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/techmeme/stories

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.anysite.io/api/techmeme/stories \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "story": "<string>",
  "timeout": 300
}
'

[
  {
    "permalink_id": "<string>",
    "headline": "<string>",
    "@type": "TechmemeStory",
    "source": "<string>",
    "author": "<string>",
    "url": "<string>",
    "summary": "<string>",
    "image": "<string>",
    "permalink_url": "<string>",
    "published_date": "<string>",
    "twitter_url": "<string>",
    "threads_url": "<string>",
    "bluesky_url": "<string>",
    "mastodon_url": "<string>",
    "related_coverage": [],
    "tweets": [],
    "bluesky": [],
    "mastodon": [],
    "forums": []
  }
]

/techmeme

/techmeme/stories

Get a single Techmeme story cluster by its permalink. Returns the lead headline, source and author, external article url, summary and image, plus the full editorial cluster: related coverage from other publications, tweets, Bluesky and Mastodon posts and forum discussions, each with author, source and url.

Price: 1 credit

💡 AI Hint: Fetch one Techmeme story cluster by permalink (URL, path ‘260625/p24’ or bare id ‘260625p24’). Returns a single item with the lead story (headline, source, author, external url, summary, image, published_date) and its full editorial cluster: related_coverage, tweets, bluesky, mastodon and forums, each item carrying author/source/handle, text and url.

⚠️ Common errors: 412: Story not found (well-formed but nonexistent permalink)

POST

/

api

/

techmeme

/

stories

/techmeme/stories

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.anysite.io/api/techmeme/stories \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "story": "<string>",
  "timeout": 300
}
'

[
  {
    "permalink_id": "<string>",
    "headline": "<string>",
    "@type": "TechmemeStory",
    "source": "<string>",
    "author": "<string>",
    "url": "<string>",
    "summary": "<string>",
    "image": "<string>",
    "permalink_url": "<string>",
    "published_date": "<string>",
    "twitter_url": "<string>",
    "threads_url": "<string>",
    "bluesky_url": "<string>",
    "mastodon_url": "<string>",
    "related_coverage": [],
    "tweets": [],
    "bluesky": [],
    "mastodon": [],
    "forums": []
  }
]

Authorizations

access-token

string

header

required

API token from the dashboard

Headers

access-token

string

required

Body

application/json

story

string

required

Techmeme story permalink: full URL, path or bare id

Minimum string length: 1

Examples:

"https://www.techmeme.com/260625/p24"

"260625/p24"

"260625p24"

timeout

integer

default:300

Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)

Required range: 20 <= x <= 1500

Response

Successful Response

permalink_id

string

required

headline

string

required

@type

string

default:TechmemeStory

source

string | null

author

string | null

url

string | null

summary

string | null

image

string | null

permalink_url

string | null

published_date

string | null

twitter_url

string | null

threads_url

string | null

bluesky_url

string | null

mastodon_url

string | null

Show child attributes

tweets

object[]

Show child attributes

bluesky

object[]

Show child attributes

mastodon

object[]

Show child attributes

forums

object[]

Show child attributes

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