The replies column is not matching

[Nestor_Matias]

i need some help i will i am trying to access to api /latest.json but the replies column is not matching why is that you can see it in the screenshots replies are 1 and in the api json is 0 am i missing something ?

[NateDhaliwal]

Could you send a screenshot of the posts in the topic?
Thanks.

[Lilly]

reply_count parameter refers to direct replies to the post.

How to get accurate reply count through API?

The reply_count parameter on a post gives you the number of direct replies to the post. A reply to a post is created by clicking the “Reply” button that is directly under the post. Replies to the topic’s original post are an exception to this. If a post is created by clicking the Reply button directly under the topic’s first post, it will not increment the OPs reply count. The reply_count on a topic is the total number of direct replies to posts in that topic. It is not the total number of post…

The reply_count on a topic is the total number of direct replies to posts in that topic. It is not the total number of posts in the topic.

[Nestor_Matias]

hi @NateDhaliwal here is the post …

it has only one reply

[Nestor_Matias]

@Lilly thanks Lily but in the json how to get the total reply number as you can see in my forum? if the json file as you can see none of those fields belong to reply?

[Lilly]

topic replies would be post_count - 1

For finding the total number of comments in a topic, look at the topic’s posts_count value.

[nat (Natalie T)]

@Nestor_Matias

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[nat (Natalie T)]

Separately for your question:

reply_count in json refers to a specific reply to a post, e.g. clicking on this particular reply button below the post:

whereas replies is essentially a count of every reply from the OP (topic / first post).

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Using this meta topic’s json as an example:

https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040.json

if you notice, post number 1 has 3 direct replies even though the topic has many replies.

The gist of it is a “reply_count” is the number of replies to a post, and it doesn’t indicate how many replies a topic has.