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Post → Get Revision (Version)

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Summary

Fetch a specific revision version of a Discourse post using its post ID or URL. Returns formatted revision details or the raw API response based on the simplify option.

Inputs

  • postId (required) — The ID or full URL of the post to retrieve a revision for.
  • version (required) — The specific revision version number to fetch (minimum value: 1).
  • simplify — Whether to return a simplified version of the post revision data instead of the raw Discourse API response.

Output shape

a single record

When simplify is set to true, returns a cleaned object containing key revision fields. When set to false, returns the complete raw revision payload from the Discourse API.

Examples

Example 1: Fetch version 2 of a post by ID

Post ID or URL: 456, Version: 2, Simplify: true

Example 2: Fetch raw revision details for a post specified by URL

Post ID or URL: https://forum.example.com/p/456, Version: 3, Simplify: false

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