# מה זה פוסט? (שאלה על ה-API של Discourse)

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**Created:** [23 באוגוסט,‏ 2021,‏ 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-a-post-discourse-api-question/201497 "2021-08-23T22:52:36Z")\
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I’m trying to accurately gauge and report activity from a forum that I am running using Discourse. I think I fundamentally don’t understand what a Post is.

On the API, there’s Topics and Posts. For example, if I want to get Posts, I can use filter=5

/user\_actions.json?offset=0&username=USERNAME&filter=5

(Can anyone tell me what is “offset”?)

Here’s the mystery. Posts don’t appear to include Topics. Is this the expected behavior?

What are Posts in the relation to Replies? They do not appear to be a superset.

Are posts in the API the same as we get in the report (Admin → Reports → Posts)?

 ![reports-posts](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/e/ce850f3464fd036d40722542bc4734b7a2e5f246.png)

Any help appreciated.

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