Threads post

When to use this

Pass a public threads.com or threads.net post URL. Returns the target post rather than suggested posts or its reply thread. Unknown or deleted posts return 404 only when Threads explicitly reports them unavailable. Login walls and incomplete pages return an upstream error.

Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key, or set LURKAPI_KEY for the code. Get a free key.

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/threads/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threads.com%2F%40zuck%2Fpost%2FDd1MqfcG0aH" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/Dd1MqfcG0aH",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/threads/post?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
console.log(data.media);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/threads/post",
    params={
        "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/Dd1MqfcG0aH",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
data = res.json()
if not data["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}")
print(data["media"])

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in ….

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 99,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "id": "3996155940894885511",
  "code": "Dd1MqfcG0aH",
  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/Dd1MqfcG0aH",
  "text": "We believe superintelligence will create significant new opportunities f…",
  "created_at": "2026-09-28T12:35:32.000Z",
  "like_count": 2525,
  "reply_count": 2393,
  "repost_count": 155,
  "quote_count": 148,
  "author": {
    "id": "63055343223",
    "username": "zuck",
    "name": "Mark Zuckerberg",
    "is_verified": true,
    "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-iad6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/825322135_179893…"
  },
  "media": [],
  "is_reply": false,
  "is_pinned": false
}

Response fields

Every field of a successful response. [] marks a list: a[].b is the b of each item in a. nullable fields can be null; optional fields can be missing.

Caching and freshness

Responses are cached for up to 5 minutes, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit.

Errors

Errors return { success: false, error, code, docs } with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, 401/402/429 rejections and 5xx failures are free; not_found is charged (how charging works). All error codes.

Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is connected to Claude, this endpoint is the threads_post tool. Ask in plain English, for example:

Use LurkAPI's threads_post with url "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/Dd1MqfcG0aH" and summarize what you find.

Claude calls threads_post with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit:

{
  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/Dd1MqfcG0aH"
}

Tool results skip nulls and empty lists to save tokens.