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title: "Read suggested posting times for each connected Hive account, worked out from that account’s own published posts. Every suggestion says whether it came from real evidence or is a neutral default, and an account with too little history says so rather than inventing a time. For the full heatmap with objective, date-window and timezone selection, discover read_best_time_heatmap with list_workspace_operations."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/read_best_times"
---

# Read suggested posting times for each connected Hive account, worked out from that account’s own published posts. Every suggestion says whether it came from real evidence or is a neutral default, and an account with too little history says so rather than inventing a time. For the full heatmap with objective, date-window and timezone selection, discover read_best_time_heatmap with list_workspace_operations.

`POST /api/v1/tools/read_best_times`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hivepublish.com`
- URL: `https://hivepublish.com/api/v1/tools/read_best_times`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Request body

- object
  - `channelIds` string[]: Limit the answer to these connected accounts.

## Response `200`

Tool result

- ToolResult
  - `data` unknown, required
  - `meta` object, required
    - `tool` string
    - `workspaceId` string, uuid

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input
- `401`: Missing or invalid credential
- `403`: Missing workspace scope, role permission, or plan entitlement
- `409`: Idempotency conflict, replay, or request still in progress
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/hivepublish/apis/hive-developer-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/hivepublish/apis/hive-developer-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/hivepublish/apis/hive-developer-api/revisions/b440c763583e?raw)