---
title: "Resolve a Post URL"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/posts/resolve"
---

# Resolve a Post URL

`POST /api/v1/posts/resolve`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://viraloutliers.com`
- URL: `https://viraloutliers.com/api/v1/posts/resolve`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Takes a public post URL (TikTok video/photo, Instagram post/reel, YouTube video/short) and resolves it to the tracked post: the entry point when your input is a link. found:true returns the postId for get_post, request_transcript, download_post_media and remix_post. found:false tells you whether the whole profile is untracked (call crawl_profile) or just this post. Note that remix_post accepts an untracked URL directly and ingests it itself, so for a remix you can skip this lookup. TikTok/Instagram short links (vm.tiktok.com, /share/) must be expanded to the canonical URL first.

Cost: 1 credit per call.

## Request body

- object
  - `url` string, required: Public post URL (canonical form, not a short link).

## Response `200`

Success

- object

## Other responses

- `401`: Invalid or revoked API key (or, on free skills, no key sent); code key_suspended means the key was suspended when its account was claimed by the email owner and can be reactivated in Settings
- `402`: Payment required. Without an API key (billable skills only) the code is payment_required and error.payment.checkoutUrl (or, when no link is configured, error.payment.pageUrl at https://viraloutliers.com/api-access) buys a key without an account; with a key it is insufficient_credits and error.payment points at create_topup_link.
- `429`: Rate limited

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