# Lemon8 Posts API

Lemon8 posts with title, caption, type, posted date and likes. Search by keyword or hashtag.

**Pricing:** $0.0045 per post

**Endpoint:** `POST /v1/data/lemon8/posts/run`

**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer mk_live_...`

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `queries` | array | No | One or more search keywords. One request reads them all. |
| `hashtags` | array | No | One or more hashtags. One request reads them all. |
| `country` | string | No | Country to use. United States by default. |
| `maxResults` | integer | No | How many posts to return in total. Defaults to 100; use 0 for all. |

## Example

`?wait=true` holds the request open until the run finishes (up to 60s) and returns the rows inline: one request, no polling.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.mindcase.co/v1/data/lemon8/posts/run?wait=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"params":{}}'
```

```python
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.mindcase.co/v1/data/lemon8/posts/run",
    params={"wait": "true"},
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"params": {}},
)
rows = resp.json()["data"]
```

## Longer runs

If the run is still going at the 60s ceiling you get back `{ job_id, status: "running" }` instead of rows (same if the result is over 100 rows; those come back `truncated`). Poll with that `job_id`:

```bash
# 1) check status
curl https://api.mindcase.co/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"

# 2) when status == completed, fetch the rows
curl https://api.mindcase.co/v1/jobs/JOB_ID/results \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

Full API reference (auth, jobs, balance, SDKs, MCP): https://mindcase.co/skills.md

## Response columns

| Field | Display name | Type |
|-------|--------------|------|
| `postUrl` | Post URL | url |
| `postId` | Post ID | text |
| `title` | Title | text |
| `caption` | Caption | text |
| `type` | Type | text |
| `posted` | Posted | text |
| `likes` | Likes | number |
| `comments` | Comments | number |
| `saves` | Saves | number |
| `views` | Views | number |
| `hashtags` | Hashtags | array |
| `images` | Images | array |
| `thumbnail` | Thumbnail | image |
| `videoUrl` | Video URL | url |
| `authorUsername` | Author Username | text |
| `authorName` | Author Name | text |
| `authorProfileUrl` | Author Profile URL | url |
| `authorVerified` | Author Verified | boolean |
| `authorId` | Author ID | text |
| `authorFollowers` | Author Followers | number |
| `region` | Region | text |
| `sourceQuery` | Source Query | text |