Resolve a Threads post URL into its numeric media ID · Threads API
Convert a public Threads post URL into its post code and numeric `media_id`. Accepts threads.com and threads.net links. Useful for normalizing saved links and matching identifiers across datasets. This identifier conversion does not verify that the post still exists or is publicly accessible.
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curl https://api.unifapi.com/threads/resolve/media-id?url= \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $UNIFAPI_KEY"
Parameters
- urlqueryrequired
- Public HTTPS Threads post URL on threads.com or threads.net, including /@username/post/code.
This operation is part of the Threads API in the social platforms category. It uses the same Bearer token, request tracing, error model, and billing envelope as every UnifAPI endpoint, so agents can switch between platforms without custom per-vendor glue code.
Use it when a workflow needs Threads public data alongside other social networks, but should still keep one API key, one account balance, and one predictable JSON contract.
Common agent workflows
- Fetch canonical public Threads content for summarization, ranking, monitoring, or enrichment.
- Attach engagement, author, media, and source metadata to an agent workflow.
- Give an AI agent a stable Threads data source without building a per-platform integration.
- Normalize Threads responses into the same UnifAPI envelope used across the catalog.
Unified envelope, platform-native fields
- Lookup responses return one canonical object in `data` with stable identifiers, source URLs where available, and platform-specific metadata normalized into predictable JSON.
- The `billing.records_charged` field reports the charged billable-record quantity for the successful response.
- A not-found or invalid-input condition uses the unified UnifAPI error shape, so callers do not need special handling for each source platform.
Response status codes
Billing
This operation charges 1 credit per billable record, with a 1 credit ($0.001) operation minimum. Public responses include billing metadata with credits charged, records charged, and remaining workspace balance. Incorrect Credit deductions caused by platform failures can be restored as billing corrections.
Errors and retries
Authentication, validation, rate-limit, not-found, and provider errors use the unified UnifAPI error format. Agents should log `request_id`, retry only retryable failures, and treat invalid API keys, disabled keys, and expired keys as the same public `unauthorized` error type.
Fields in the data object
A successful Resolve a Threads post URL into its numeric media ID call returns one data object with these fields.
- codestring
- Threads post code (URL slug).
- media_idstring
- Numeric Threads post ID, returned as a string to preserve precision.
Agents & Skills built on Threads
You rarely call Resolve a Threads post URL into its numeric media ID by hand. These prebuilt agents and skills already read Threads data inside Claude or Codex — start from one of them, or call this endpoint yourself.
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