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# GET /api/external/v1/posts/{id} — Check one post’s moderation status

> One post, as a **bare object** (not wrapped). The polling endpoint after a PENDING create: check `status` and `live`.

- Source: https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/get-post
- Section: API reference
- OpenAPI: https://www.dropfans.io/developers/openapi.json

Also served at `/api/external/posts/{id}` (the unversioned alias).

One post, as a **bare object** (not wrapped). The polling endpoint after a PENDING create: check `status` and `live`.

A sensible poll cadence is every 30–60 seconds while PENDING; media moderation usually resolves within minutes.

## Authentication

`Authorization: Bearer dpfn_...` — an API key generated in the dashboard (Vault → API Connect). By default the key acts for the one account it belongs to. Missing or invalid keys return 401 `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}`.

**For a creator you manage or onboarded:** `GET /api/external/v1/creators/{creatorId}/posts/{id}` — with a verified agency's own key for a creator or AI persona it manages, or your app owner's own key for an account your app onboarded (ids from GET /api/external/v1/creators); for a managed creator the agency needs `canManageDrops`. The response echoes the account acted on in `X-Dropfans-Account`. Sending `X-Dropfans-Account: <account id>` on the plain path still works but is deprecated.

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | yes | The post id. |

## Responses

### 200

The post.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | yes | Post id. |
| `kind` | `TEXT` \\| `DROP` \\| `SUBSCRIPTION` \\| `COMMUNITY` \\| `MEDIA` | yes | Post shape. DROP is derived from productId at creation — it is not an accepted request value. |
| `caption` | string \\| null |  | Post text. Null for caption-less media posts. |
| `status` | `PENDING` \\| `APPROVED` \\| `REJECTED` \\| `FLAGGED` | yes | Moderation state. PENDING is normal for media posts and is not an error — poll until it becomes APPROVED. |
| `live` | boolean | yes | True only when the post is APPROVED and its publish time has passed. |
| `scheduledAt` | string \\| null |  | When the post is scheduled to go live, or null for immediate posts. |
| `publishedAt` | string | yes | Effective publish time. |
| `createdAt` | string | yes | Creation time. |
| `productId` | string \\| null |  | The attached drop, for kind=DROP. Null otherwise. |
| `likes` | integer | yes | Like count. |
| `comments` | integer | yes | Comment count. |
| `media` | PostMedia[] | yes | Media entries in display order. Empty for TEXT posts. |

```json
{
  "id": "clxp0st000001feed",
  "kind": "MEDIA",
  "caption": "rate my fit 1-10",
  "status": "APPROVED",
  "live": true,
  "scheduledAt": null,
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-18T19:00:00.000Z",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-18T18:59:40.000Z",
  "productId": null,
  "likes": 14,
  "comments": 3,
  "media": [
    {
      "id": "clxpm3d1a0001post",
      "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30001item",
      "isPaid": false,
      "order": 0,
      "type": "image"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Body | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}` | Missing or invalid API key. |
| 404 | `{"error":"Post not found"}` | No such post on your account. Deliberately 404 (not 403) for another creator’s post — ids cannot be probed. |
| 400 | `{"error":"X-Dropfans-Account must be an account id (from GET /api/external/agency/creators), not a username.","code":"invalid_account_header"}` | `X-Dropfans-Account` is not an account id. |
| 400 | `{"error":"X-Dropfans-Account names a different account than the path — send one or the other.","code":"account_mismatch"}` | Called under /v1/creators/{creatorId}/ with an `X-Dropfans-Account` naming another account. |
| 403 | `{"error":"This key cannot act for that account.","code":"account_not_managed"}` | The creator in the path (or `X-Dropfans-Account`) is one this key cannot act for: no ACCEPTED management by your agency and not an account your app onboarded (or it no longer holds a key bound to your app), a key minted for one creator, or someone is suspended, banned or deleted. An unknown id gets the same answer. |
| 403 | `{"error":"The agency does not have permission for this on that account.","code":"permission_denied","permission":"canManageDrops"}` | For a managed creator: the agency lacks `canManageDrops` on that account. |
| 403 | `{"error":"This app does not have the posts API category enabled. Contact support to enable it.","code":"api_category_disabled","category":"posts"}` | Your app has the For You posts [API category](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/concepts/api-categories.md) switched off. |

## Rate limiting

Per-key fixed windows by tier (Personal 60/min · 5,000/day; approved apps 300/min · 50,000/day; Dropfans-operated integrations exempt). Read the live values from X-RateLimit-Tier, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset and their -Day variants; a 429 carries Retry-After and `{"error":"Rate limit exceeded","code":"rate_limited"}`. See [Rate limits](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/concepts/rate-limits.md).

## Code samples

### curl

```bash
curl "https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/posts/$POST_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY"
```

### Node

