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Post → Get Revision (Latest)

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Summary

Retrieves the most recent revision of a Discourse post using either a post ID or URL.

Inputs

  • postId (required) — A post ID or URL. Supports ID mode (e.g., 456) or URL mode (e.g., https://forum.example.com/p/456).
  • simplify — Whether to return a simplified version of the response instead of the raw API data. Defaults to true.

Output shape

A single record containing the post revision data.

If simplify is true, the data is simplified via the simplifyPostRevision helper; otherwise, the raw response is returned.

Examples

Example 1: Fetch the latest revision for a specific post by ID.

Post ID: 123, Simplify: true

Example 2: Fetch the latest revision using a post URL.

Post URL: https://community.example.com/t/example-topic/456/12, Simplify: true

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