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Search public Medium stories, profiles, publications and reading lists by keyword. Choose a result type and use nextPage to request another results page.

GET/v1/medium/searchx-api-key

Headers

Get your API key

x-api-keystringrequiredheader

Your ScrapeAtlas customer key. Create one on /account/ and set SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY.

Query parameters

querystringrequiredquery

Search phrase.

min 1 chars · max 200 chars

Exampletechnology

typeenumquery

Selected result type: posts, profiles, publications or lists.

one of: posts, profiles, publications, lists

Exampleposts

limitstringquery

Records returned per page, from 1 to 100.

Example20

pagestringquery

Zero-based search page, from 0 to 100.

Example0

Response fields

210

requestIdstring

Request correlation UUID.

Source request attempts, decoded bytes and duration.

accounting.upstreamRequestsinteger

Number of upstream HTTP request attempts.

≥ 0

accounting.responseBytesinteger

Decoded source response bytes.

≥ 0

accounting.durationMsnumber

Elapsed request time in milliseconds.

≥ 0

successboolean

True when usable data is returned; inspect status and coverage.

statusenum

success or partial for usable data; failed or challenged for failure responses.

one of: success, partial

sourceUrlstring

Canonical public Medium URL for the request.

absolute HTTPS URL

fetchedAtstring

UTC retrieval timestamp.

Coverage of the returned source records.

coverage.sourcestring

Public Medium web data.

coverage.completeboolean

Whether the result has no reported omissions.

coverage.warningsstring[]

Warnings that explain partial results.

coverage.orderenumoptional

Returned source order: source_order or ranked.

one of: source_order, ranked

Public story records in returned source order.

up to 100 items

posts.idstring

Medium story ID as a source string.

posts.titlestringnullable

Story title, or null.

posts.subtitlestringnullable

Story subtitle, or null.

posts.slugstringnullable

Source story slug, or null.

posts.uniqueSlugstringnullable

Source story slug including its ID, or null.

posts.urlstringnullable

Public story URL, or null.

posts.canonicalUrlstringnullable

Source canonical URL, or null.

posts.creatorIdstringnullable

Author user ID, or null.

posts.publicationIdstringnullable

Containing publication ID, or null.

posts.languagestringnullable

Source language code, or null.

posts.createdAtintegernullable

Story creation time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.updatedAtintegernullable

Story update time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.firstPublishedAtintegernullable

First publication time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.latestPublishedAtintegernullable

Latest publication time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.clapCountintegernullable

Published clap count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.responseCountintegernullable

Published response count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.readingTimenumbernullable

Source reading time in minutes, or null.

≥ 0

posts.wordCountintegernullable

Source word count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.memberOnlybooleannullable

Source membership flag, or null.

posts.previewOnlybooleannullable

Whether the source record contains a preview, or null.

posts.responsesLockedbooleannullable

Whether the source has locked responses, or null.

posts.parentIdstringnullable

Parent story ID for a response, or null.

posts.imageUrlstringnullable

Story preview image URL, or null.

Story topic tags in source order.

up to 100 items

posts.tags.slugstring

Topic URL slug.

posts.tags.namestringnullable

Topic display name, or null.

posts.tags.postCountintegernullable

Source topic story count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

Public author profile, or null.

posts.author.idstring

Medium user ID as a source string.

posts.author.usernamestring

Public Medium handle.

posts.author.namestringnullable

Display name, or null.

posts.author.biostringnullable

Profile biography, or null.

posts.author.urlstringnullable

Public profile URL, or null.

posts.author.imageIdstringnullable

Source avatar image identifier, or null.

posts.author.imageUrlstringnullable

Public avatar image URL, or null.

posts.author.backgroundImageIdstringnullable

Source background image identifier, or null.

posts.author.createdAtintegernullable

Profile creation time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.author.mediumMemberAtintegernullable

Medium membership start as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.author.languageCodestringnullable

Source language code, or null.

posts.author.twitterScreenNamestringnullable

Public X handle, or null.

posts.author.facebookDisplayNamestringnullable

Public Facebook display name, or null.

posts.author.followerCountintegernullable

Published follower count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.author.followingCountintegernullable

Published following count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.author.postCountintegernullable

Published story count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.author.isSuspendedbooleannullable

Source suspension flag, or null.

posts.authorNamestringnullable

Author display name published with the story, or null.

