---
title: "The queue: proposed, scheduled, published. ?status= and ?limit= narrow it."
method: GET
path: "/api/posts"
---

# The queue: proposed, scheduled, published. ?status= and ?limit= narrow it.

`GET /api/posts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://shapelessai.com`
- URL: `https://shapelessai.com/api/posts`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://shapelessai.com/api/auth/mcp/authorize`, token URL `https://shapelessai.com/api/auth/mcp/token`, scopes: `read`)

## Response `200`

OK

- PostList
  - `posts` Post[]
    - `id` string, required
    - `connectionId` string, nullable
    - `platform` string, nullable
    - `postText` string, required
    - `mediaKeys` string[]
    - `scheduledAt` string, date-time, required
    - `status` 'proposed' | 'scheduled' | 'publishing' | 'published' | 'handoff' | 'failed' | 'canceled', required
    - `settings` object, nullable
    - `firstComment` string, nullable
    - `firstCommentUrl` string, nullable: Where the first comment landed, once it did.
    - `firstCommentError` string, nullable: Set when the post published but its first comment did not.
    - `publishedLocation` string, nullable
    - `error` string, nullable
    - `handoffNote` string, nullable
    - `rationale` string, nullable
    - `inspiration` object, nullable
    - `metrics` object, nullable
    - `cover` object, nullable: What the feed shows before the video plays. Null without a video.
      - `kind` 'designed' | 'frame' | 'platform': designed: our thumbnail is uploaded as the cover (YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram). frame: a frame of the video at atMs (TikTok). platform: the platform picks its own frame.
      - `url` string: The cover image, signed for 48 hours.
      - `thumbnailKey` string, nullable: The designed thumbnail's media key.
      - `atMs` number, nullable: TikTok's cover frame, in milliseconds.

## Other responses

- `401`: No credential, or not valid.
- `403`: The key is missing the "read" scope.
- `429`: Over the key's rate limit (600 requests an hour).

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