# How to get a previous version/revision of a post through the API

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [March 1, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-previous-version-revision-of-a-post-through-the-api/58164 "2017-03-01T12:53:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-previous-version-revision-of-a-post-through-the-api/58164/1 "2017-03-01T12:53:08Z")

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Looking at the API, I don’t find any way to get a previous version/revision of a post. Am I missing something?

Also, I would like to get the diff between 2 versions. Is this computed client-side only or store in the DB?

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