Containing publication metadata, or null.

posts.publication.idstring

Medium publication ID as a source string.

posts.publication.namestringnullable

Publication name, or null.

posts.publication.slugstringnullable

Publication URL slug, or null.

posts.publication.urlstringnullable

Public publication URL, or null.

posts.publication.descriptionstringnullable

Publication description, or null.

posts.publication.shortDescriptionstringnullable

Short publication description, or null.

posts.publication.taglinestringnullable

Publication tagline, or null.

posts.publication.creatorIdstringnullable

Publication creator user ID, or null.

posts.publication.subscriberCountintegernullable

Published subscriber count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.publication.imageUrlstringnullable

Publication image URL, or null.

posts.publication.logoUrlstringnullable

Publication logo URL, or null.

posts.publication.faviconUrlstringnullable

Publication favicon URL, or null.

posts.publication.twitterUsernamestringnullable

Public X handle, or null.

posts.publication.facebookPageNamestringnullable

Public Facebook page name, or null.

posts.publication.instagramUsernamestringnullable

Public Instagram handle, or null.

posts.publication.publicEmailstringnullable

Email address published by the publication, or null.

posts.publication.editorsNotestringnullable

Public editor note, or null.

Public publication staff in source order, or null.

posts.publication.staff.userIdstring

Medium staff user ID as a source string.

posts.publication.staff.isEditorbooleannullable

Source editor flag, or null.

posts.publication.staff.excludedbooleannullable

Source exclusion flag, or null.

posts.publication.staff.typestringnullable

Source staff record type, or null.

Public staff profile, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.idstring

Medium user ID as a source string.

posts.publication.staff.profile.usernamestring

Public Medium handle.

posts.publication.staff.profile.namestringnullable

Display name, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.biostringnullable

Profile biography, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.urlstringnullable

Public profile URL, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.imageIdstringnullable

Source avatar image identifier, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.imageUrlstringnullable

Public avatar image URL, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.backgroundImageIdstringnullable

Source background image identifier, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.createdAtintegernullable

Profile creation time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.publication.staff.profile.mediumMemberAtintegernullable

Medium membership start as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.publication.staff.profile.languageCodestringnullable

Source language code, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.twitterScreenNamestringnullable

Public X handle, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.facebookDisplayNamestringnullable

Public Facebook display name, or null.

posts.publication.staff.profile.followerCountintegernullable

Published follower count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.publication.staff.profile.followingCountintegernullable

Published following count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.publication.staff.profile.postCountintegernullable

Published story count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.publication.staff.profile.isSuspendedbooleannullable

Source suspension flag, or null.

posts.publication.tagsstring[]

Publication tag strings in source order.

up to 100 items

Source paragraphs in their original order.

up to 3000 items

posts.paragraphs.namestringnullable

Source paragraph identifier, or null.

posts.paragraphs.typeinteger | stringnullable

Source paragraph type as a number or string, or null.

posts.paragraphs.textstring

Paragraph text.

posts.paragraphs.imageIdstringnullable

Source image identifier, or null.

posts.paragraphs.mediaResourceIdstringnullable

Source media resource identifier, or null.

