# Threads API

> Public profiles, paginated account posts and individual Threads posts.

- **Platform:** [Threads](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads.md) (threads.com)
- **Web page:** https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads

## Overview

Read public Threads data visible to logged-out visitors. Useful for competitor monitoring, audience research and tracking post engagement. Private posts and content behind login are unavailable. Unknown counts are null rather than estimated.

Source: threads.com.

## Try it live

Pick an endpoint and run it: real data, no signup, 5 free requests a day.

Live playground: https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads#try

## Endpoints

- [Threads profile](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads/profile.md): Public profile biography, links, follower count and account metadata. (GET /v1/threads/profile · 1 credit)
- [Threads account posts](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads/user-posts.md): One page of a public account's Threads posts, with text, media and engagement. (GET /v1/threads/user/posts · 1 credit)
- [Threads post](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads/post.md): The text, author, media and engagement of one public Threads post. (GET /v1/threads/post · 1 credit)

## Call it

Every endpoint is a `GET` with your key in the `x-api-key` header. For example, [Threads profile](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads/profile.md):

curl:

```bash
curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/threads/profile?handle=zuck" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

[Get a free API key](https://lurkapi.com/login?next=/dashboard)

## Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is [connected to Claude](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#claude), each endpoint is a tool Claude can call:

| Tool | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `threads_profile` | [Threads profile](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads/profile.md): Public profile biography, links, follower count and account metadata. |
| `threads_user_posts` | [Threads account posts](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads/user-posts.md): One page of a public account's Threads posts, with text, media and engagement. |
| `threads_post` | [Threads post](https://lurkapi.com/docs/threads/post.md): The text, author, media and engagement of one public Threads post. |