# Content Types

> [!WARNING]
> The Web Content API is **deprecated**. Use the [News, Blogs & Forums APIs](news-blogs-forums-overview) instead - same content, one endpoint per content type, and where new features land.

The Web Content API serves three content types, selected with the `site_type` filter.

| Type | `site_type` | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | `news` | Articles from news sites |
| Blogs | `blogs` | Blog posts |
| Discussions | `discussions` | Posts and replies from online forums |

Select one or more:

```
site_type:(news OR blogs)
```

## Discussions

Forum results are organized as threads. Each post carries thread-level fields such as `thread.replies_count` and `thread.participants_count`, plus `ord_in_thread` (its position in the thread). Use `is_first:true` to match only the opening post of each thread:

```
site_type:discussions is_first:true thread.title:"data breach"
```

> [!NOTE]
> All three content types share the same query language and response shape. Only `site_type` and a few thread fields differ in relevance.