# Is there an API endpoint for recently edited posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-endpoint-for-recently-edited-posts/252114
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-endpoint-for-recently-edited-posts/252114 "2023-01-18T02:48:20Z")
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### Author:  [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-endpoint-for-recently-edited-posts/252114/1 "2023-01-18T02:48:20Z")
Is there a way to use the API to view the posts that were recently updated? For example the [latest posts endpoint](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Posts/operation/listPosts) but I don’t see any for edits. I found an endpoint for recent edits under `moderation` on the dashboard but that is only edits not made by the poster but I want all edits including ones by the poster
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-endpoint-for-recently-edited-posts/252114/2 "2023-01-23T02:55:06Z")
> [@not-ethan](#):
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> Is there a way to use the API to view the posts that were recently updated?
I don’t think so. The easiest way to think of the API is that there is an endpoint for everything that is displayed in the user interface. Unless you are finding a way to view recently edited posts in the UI, it’s unlikely there is an API endpoint for it.
Depending on your use case, you could setup a Post Event [webhook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-webhooks-that-trigger-on-discourse-events-to-integrate-with-external-services/49045) to point to an external service. To find edited posts, check the webhook’s `X-Discourse-Event` header. Edited posts will have that header set to `post_edited`.
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### Author:  [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-endpoint-for-recently-edited-posts/252114/3 "2023-01-23T02:56:31Z")
Thanks. Now that im thinking about this some more would it be possible to set up an SQL query to list recently edits posts and use that to do this?
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-endpoint-for-recently-edited-posts/252114/4 "2023-01-23T02:58:28Z")
Yes, if the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin is installed on your site, writing a query to return recently edited posts would be the easiest way of dealing with this. You can also call [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) queries via the API if you like: [Run Data Explorer queries with the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-data-explorer-queries-with-the-discourse-api/120063).
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-endpoint-for-recently-edited-posts/252114/5 "2023-02-22T02:59:23Z")
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