# Get only top level posts in topic via discourse API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-only-top-level-posts-in-topic-via-discourse-api/86319>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [27 באפריל,‏ 2018,‏ 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-only-top-level-posts-in-topic-via-discourse-api/86319 "2018-04-27T16:46:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [27 באפריל,‏ 2018,‏ 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-only-top-level-posts-in-topic-via-discourse-api/86319/3 "2018-04-27T18:08:30Z")

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There isn’t a real way to get what you actually want out of this, because the metadata is messy, and people are messy and don’t really care about your analytics too much 😉

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