medium · Schema

Medium Post

A post published on the Medium platform, including its content metadata, publishing status, tags, licensing, and authorship details.

Properties

Name Type Description
id string The unique identifier assigned to the post by Medium.
title string The title of the post, limited to 100 characters.
contentFormat string The format of the content field, either HTML or Markdown.
content string The body content of the post in the format specified by contentFormat.
authorId string The unique identifier of the user who authored the post.
tags array Tags to classify the post, limited to a maximum of three tags with each up to 25 characters.
canonicalUrl string The original URL if this post was first published elsewhere, used for SEO canonical linking.
publishStatus string The publish status of the post. Public posts are visible to everyone, drafts are private, and unlisted posts are accessible only via direct link.
publishedAt integer The timestamp in milliseconds when the post was published.
license string The license under which the post is published.
licenseUrl string The URL to the full text of the license under which the post is published.
url string The URL to the post on Medium.
publicationId string The unique identifier of the publication the post belongs to, if published within a publication.
notifyFollowers boolean Whether to notify the author's followers about the new post.
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JSON Schema

medium-post-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://medium.com/schemas/medium/post.json",
  "title": "Medium Post",
  "description": "A post published on the Medium platform, including its content metadata, publishing status, tags, licensing, and authorship details.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["title", "contentFormat", "content"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The unique identifier assigned to the post by Medium."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "description": "The title of the post, limited to 100 characters."
    },
    "contentFormat": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["html", "markdown"],
      "description": "The format of the content field, either HTML or Markdown."
    },
    "content": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The body content of the post in the format specified by contentFormat."
    },
    "authorId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The unique identifier of the user who authored the post."
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "maxItems": 3,
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 25
      },
      "description": "Tags to classify the post, limited to a maximum of three tags with each up to 25 characters."
    },
    "canonicalUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "The original URL if this post was first published elsewhere, used for SEO canonical linking."
    },
    "publishStatus": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["public", "draft", "unlisted"],
      "default": "public",
      "description": "The publish status of the post. Public posts are visible to everyone, drafts are private, and unlisted posts are accessible only via direct link."
    },
    "publishedAt": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64",
      "description": "The timestamp in milliseconds when the post was published."
    },
    "license": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "all-rights-reserved",
        "cc-40-by",
        "cc-40-by-sa",
        "cc-40-by-nd",
        "cc-40-by-nc",
        "cc-40-by-nc-nd",
        "cc-40-by-nc-sa",
        "cc-40-zero",
        "public-domain"
      ],
      "default": "all-rights-reserved",
      "description": "The license under which the post is published."
    },
    "licenseUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "The URL to the full text of the license under which the post is published."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "The URL to the post on Medium."
    },
    "publicationId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The unique identifier of the publication the post belongs to, if published within a publication."
    },
    "notifyFollowers": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether to notify the author's followers about the new post."
    }
  }
}