Discourse ExtendedInstall

Summary

Fetches a list of posts from the Discourse forum, optionally returning all posts with cursor-based pagination or a limited subset.

Inputs

• returnAll — Whether to return all results or only up to a given limit.
• limit — Max number of results to return. Visible when returnAll is false.
• before — Optional post ID cursor to return older posts.
• page — Optional page index used for the first request only.
• order — Sort order: Default, Activity, or Created.
• ascending — Sort ascending (oldest first).
• desc — Whether to request descending order when supported by the instance.
• simplify — Whether to return a simplified version of the response instead of the raw data.

Output shape

a list of items (posts).

When returnAll is true, the operation iterates internally to fetch all available posts. When using the 'before' cursor, ensure the cursor is a valid post ID.

Examples

Example 1: Fetch the most recent 50 posts from a Discourse forum.

returnAll: false, limit: 50, order: Default, ascending: false

Example 2: Retrieve all posts in descending activity order (newest first).

returnAll: true, order: Activity, descending: true, simplify: true

Example 3: Fetch older posts using a specific post ID as a cursor.

returnAll: true, before: 12345

Links

• n8n community nodes installation guide