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Medium User Profile and Posts API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium

Retrieve the public profile of a Medium author with a page of their latest posts: name, bio, follower count, and for each post the title, url, lock state, clap count, reading time in whole minutes (at least 1), publish date (ISO 8601, UTC), response count, tags, creator and collection. A valid profile with zero followers or an empty post list is still a successful response.

Medium User Profile and Posts API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
username = medium
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "user": {
            "id": "504c7870fdb6",
            "name": "Medium",
            "username": "medium",
            "bio": "Everyone\u2019s stories and ideas",
            "follower_count": 1526356,
            "following_count": 3
        },
        "posts": [
            {
                "id": "62edea66ffa4",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

2 optional filters available.

username string Required

Medium username, e.g. medium. Example: medium.

Example value medium
limit integer Optional

Posts per page, 1 to 50. Defaults to 10.

Example value 10
from string Optional

Cursor from the previous response next_from field. Omit for the first page.

Example value example

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/medium/user?username=medium", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/medium/user?username=medium")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success data meta
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "user": {
            "id": "504c7870fdb6",
            "name": "Medium",
            "username": "medium",
            "bio": "Everyone\u2019s stories and ideas",
            "follower_count": 1526356,
            "following_count": 3
        },
        "posts": [
            {
                "id": "62edea66ffa4",
                "title": "Updating Our Rules \u2014 June 2023",
                "url": "https://medium.com/blog/updating-our-rules-june-2023-62edea66ffa4",
                "is_locked": false,
                "clap_count": 5111,
                "reading_time": 5,
                "published_at": "2023-06-28T18:01:22Z",
                "responses_count": 69,
                "tags": [
                    "medium",
                    "rules"
                ],
                "creator": {
                    "id": "504c7870fdb6",
                    "username": "Medium"
                },
                "collection": {
                    "id": "15f753907972",
                    "name": "The Medium Blog",
                    "slug": "blog"
                }
            }
        ],
        "has_more": true,
        "next_from": "L1531852667385"
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "user_feed",
        "billable": true
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

A required query parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "username": [
            "The username field is required."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}
404

Resource Not Found

The requested Medium resource does not exist. This response is not billable.

{
    "error": {
        "code": "NOT_FOUND",
        "message": "The requested Medium resource was not found."
    },
    "success": false
}
502

Invalid Source Response

The upstream answered with a shape that no longer matches the documented contract. This response is not billable.

{
    "error": {
        "code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
        "message": "The Medium API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}
503

Service Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

{
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "The Medium API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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