Type post
Discussion
This type represents the intersection of the Question and Answer types.
It's used in cases where it would be beneficial to mix questions and answers in a response.
The upvoted and downvoted fields can only be queried for with an access_token with the private_info scope.
Fields
body_markdown 2.2
string
comment_count 2.2
integer
content_license 2.2
string
down_vote_count
integer
downvoted 2.2
boolean
private_info
link 2.1
string
post_type
one of
question, answer, or article
score
integer
title 2.2
string
up_vote_count
integer
upvoted 2.2
boolean
private_info
Fields marked with are included in the default filter, those marked with are excluded in the default filter.
Examples
► Question
{"owner":{"reputation":9001,"user_id":1,"user_type":"registered","accept_rate":55,"profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r=PG","display_name":"Example User","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user"},"down_vote_count":2,"up_vote_count":7,"score":5,"last_edit_date":1734748492,"last_activity_date":1734770092,"creation_date":1734705292,"post_type":"question","post_id":1,"body":"question body"}► Answer
{"owner":{"reputation":9001,"user_id":1,"user_type":"registered","accept_rate":55,"profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r=PG","display_name":"Example User","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user"},"down_vote_count":2,"up_vote_count":7,"score":5,"last_edit_date":1734748492,"last_activity_date":1734770092,"creation_date":1734705292,"post_type":"answer","post_id":1,"body":"answer body"}