I need a api that give me similar topics. My requirement - If i have a topic title then i will get the similar topics.

You will see that if you request the JSON for a topic, it has a section called suggested_topics. https://meta.discourse.org/t/144806/2.json: [image] From title to topic ID can be done using search: https://meta.discourse.org/search.json?q=title%3A%22Is%20there%20is%20any%20open%20API%20for%20get…

I think you should use: so that related articles are related to each other. From title to topic ID can be done using search:

Its working on meta.discourse but not on my forum. Our forum is forum.crio.do If i will forum.crio.do/t/8497/2.json then no result was there

[image] Gaurav_Sardana: Our forum is forum.crio.do If i will forum.crio.do/t/8497/2.json then no result was there That seems like a private community so unauthenticated requests will not return any data. It works on Meta using https://meta.discourse.org/t/144806/2.json because the content is …

[image] Gaurav_Sardana: If i will forum.crio.do/t/8497/2.json then no result was there That specific topic only has one post so there is no post 2. It needs to be https://forum.crio.do/t/8497/1.json You can always use t/<topic_id>/1.json And indeed, you need to use an API key since you hav…

Would this also work somehow for arbitrary text passed-in from some external source? In other words can I use the existing similarity match function to return a list of potential existing topics based on text provided to the API, rather than based on an actual, existing topic that has to be specifie…

Use the web inspector as detailed in that topic to watch what happens as you write in the composer and trigger the suggested similar topics dialog. I believe that it is materially different from “normal” site search, as it marks the search as “give me anything that matches any of these, and use fre…

Thanks! I did a little testing before your reply and did notice that search and similar topic results differed a bit, so that’s interesting. This here should be enough info to see if I can make the case for Discourse to the group I am in discussion with though.

Is there is any open API for getting similar topic in discourse?

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) May 20, 2021, 7:11pm 8

Well anything in Discourse can be automated because Discourse is a JavaScript app, not a traditional “web pagee”. In this case, you’d replicate the user interface actions you take from the advanced search page, like so:

Topic		Replies	Views
How can i get similar topics based on text query using discourse API Support	2	353	April 4, 2022
Discourse AI - Related Topics: Enhancing Content Exploration Blog	2	776	December 15, 2023
Suggested Topics - Title & Content based Suggestions Feature suggested-topics	16	3160	September 3, 2023
Use Semantic Search for related topics Support ai	3	89	October 10, 2024
Expanding Search / Similar Topic Externally Feature	1	509	August 29, 2024

Is there is any open API for getting similar topic in discourse?

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