---
title: "Get post sync"
method: GET
path: "/api/profiles/{id}/post_syncs/{post_sync_id}"
tags: ["Profiles"]
---

# Get post sync

`GET /api/profiles/{id}/post_syncs/{post_sync_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.postproxy.dev`
- URL: `https://api.postproxy.dev/api/profiles/{id}/post_syncs/{post_sync_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Retrieves a single post sync run - poll this to follow a backfill to completion. The run is finished when status is completed or failed.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `post_sync_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `profile_group_id` string

## Response `200`

The post sync run

- ProfilePostSync: A post sync run: the sync fired when the profile connects, the recurring poll, or a backfill. Runs are kept for 30 days.
  - `id` string: Unique sync identifier.
  - `profile_id` string: Profile this run belongs to.
  - `kind` 'posts': Always posts today.
  - `trigger` 'connect' | 'scheduled' | 'backfill'
  - `status` 'pending' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'failed'
  - `started_at` string, nullable: ISO 8601 timestamp when the run began.
  - `completed_at` string, nullable: ISO 8601 timestamp when it finished or failed.
  - `posts_seen` integer: Posts the platform returned across the run.
  - `posts_imported` integer: Posts that were new and got created. Lower than posts_seen whenever the run re-read posts you already have.
  - `backfill_from` string, nullable: The date floor requested. null for connect and scheduled runs.
  - `oldest_posted_at` string, nullable: Publish date of the oldest post the run reached - how far back it has walked.
  - `error` string, nullable: Platform error message when status is failed.
  - `created_at` string: ISO 8601 timestamp.

## Other responses

- `401`: Invalid, missing, or insufficient API key permissions.

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