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

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-a-post-discourse-api-question/201497>\
**Category:** Development\
**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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**Author:** ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)\
**Post date:** [24 באוגוסט,‏ 2021,‏ 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-a-post-discourse-api-question/201497/6 "2021-08-24T22:02:11Z")

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> [@codetricity](#):
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> 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 post query (filter-5).

When you query for posts, that’s a query for **new** Replies to Existing Topics - **excluding** the OP. That is the expected behavior - to show only the _new_ posts.  
To include Topics (created by that user) as part of the query, then Filter=4 should return the topics that user created (including the OPs as part of the count [3]), and their replies [4]. That would return the 7 you see in the report. 3 Topics created + 4 replies to give a count of 7 (3 OPs + 4 Replies).

Anyone else more knowledgeable please feel free to jump in.

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