---
title: "Substack Publication Recommendations"
method: GET
path: "/v1/substack/publication/recommendations"
tags: ["Substack"]
---

# Substack Publication Recommendations

`GET /v1/substack/publication/recommendations`

## Request

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

Get the publications a Substack publication recommends to its readers, and the publications that recommend it. Each entry carries the publication's name, URL, tagline, author, language, paid status and the recommender's blurb.

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

## Query parameters

- `publication` string
- `publication_id` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

- SubstackPublicationRecommendationsResponse: Inferred from a live response. Any field can be null or absent, and new fields may be added at any time.
  - `publication` object, nullable
    - `publication_id` string, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `subdomain` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
    - `logo_url` string, nullable
  - `recommends` object[], nullable
    - `publication_id` string, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `subdomain` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
    - `logo_url` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `author` string, nullable
    - `author_name` string, nullable
    - `author_id` string, nullable
    - `author_url` string, nullable
    - `language` string, nullable
    - `paid_enabled` boolean, nullable
    - `blurb` string, nullable
    - `date` string, nullable
  - `recommended_by` object[], nullable
    - `publication_id` string, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `subdomain` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
    - `logo_url` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `author` string, nullable
    - `author_name` string, nullable
    - `author_id` string, nullable
    - `author_url` string, nullable
    - `language` string, nullable
    - `paid_enabled` boolean, nullable
    - `blurb` string, nullable
    - `date` string, nullable
  - `recommends_count` number, nullable
  - `recommended_by_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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