  "pages": 2,
  "posts": [
    {
      "audience": "only_paid",
      "audio_url": "",
      "author": "kiyani",
      "author_id": "3667529",
      "author_name": "Kiyani",
      "author_url": "https://substack.com/@kiyani",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Kiyani",
          "url": "https://substack.com/@kiyani",
          "user_id": "3667529",
          "username": "kiyani"
        }
      ],
      "comments": 0,
      "cover_image_url": "https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KxHU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F…",
      "date": "2026-10-10 13:01:38",
      "domain": "substack.com",
      "is_paid": true,
      "lang": "en",
      "likes": 10,
      "podcast_duration": 0,
      "podcast_image_url": "",
      "podcast_url": "",
      "post_id": "219527894",
      "publication": "Lenny's Newsletter",
      "publication_id": "10845",
      "publication_url": "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com",
      "reactions": {
        "❤": 10
      },
      "replies": 0,
      "restacks": 0,
      "slug": "community-wisdom-community-wisdom",
      "snippet": "Community Wisdom 301",
      "source": "Substack",
      "subtitle": "Community Wisdom 301",
      "tags": [],
      "title": "🧠 Community Wisdom: Community Wisdom Top Contributors Summer Class 2026 + ML recommendation systems, getting back into product after being fired, deciding wh…",
      "type": "newsletter",
      "url": "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-community-wisdom",
      "video_duration": 0,
      "wordcount": 8056
    }
  ],
  "user_id": "1849774",
  "username": "lenny"
}
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