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Post → Get Many (Topic)

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Summary

Fetches multiple posts from a specific Discourse topic by ID or URL.

Inputs

  • topicId (required) — The Topic ID or URL. Supports ID mode (e.g., 123) or URL mode (e.g., https://forum.example.com/t/topic-slug/123). The URL mode automatically extracts the numeric ID.
  • returnAll — Whether to return all posts in the topic or only up to a given limit.
  • limit — The maximum number of posts to return. Required when 'returnAll' is false. Defaults to 50.
  • simplify — Whether to return a simplified version of the response data instead of the raw Discourse API response.

Output shape

A list of items, each containing post data.

When 'returnAll' is true, the operation fetches every post in the topic. When false, it returns up to the specified limit. The 'simplify' option controls the structure of the returned post objects.

Examples

Example 1: Fetch the first 10 posts from a topic with ID 123

topicId: 123, returnAll: false, limit: 10, simplify: true

Example 2: Get all posts from a topic using its URL

topicId: URL mode (https://discourse.example.com/t/example/456), returnAll: true, simplify: true

Example 3: Retrieve raw API response for up to 25 posts

topicId: 123, returnAll: false, limit: 25, simplify: false

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