Inline formatting and link ranges in source order.

up to 1000 items

posts.paragraphs.markups.typeinteger | stringnullable

Source markup type as a number or string, or null.

posts.paragraphs.markups.startintegernullable

Start offset in the paragraph, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.paragraphs.markups.endintegernullable

End offset in the paragraph, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

posts.paragraphs.markups.hrefstringnullable

Public link destination, or null.

posts.paragraphs.markups.userIdstringnullable

Mentioned source user ID, or null.

posts.textstringnullable

Readable story text from the returned source content, or null.

posts.contentHtmlstringnullable

Public story HTML when the source supplies it, or null.

posts.linksstring[]

Public link destinations in source order.

up to 1000 items

nextCursorstringnullable

Opaque continuation token, or null.

limitinteger

Records returned per page, from 1 to 100.

1 – 100

typeenum

Selected result type: posts, profiles, publications or lists.

one of: posts, profiles, publications, lists

Public publication records in returned source order.

up to 100 items

publications.idstring

Medium publication ID as a source string.

publications.namestringnullable

Publication name, or null.

publications.slugstringnullable

Publication URL slug, or null.

publications.urlstringnullable

Public publication URL, or null.

publications.descriptionstringnullable

Publication description, or null.

publications.shortDescriptionstringnullable

Short publication description, or null.

publications.taglinestringnullable

Publication tagline, or null.

publications.creatorIdstringnullable

Publication creator user ID, or null.

publications.subscriberCountintegernullable

Published subscriber count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

publications.imageUrlstringnullable

Publication image URL, or null.

publications.logoUrlstringnullable

Publication logo URL, or null.

publications.faviconUrlstringnullable

Publication favicon URL, or null.

publications.twitterUsernamestringnullable

Public X handle, or null.

publications.facebookPageNamestringnullable

Public Facebook page name, or null.

publications.instagramUsernamestringnullable

Public Instagram handle, or null.

publications.publicEmailstringnullable

Email address published by the publication, or null.

publications.editorsNotestringnullable

Public editor note, or null.

Public publication staff in source order, or null.

publications.staff.userIdstring

Medium staff user ID as a source string.

publications.staff.isEditorbooleannullable

Source editor flag, or null.

publications.staff.excludedbooleannullable

Source exclusion flag, or null.

publications.staff.typestringnullable

Source staff record type, or null.

Public staff profile, or null.

publications.staff.profile.idstring

Medium user ID as a source string.

publications.staff.profile.usernamestring

Public Medium handle.

publications.staff.profile.namestringnullable

Display name, or null.

publications.staff.profile.biostringnullable

Profile biography, or null.

publications.staff.profile.urlstringnullable

Public profile URL, or null.

publications.staff.profile.imageIdstringnullable

Source avatar image identifier, or null.

publications.staff.profile.imageUrlstringnullable

Public avatar image URL, or null.

publications.staff.profile.backgroundImageIdstringnullable

Source background image identifier, or null.

publications.staff.profile.createdAtintegernullable

Profile creation time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

publications.staff.profile.mediumMemberAtintegernullable

Medium membership start as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

publications.staff.profile.languageCodestringnullable

Source language code, or null.

publications.staff.profile.twitterScreenNamestringnullable

Public X handle, or null.

publications.staff.profile.facebookDisplayNamestringnullable

Public Facebook display name, or null.

publications.staff.profile.followerCountintegernullable

Published follower count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

publications.staff.profile.followingCountintegernullable

Published following count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

publications.staff.profile.postCountintegernullable

Published story count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

publications.staff.profile.isSuspendedbooleannullable

Source suspension flag, or null.

publications.tagsstring[]

Publication tag strings in source order.

up to 100 items

Public profile records in returned source order.

up to 100 items

profiles.idstring

Medium user ID as a source string.

profiles.usernamestring

Public Medium handle.

profiles.namestringnullable

Display name, or null.

profiles.biostringnullable

Profile biography, or null.

profiles.urlstringnullable

Public profile URL, or null.

profiles.imageIdstringnullable

Source avatar image identifier, or null.

profiles.imageUrlstringnullable

Public avatar image URL, or null.

profiles.backgroundImageIdstringnullable

Source background image identifier, or null.

profiles.createdAtintegernullable

Profile creation time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

profiles.mediumMemberAtintegernullable

Medium membership start as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

profiles.languageCodestringnullable

Source language code, or null.

profiles.twitterScreenNamestringnullable

Public X handle, or null.

profiles.facebookDisplayNamestringnullable

Public Facebook display name, or null.

profiles.followerCountintegernullable

Published follower count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

profiles.followingCountintegernullable

Published following count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

profiles.postCountintegernullable

Published story count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

profiles.isSuspendedbooleannullable

Source suspension flag, or null.

