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Stephen Blair
Stephen Blair

Reputation: 369

How to get tagged posts for a specific blog using Tumblr API V2?

I have read the Tumblr API V2 documentation and understand that I can use the /posts method with the tag parameter to get posts from a specific blog with a specific tag, but the response I get doesn't contain any posts, just the total count.

This is true for any blog and tag combination I try. I am using javascript (not the official client) but the result is the same even when I use the Tumblr API Console or type a request directly into the browser URL.

Example request:

http://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/washingtonpost.tumblr.com/posts/text?tag=culture&api_key=fuiKNFp9vQFvjLNvx4sUwti4Yb5yGutBN4Xh10LXZhhRKjWlV4

Response:

{"meta":{"status":200,"msg":"OK"},"response":{"blog":{"title":"The Washington Post","name":"washingtonpost","posts":2647,"url":"http:\/\/washingtonpost.tumblr.com\/","updated":1412647225,"description":"Things you should see and know, from civil rights to Senate races to sports to book reviews. Curated by Julia Carpenter.","is_nsfw":false,"ask":true,"ask_page_title":"Ask away!","ask_anon":true,"share_likes":false},"posts":[],"total_posts":7}}

The response.total_posts count is accurate, but why is the response.posts array empty? How could I use this response to get the actual posts?

Edit:

As of today there are 7 posts on the Washington Post blog tagged "culture". There is 1 text post, 3 quote posts and 3 photo posts.

This request returns all 3 photo posts.

This request returns all 3 quote posts.

So why does this request not return the 1 text post?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 961

Answers (1)

Stephen Blair
Stephen Blair

Reputation: 369

This is a confirmed bug in the Tumblr API. Hopefully a fix will be available shortly.

Bug report on Tumblr Google Group

Upvotes: 2

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