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# List Published Posts

Retrieve published post records and distinguish published-post IDs from submission and schedule IDs.

List your published posts, filtered by text and platform, with each post's latest analytics snapshot attached. Use this to find a published post and its `id`, or to browse recent posts with their current metrics.

For engagement rankings and full metric history, see [Analytics](/rest-api-reference/analytics.md).

## Endpoint

**Base URL:** `https://backend.blotato.com/v2`

**URL:** `/published-posts`

**Method:** `GET`

## Description

Returns your published posts, newest or oldest first, filtered by an optional full-text query and platform. Each item carries its latest metrics snapshot. Results use offset-based pagination with a total `count`.

## Query Parameters

| Field      | Type      | Required | Description                                                    |
| ---------- | --------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `query`    | `string`  | No       | Full-text search over post content. Omit to include all posts. |
| `platform` | `string`  | No       | Filter to one platform. Omit to include all platforms.         |
| `sortBy`   | `string`  | No       | Sort order: `newest` or `oldest`. Default `newest`.            |
| `offset`   | `integer` | No       | Number of posts to skip before the page. Default 0.            |
| `limit`    | `integer` | No       | Number of posts to return. Min: 1, Max: 100. Default: 20.      |

## Response

**Status Code:** `200 OK`

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "98431",
      "content": "Check out this image!",
      "postUrl": "https://instagram.com/p/abc123",
      "platform": "instagram",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-30T09:15:00.000Z",
      "mediaUrls": ["https://example.com/image1.jpg"],
      "latestMetrics": {
        "fetchedAt": "2026-06-11T12:00:00.000Z",
        "metrics": { "likesCount": "1240", "reachCount": "53000" }
      },
      "metricsHistory": []
    }
  ],
  "count": 137
}
```

| Field                    | Type             | Description                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------ | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `items`                  | `array`          | Published posts for this page.                                                                                                           |
| `items[].id`             | `string`         | The published post id. Pass it to [Get Post Analytics](/rest-api-reference/analytics.md#get-post-analytics) for full metric history.     |
| `items[].content`        | `string`         | The post text.                                                                                                                           |
| `items[].postUrl`        | `string or null` | Live URL of the published post. Null if the platform did not return one.                                                                 |
| `items[].platform`       | `string`         | Social media platform.                                                                                                                   |
| `items[].createdAt`      | `string`         | ISO 8601 timestamp when the post was published.                                                                                          |
| `items[].mediaUrls`      | `string[]`       | URLs of attached media. Empty when text-only.                                                                                            |
| `items[].latestMetrics`  | `object`         | The most recent metrics snapshot. Absent if no metrics have been collected yet. See [Metrics](/rest-api-reference/analytics.md#metrics). |
| `items[].metricsHistory` | `array`          | Collected snapshots, oldest first. Each is `{ fetchedAt, metrics }`.                                                                     |
| `count`                  | `integer`        | Total number of posts matching your search, across all pages.                                                                            |

To page through results, increase `offset` by `limit` on each call until `offset` reaches `count`.

## Errors

| Status | Reason                                        |
| ------ | --------------------------------------------- |
| `422`  | Invalid `sortBy`, `offset`, or `limit` value. |

## Example

```http
GET https://backend.blotato.com/v2/published-posts?query=summer&platform=instagram&limit=20 HTTP/1.1
blotato-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Get a Published Post

**URL:** `/published-posts/:id`

**Method:** `GET`

Returns 1 published post by its Blotato published-post ID.

```json
{
  "publishedPost": {
    "id": "98431",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "content": "Check out this image!",
    "mediaUrls": ["https://example.com/image1.jpg"],
    "postUrl": "https://instagram.com/p/abc123",
    "createdAt": "2026-05-30T09:15:00.000Z",
    "rawPost": null
  }
}
```

`rawPost` contains the original publish payload for posts published through Blotato and is null for other posts. The endpoint returns `404` when the ID does not exist or does not belong to the authenticated user.


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