Public reading lists in returned source order.

up to 100 items

lists.idstring

Medium list ID as a source string.

lists.namestringnullable

List name, or null.

lists.descriptionstringnullable

Public list description, or null.

lists.postItemsCountintegernullable

Published list story count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

lists.visibilitystring

Public list visibility.

lists.typestringnullable

Source list type, or null.

lists.predefinedbooleannullable

Whether Medium provides the predefined list, or null.

lists.disallowResponsesbooleannullable

Whether list responses are disabled, or null.

Public list creator profile, or null.

lists.creator.idstring

Medium user ID as a source string.

lists.creator.usernamestring

Public Medium handle.

lists.creator.namestringnullable

Display name, or null.

lists.creator.biostringnullable

Profile biography, or null.

lists.creator.urlstringnullable

Public profile URL, or null.

lists.creator.imageIdstringnullable

Source avatar image identifier, or null.

lists.creator.imageUrlstringnullable

Public avatar image URL, or null.

lists.creator.backgroundImageIdstringnullable

Source background image identifier, or null.

lists.creator.createdAtintegernullable

Profile creation time as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

lists.creator.mediumMemberAtintegernullable

Medium membership start as Unix milliseconds, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

lists.creator.languageCodestringnullable

Source language code, or null.

lists.creator.twitterScreenNamestringnullable

Public X handle, or null.

lists.creator.facebookDisplayNamestringnullable

Public Facebook display name, or null.

lists.creator.followerCountintegernullable

Published follower count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

lists.creator.followingCountintegernullable

Published following count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

lists.creator.postCountintegernullable

Published story count, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

lists.creator.isSuspendedbooleannullable

Source suspension flag, or null.

pageinteger

Zero-based search page, from 0 to 100.

≥ 0

nextPageintegernullable

Next search page number, or null.

0 – 9007199254740991

HTTP 200 returns the success variant. Check status: partial means usable data with warnings, and failed or challenged requests carry a failure object described in Errors & responses.

Error codes

HTTP	failure.code	Meaning
400	`invalid_request`	Missing, duplicated, invalid or unsupported request parameters.
401	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid worker API key.
404	`not_found`	The requested writer, publication or story was not found.
422	`restricted_page`	The source requires additional access.
422	`unsupported_page`	The source did not provide the expected record.
502	`upstream_challenged`	The source challenged the request.
502	`upstream_rate_limited`	The source rate limited the request.
502	`upstream_error`	A source request failed.
502	`response_too_large`	Source data exceeded the response byte limit.
502	`payload_too_complex`	Source data exceeded the traversal depth or node limit.
502	`unsafe_redirect`	The source returned an unexpected redirect.
502	`request_limit`	The request exhausted its source-attempt budget.
503	`busy`	All worker request slots are in use.
504	`timeout`	The request exceeded its deadline.
200	`partial`	Usable data was returned with coverage warnings.

