---
title: "Threads User Posts API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/threads/user-posts"
tags: ["Threads"]
---

# Threads User Posts API

`GET /v1/threads/user-posts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.captapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.captapi.com/v1/threads/user-posts`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Recent Threads posts — engagement{views,likes,replies,reposts,quotes}, threadId/isReply.

Pass a Threads profile URL or @handle and get recent public posts as clean JSON: id, code, url, text, ISO publishedAt, threadId / replyToId / isReply / isQuote (rebuild multi-part Threads), top-level author{} (full card once — per-post rows keep slim author without repeating profileImage), engagement{views,likes,replies,reposts,quotes} (views null when Meta omits them on hydrate), and media[] (carousel-aware). Threads exposes only a short window of recent public posts on this surface — limit caps what you receive; it cannot increase what Threads returns. Native trades count for freshness (recent timeline) vs the extended path (fewer recent rows is not a regression). Several fetch paths are tried in order, the slowest last. Envelope includes source (native | extended | cache) and timings.path / timings.totalMs. Instagram usernames often differ on Threads (@womenshealth is @womenshealthmag) — known aliases remap without a scrape; other empty handles retry a related threads.com/@ link from the Instagram profile and set requestedHandle when remapped. A JS boot shell is unavailable, not empty. Flat 2 credits on every successful path. Pass cache=true for the 24h shared cache.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/threads-user-posts

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `limit` integer
- `cache` boolean

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `handle` string: Account handle.
    - `author` object: Top-level: full profile card for the requested handle (once). Per-post author is slim (username/displayName/verified, no profileImage) to avoid repeating CDN URLs.
      - `username` string: Account username / handle.
      - `displayName` string: Display name of the account. Canonical across profile endpoints (prefer over name).
      - `verified` boolean: Whether Meta shows a verified badge on the post author.
      - `profileImage` string: Profile image URL. Deprecated alias of avatar on Instagram/Twitter/Threads/TikTok profile endpoints (one release).
    - `totalReturned` integer: Number of items returned in this response.
    - `posts` object[]
      - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
      - `id` string: Id of this posts item.
      - `code` string: Code. Example: "DakyAavlKLZ".
      - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
      - `text` string: Text content.
      - `publishedAt` string: Post publish time as ISO-8601 UTC.
      - `threadId` string: Id of the thread root post. Multi-part Threads share one threadId — group by this to rebuild the chain.
      - `replyToId` string, nullable: Parent post id when this row is a reply in a multi-part Thread (null on the root).
      - `quoteId` unknown
      - `isReply` boolean: true when the post replies to another post in a Thread chain.
      - `isQuote` boolean: true when the post quotes another post.
      - `author` object: Top-level: full profile card for the requested handle (once). Per-post author is slim (username/displayName/verified, no profileImage) to avoid repeating CDN URLs.
        - `username` string: Account username / handle.
        - `displayName` string: Display name of the account. Canonical across profile endpoints (prefer over name).
        - `verified` boolean: Whether Meta shows a verified badge on the post author.
      - `engagement` object: Engagement metrics for the item.
        - `views` unknown
        - `likes` integer
        - `replies` integer
        - `reposts` integer
        - `quotes` integer
      - `media` string[]: Media attached to the item.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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