The Forums API delivers posts and replies from online discussion boards as structured JSON - raw, conversational content where opinions form.
GET
https://api.webz.io/api/forums
Find active discussions about a topic:
https://api.webz.io/api/forums?token=YOUR_TOKEN&q="home battery" language:english
Forum content is organized in threads: an original post followed by replies. Each post - original or reply - is a separate result with its own uuid, url, and text, and carries:
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
ord_in_thread | Position of the post in its thread (0 = the original post) |
thread.title | Title of the thread |
thread.replies_count | Number of replies in the thread |
thread.participants_count | Number of distinct participants |
As a thread grows, each new reply arrives as a new post. If an already-delivered post's text changes on a later crawl, its text and updated fields are refreshed.
Filter by activity (replies_count:>10) or sort by replies_count / participants_count to find lively discussions - see Filters.
thread.replies_count and thread.participants_count are snapshots taken when each post was crawled. The newest post in a thread carries the freshest counts.
The is_first filter targets either side of a thread:
| Filter | Returns |
|---|---|
is_first:true | Only original posts (equivalent to ord_in_thread:0) |
is_first:false | Only replies |
Opening posts of busy threads, without wading through every reply:
https://api.webz.io/api/forums?token=YOUR_TOKEN&q="home battery" is_first:true replies_count:>10
Forums content is searchable for roughly the last 31 days - see Time Range & History. Older data - up to the last 5 years - is available via the News, Blogs, Forums & Reviews Archive.
Internally, forum content is typed discussions - responses show "site_type": "discussions" in the thread object. Review content is excluded from forums results.