Threads API

API

Meta's API for publishing, searching and moderating posts on Threads

Price: Free
Access: Threads user access token (OAuth)

About

The Threads API lets apps publish text, image, video and carousel posts for Threads users, manage replies and read insights. Each profile can publish 250 posts and 1,000 replies per 24 hours. Public keyword search and access for users outside your testers need App Review.

What you can do with it

Publish text, image, video and carousel posts to a Threads profile
Search public Threads posts by keyword or topic tag
Hide, approve and answer replies to your own Threads posts

Get started

Create a Meta app with the Threads use case
Get a Threads user access token through the authorization window
Add Threads testers, or pass App Review for public users

Example

# 1) Create a text post container
curl -X POST "https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/$THREADS_USER_ID/threads" \
  -d "media_type=TEXT" \
  -d "text=Hello from the Threads API" \
  -d "access_token=$THREADS_ACCESS_TOKEN"
# 2) Publish the container using the id returned above
curl -X POST "https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/$THREADS_USER_ID/threads_publish" \
  -d "creation_id=$THREADS_CONTAINER_ID" \
  -d "access_token=$THREADS_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
MCP server: None
Works with: Threads