# API Direct, free tier, GET /v1/threads/user/posts: Threads post API

> Get a user’s recent posts (their feed) on Threads by username. Returns post text, engagement metrics (likes, replies, reposts, quotes, reshares), author metadata, attached media, link previews, and whether each post is pinned to the profile.

API Direct's Threads post API on its Free tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns all 4 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
We rank 18 plans by price. [Captapi's $9 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.09. Captapi charges for each page of results. We count 100 posts on each page to get the $0.09 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-threads-user-posts
- Get it: https://apidirect.io/docs/pricing
- Request: `GET https://apidirect.io/v1/threads/user/posts`, Threads User Posts
- API key: with the plan, on https://apidirect.io/docs/pricing
- Its API docs: https://apidirect.io/docs/threads-user-posts
- Sold by: API Direct (https://apidirect.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 35
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: 142 other calls: 50 requests a month each, 20 for Places Search, Place Reviews and Place Photos

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get a user’s recent posts (their feed) on Threads by username. Returns post text, engagement metrics (likes, replies, reposts, quotes, reshares), author metadata, attached media, link previews, and whether each post is pinned to the profile.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, or impair the Service, Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, Use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent purposes, Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any rate limits, usage limits, or security measures, Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys, Harass, abuse, or harm individuals using data obtained through the Service, Scrape our Service [...] You acknowledge that: [...] You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the underlying platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) when using data obtained through our Service [...] You agree that: You have a lawful basis for requesting, receiving, and using the data you obtain through the Service [...] You will comply with applicable data protection law, including providing any notices and honouring any rights owed to individuals by you as controller [...] You will not use the Service to identify or target individuals on the basis of special categories of personal data

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 requests a month
- Enough for: 50 pages a month
- Expires: reset on the 1st of each month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1.39
- Concurrent: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: pages, get_sentiment
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/threads/user/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms

## The 33 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, post URL, created at, author username, platform, platform domain, text, like count, reply count, repost count, quote count, reshare count, author name, author verified, is reply, is pinned, post type, image, video, media width, media height, has audio, reply control, hashtags, mentions, carousel media, link preview, quoted post, post ID, post code, AI content label, results returned, pages returned

## API Direct's plans (2)

- [API Direct, free tier, GET /v1/threads/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-threads-user-posts/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /v1/threads/user/posts, Threads User Posts](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-threads-user-posts-threads-user-posts/llms.txt): $0.171 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## API Direct's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /v1/batch`, Batch Requests: [API Direct, free tier, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/threads/user/posts`, Threads User Posts: [API Direct, free tier, GET /v1/threads/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-threads-user-posts/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/batch`, Batch Requests, full: [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, POST /v1/batch, Batch Requests, full](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-post-v1-batch-batch-requests-full/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/threads/user/posts`, Threads User Posts, full: [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /v1/threads/user/posts, Threads User Posts, full](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-threads-user-posts-threads-user-posts-full/llms.txt)

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- [API Direct: Facebook post API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch, Batch Requests](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: Facebook post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/facebook/page/posts, Facebook Page Posts](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-facebook-page-posts/llms.txt)
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- [API Direct: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/linkedin/company/posts, LinkedIn Company Posts](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/linkedin/company](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt)
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- [API Direct: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/linkedin/companies](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch, Batch Requests](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/linkedin/person/posts, LinkedIn Person Posts](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
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- [API Direct: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/linkedin/job](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/linkedin/jobs](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch, Batch Requests](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/linkedin/post, LinkedIn Post Details](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/api-direct/free/llms.txt)
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- [API Direct: Reddit post API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/reddit/user/posts, Reddit User Posts](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-reddit-user-posts/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: Reddit profile API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: Reddit profile API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/reddit/user](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-reddit-user/llms.txt)
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- [API Direct: Threads profile API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [API Direct: Threads profile API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/threads/user](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-threads-user/llms.txt)

## API Direct: Threads post API alternatives

- [Captapi, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/captapi/90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.09 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $1,400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/ensembledata/1400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.933 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Bright Data, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/bright-data/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.30 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://apidirect.io/docs/batch
- https://apidirect.io/docs/pricing
- https://apidirect.io/docs/rate-limits
- https://apidirect.io/docs/threads-user-posts
- https://apidirect.io/dpa
- https://apidirect.io/endpoints/linkedin-person
- https://apidirect.io/llms-full.txt
- https://apidirect.io/openapi.json
- https://apidirect.io/terms