Medium API

medium · Media

Media No Auth Free & Open media social

Medium API helps you to quickly extract data from Medium's Website (https://medium.com). You can gather data related to users, publications, articles (including its textual content), latest posts & top writers within a topic/niche, etc…

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get Welcome

**Test Endpoint** Returns the information about the Medium API

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Search Articles

Returns the list of `articles_ids` for the given search query results. (Max Length = 1000)

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/articles?query={query}?query=startup

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/articles?query={query}?query=startup"

import requests
params = {
    "query": "startup"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/articles?query={query}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/articles?query={query}');
url.searchParams.set('query', 'startup');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/articles?query={query}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("query", "startup")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/articles?query={query}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "query" => "startup"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/articles?query={query}?" . http_build_query([
    "query" => "startup"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Search Lists

Returns an array of `list_ids` for the given search query results. (Max Length = 1000)

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/lists?query={query}?query=artificial intelligence

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/lists?query={query}?query=artificial%20intelligence"

import requests
params = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/lists?query={query}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/lists?query={query}');
url.searchParams.set('query', 'artificial intelligence');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/lists?query={query}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("query", "artificial intelligence")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/lists?query={query}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "query" => "artificial intelligence"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/medium.com/1.0/search/lists?query={query}?" . http_build_query([
    "query" => "artificial intelligence"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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storing and delivering images, video, and audio
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transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Medium API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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