```javascript
const postId = '…'; // from an earlier response

const res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/posts/${postId}`, {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DROPFANS_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
console.log(await res.json());
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

post_id = "…"  # from an earlier response

res = requests.get(
    f"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/posts/{post_id}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}"},
)
print(res.json())
```

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "method": "GET",
  "path": "/api/external/v1/posts/{id}",
  "operationId": "getPost",
  "tags": [
    "posts"
  ],
  "summary": "Check one post’s moderation status",
  "description": "One post, as a **bare object** (not wrapped). The polling endpoint after a PENDING create: check `status` and `live`.\n\nA sensible poll cadence is every 30–60 seconds while PENDING; media moderation usually resolves within minutes.",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The post id.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": "clxp0st000001feed"
    },
    {
      "name": "X-Dropfans-Account",
      "in": "header",
      "required": false,
      "deprecated": true,
      "description": "Deprecated: call the …ForCreator operation (/api/external/v1/creators/{creatorId}/…) instead; the header keeps working and such responses carry Deprecation and Link: rel=\"successor-version\". With a verified agency’s own key, the id of a creator or AI persona the agency manages (from GET /api/external/v1/agency/creators): the request then acts as that account, exactly as if it were sent with that account’s own key. Account ids only — usernames are refused (400 invalid_account_header). Checked on every request: the management must be ACCEPTED, nobody may be suspended, banned or deleted (else 403 account_not_managed), and the agency needs the endpoint’s permission on that account (else 403 permission_denied). Omit it to act as the key’s own account.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^c[a-z0-9]{20,32}$"
      },
      "example": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t"
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The post.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-Dropfans-Account": {
          "description": "The id of the account this request acted on — the key’s own account, or the managed account named in the X-Dropfans-Account request header. Assert it when acting for several accounts.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Post id.",
                "example": "clxp0st000001feed"
              },
              "kind": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Post shape. DROP is derived from productId at creation — it is not an accepted request value.",
                "enum": [
                  "TEXT",
                  "DROP",
                  "SUBSCRIPTION",
                  "COMMUNITY",
                  "MEDIA"
                ]
              },
              "caption": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Post text. Null for caption-less media posts."
              },
              "status": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Moderation state. PENDING is normal for media posts and is not an error — poll until it becomes APPROVED.",
                "enum": [
                  "PENDING",
                  "APPROVED",
                  "REJECTED",
                  "FLAGGED"
                ]
              },
              "live": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "description": "True only when the post is APPROVED and its publish time has passed."
              },
              "scheduledAt": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "When the post is scheduled to go live, or null for immediate posts.",
                "format": "date-time"
              },
              "publishedAt": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Effective publish time.",
                "format": "date-time"
              },
              "createdAt": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Creation time.",
                "format": "date-time"
              },
              "productId": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "The attached drop, for kind=DROP. Null otherwise."
              },
              "likes": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Like count.",
                "example": 14
              },
              "comments": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Comment count.",
                "example": 3
              },
              "media": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Post-media row id."
                    },
                    "vaultItemId": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "The source vault item."
                    },
                    "isPaid": {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "description": "True for PPV items shown blurred until unlocked."
                    },
                    "order": {
                      "type": "integer",
                      "description": "Display position (0-based)."
                    },
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Media kind (image/video)."
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "id",
                    "vaultItemId",
                    "isPaid",
                    "order",
                    "type"
                  ]
                },
                "description": "Media entries in display order. Empty for TEXT posts."
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "kind",
              "status",
              "live",
              "publishedAt",
              "createdAt",
              "likes",
              "comments",
              "media"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "id": "clxp0st000001feed",
            "kind": "MEDIA",
            "caption": "rate my fit 1-10",
            "status": "APPROVED",
            "live": true,
            "scheduledAt": null,
            "publishedAt": "2026-08-18T19:00:00.000Z",
            "createdAt": "2026-08-18T18:59:40.000Z",
            "productId": null,
            "likes": 14,
            "comments": 3,
            "media": [
              {
                "id": "clxpm3d1a0001post",
                "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30001item",
                "isPaid": false,
                "order": 0,
                "type": "image"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "`X-Dropfans-Account` is not an account id. Also: Called under /v1/creators/{creatorId}/ with an `X-Dropfans-Account` naming another account.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "X-Dropfans-Account must be an account id (from GET /api/external/agency/creators), not a username.",
            "code": "invalid_account_header"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Missing or invalid API key.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Unauthorized",
            "code": "unauthorized"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "403": {
      "description": "The creator in the path (or `X-Dropfans-Account`) is one this key cannot act for: no ACCEPTED management by your agency and not an account your app onboarded (or it no longer holds a key bound to your app), a key minted for one creator, or someone is suspended, banned or deleted. An unknown id gets the same answer. Also: For a managed creator: the agency lacks `canManageDrops` on that account. Also: Your app has the For You posts [API category](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/concepts/api-categories.md) switched off.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "This key cannot act for that account.",
            "code": "account_not_managed"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "No such post on your account. Deliberately 404 (not 403) for another creator’s post — ids cannot be probed.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message describing what went wrong.",
                "example": "Vault item not found"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Post not found"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "429": {
      "description": "Rate limit exceeded for the current minute or day window. Wait Retry-After seconds and retry.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "Retry-After": {
          "description": "Seconds to wait before retrying (sent with 429s).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Rate limit exceeded",
            "code": "rate_limited"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-codeSamples": [
    {
      "lang": "cURL",
      "label": "curl",
      "source": "curl \"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/posts/$POST_ID\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "JavaScript",
      "label": "Node",
      "source": "const postId = '…'; // from an earlier response\n\nconst res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/posts/${postId}`, {\n  headers: {\n    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DROPFANS_API_KEY}`,\n  },\n});\nconsole.log(await res.json());"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Python",
      "source": "import os\nimport requests\n\npost_id = \"…\"  # from an earlier response\n\nres = requests.get(\n    f\"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/posts/{post_id}\",\n    headers={\"Authorization\": f\"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}\"},\n)\nprint(res.json())"
    }
  ],
  "x-dropfans-docs": "https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/get-post",
  "x-dropfans-category": "posts",
  "x-dropfans-agency-permission": "canManageDrops"
}
```

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