# Can I send an external URL to the Discourse API for it to return topics linking to that URL?

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**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [December 29, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-send-an-external-url-to-the-discourse-api-for-it-to-return-topics-linking-to-that-url/392361 "2025-12-29T21:57:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-send-an-external-url-to-the-discourse-api-for-it-to-return-topics-linking-to-that-url/392361/6 "2025-12-30T15:21:28Z")

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> [@merefield](#):
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> Try this, e.g.:
> 
> `https://meta.discourse.org/search.json?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk`

Oh! Of course. A regular search will find the URL! 🤦

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