---
title: "Substack Category Feed"
method: GET
path: "/v1/substack/category/feed"
tags: ["Substack"]
---

# Substack Category Feed

`GET /v1/substack/category/feed`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apidirect.io`
- URL: `https://apidirect.io/v1/substack/category/feed`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Get a Substack category's feed: the posts and notes Substack shows for the topic, top, newest or posts only. Each item is tagged note or post. Supports fetching multiple pages in a single API call.

**Price:** $0.003 per page. **Free tier:** 50 requests/month.

## Query parameters

- `category` string, required
- `sort_by` 'top' | 'most_recent' | 'posts'
- `pages` integer

## Response `200`

Successful response

- SubstackCategoryFeedResponse: Inferred from a live response. Any field can be null or absent, and new fields may be added at any time.
  - `items` object[], nullable
    - `attachments` unknown[], nullable
      - unknown
    - `author` string, nullable
    - `author_id` string, nullable
    - `author_name` string, nullable
    - `author_url` string, nullable
    - `body` string, nullable
    - `date` string, nullable
    - `domain` string, nullable
    - `lang` string, nullable
    - `likes` number, nullable
    - `note_id` string, nullable
    - `publication` string, nullable
    - `replies` number, nullable
    - `restacks` number, nullable
    - `reactions` object, nullable
      - `❤` number, nullable
    - `author_pic_url` string, nullable
    - `author_bestseller_tier` number, nullable
    - `source` string, nullable
    - `type` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
    - `audience` string, nullable
    - `comments` number, nullable
    - `cover_image_url` string, nullable
    - `is_paid` boolean, nullable
    - `podcast_duration` number, nullable
    - `podcast_url` string, nullable
    - `post_id` string, nullable
    - `post_type` string, nullable
    - `publication_id` string, nullable
    - `publication_url` string, nullable
    - `authors` object[], nullable
      - `username` string, nullable
      - `name` string, nullable
      - `user_id` string, nullable
      - `url` string, nullable
    - `audio_url` string, nullable
    - `podcast_image_url` string, nullable
    - `video_duration` number, nullable
    - `slug` string, nullable
    - `snippet` string, nullable
    - `subtitle` string, nullable
    - `tags` string[], nullable
    - `title` string, nullable
    - `wordcount` number, nullable
  - `category` object, nullable
    - `category_id` number, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
  - `sort_by` string, nullable
  - `pages` number, nullable
  - `count` number, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: a required parameter is missing or a value is invalid (code: missing_parameter or invalid_parameter).
- `401`: Unauthorized: the API key is missing or invalid (code: missing_api_key or invalid_api_key).
- `402`: Free tier used up for this endpoint and no payment method on file (`payment_required`).
- `403`: Account blocked after a failed payment (`account_blocked`).
- `404`: Not found: the requested item does not exist (code: not_found).
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded, or too many concurrent requests for this endpoint
- `500`: Internal server error
- `502`: Temporary failure retrieving Substack data. Please retry shortly.
- `503`: Service unavailable: the data source is temporarily unavailable
- `504`: The request timed out

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