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Post

Generic post (question or answer) view.

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Properties

Name Type Description
post_id integer
post_type string
body string
body_markdown string
link string
score integer
creation_date integer
last_activity_date integer
owner object Lightweight user reference embedded in posts and comments.
comment_count integer
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JSON Schema

stackexchange-api-v2-3-post-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Post",
  "description": "Generic post (question or answer) view.",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stackexchange/refs/heads/main/json-schema/stackexchange-api-v2-3-post-schema.json",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "post_id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "post_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "question",
        "answer"
      ]
    },
    "body": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "body_markdown": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "link": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "score": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "creation_date": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64"
    },
    "last_activity_date": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64"
    },
    "owner": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Lightweight user reference embedded in posts and comments.",
      "properties": {
        "user_id": {
          "type": "integer",
          "format": "int64",
          "example": 22656
        },
        "user_type": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "unregistered",
            "registered",
            "moderator",
            "team_admin",
            "does_not_exist"
          ],
          "example": "registered"
        },
        "display_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "Jon Skeet"
        },
        "reputation": {
          "type": "integer",
          "example": 1500000
        },
        "profile_image": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "example": "https://i.sstatic.net/lLZAr.jpg?s=128"
        },
        "link": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "example": "https://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet"
        },
        "accept_rate": {
          "type": "integer",
          "example": 92
        }
      }
    },
    "comment_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  }
}