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&fi…

As far as I can tell, the filter=5 for posts on /user_actions.json?offset=0&username=USERNAME&filter=5 does not correspond to the Posts in the report. It looks like the Posts on the report includes both the posts (filter=5) and topics (filter=4). I’m assuming that posts are supposed to be replies …

[image] jcasman: Posts don’t appear to include Topics. Is this the expected behavior? Yes, posts are within a topic. So searching for new posts will not search for new topics. [image] jcasman: What are Posts in the relation to Replies? When you create a Topic you have also created a P…

Is this any help? [image] (Superseded) The difference between Topics and Posts Using Discourse information_source This has been superseded by parts of the Discourse New User Guide Inspired by this answer by @jomaxro , this is a short explainer on the difference between t…

[image] JimPas: When you create a Topic you have also created a Post - the first Post is part of the Topic. However, all subsequent Replies are also considered Posts - you are posting your replies. :slightly_smiling_face: First, thank you for your help. Using the /user_actions.json?offset=0&…

[image] codetricity: I do not seem to be getting a post counted if it was the first post of a topic. That’s correct. All topics have a first post as part of the topic creation. One couldn’t very well create a topic with only a topic header. That first post isn’t counted as a post (reply) in a…

[image] JimPas: That’s correct. All topics have a first post as part of the topic creation. One couldn’t very well create a topic with only a topic header. That first post isn’t counted as a post (reply) in a post query (filter-5). @JimPas , thank you for your help. It is very useful. With …

Same here, @JimPas , very helpful and very much appreciated. Thank you.

What's a Post? (Discourse API question)

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JammyDodger August 24, 2021, 6:48am 4

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What's a Post? (Discourse API question)

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