Code example

curl "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/medium/search?query=technology&limit=20&page=0&type=posts" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/medium/search?query=technology&limit=20&page=0&type=posts",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.status, data);

type Result = {
  status: "success" | "partial" | "failed" | "challenged";
  requestId: string;
  [field: string]: unknown;
};

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/medium/search?query=technology&limit=20&page=0&type=posts",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": process.env.SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY!
    }
  }
);

const data = (await response.json()) as Result;
if (data.status === "failed" || data.status === "challenged") {
  throw new Error(`Medium request failed: ${data.requestId}`);
}
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/medium/search",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "technology",
        "limit": "20",
        "page": "0",
        "type": "posts"
    },
    timeout=60,
)
data = response.json()
print(data["status"], data)

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/medium/search?query=technology&limit=20&page=0&type=posts", nil)
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	var data map[string]interface{}
	json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data)
	fmt.Println(data["status"], data)
}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/medium/search?query=technology&limit=20&page=0&type=posts"))
            .GET()
            .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
            .build();
        var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

Use your sa_live_… customer key at https://api.scrapeatlas.com.

Responses

Successful result. Synthetic example validated against the runtime contract.

{
  "success": true,
  "status": "success",
  "requestId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
  "sourceUrl": "https://medium.com/search?q=technology",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "coverage": {
    "source": "public_web",
    "complete": true,
    "warnings": [],
    "order": "source_order"
  },
  "accounting": {
    "upstreamRequests": 1,
    "responseBytes": 12000,
    "durationMs": 500
  },
  "posts": [
    {
      "id": "cccccccccccc",
      "title": "Synthetic story",
      "subtitle": "A synthetic story about technology.",
      "slug": "synthetic-story",
      "uniqueSlug": "synthetic-story-cccccccccccc",
      "url": "https://medium.com/@example-writer/synthetic-story-cccccccccccc",
      "canonicalUrl": null,
      "creatorId": "aaaaaaaaaaaa",
      "publicationId": "bbbbbbbbbbbb",
      "language": "en",
      "createdAt": 1756684800000,
      "updatedAt": 1756684800000,
      "firstPublishedAt": 1756684800000,
      "latestPublishedAt": 1756684800000,
      "clapCount": 14,
      "responseCount": 2,
      "readingTime": 2.5,
      "wordCount": 500,
      "memberOnly": false,
      "previewOnly": false,
      "responsesLocked": false,
      "parentId": null,
      "imageUrl": null,
      "tags": [
        {
          "slug": "technology",
          "name": "Technology",
          "postCount": null
        }
      ],
      "author": {
        "id": "aaaaaaaaaaaa",
        "username": "example-writer",
        "name": "Example Writer",
        "bio": "Writes about technology.",
        "url": "https://medium.com/@example-writer",
        "imageId": null,
        "imageUrl": null,
        "backgroundImageId": null,
        "createdAt": 1756684800000,
        "mediumMemberAt": null,
        "languageCode": "en",
        "twitterScreenName": null,
        "facebookDisplayName": null,
        "followerCount": 12,
        "followingCount": 3,
        "postCount": 5,
        "isSuspended": false
      },
      "publication": {
        "id": "bbbbbbbbbbbb",
        "name": "Example Publication",
        "slug": "example-publication",
        "url": "https://medium.com/example-publication",
        "description": "Stories about technology.",
        "shortDescription": "Technology stories.",
        "tagline": null,
        "creatorId": "aaaaaaaaaaaa",
        "subscriberCount": 20,
        "imageUrl": null,
        "logoUrl": null,
        "faviconUrl": null,
        "twitterUsername": null,
        "facebookPageName": null,
        "instagramUsername": null,
        "publicEmail": null,
        "tags": [
          "technology"
        ],
        "editorsNote": null,
        "staff": null
      },
      "paragraphs": [
        {
          "name": "synthetic-paragraph",
          "type": 1,
          "text": "Synthetic public story text.",
          "imageId": null,
          "mediaResourceId": null,
          "markups": []
        }
      ],
      "text": "Synthetic public story text.",
      "contentHtml": null,
      "links": [],
      "authorName": "Example Writer"
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": null,
  "limit": 20,
  "page": 0,
  "nextPage": null,
  "type": "posts",
  "profiles": [],
  "publications": [],
  "lists": []
}

Missing, duplicated, invalid or unsupported request parameters.

{
  "requestId": "9d2f1c0a-6b1e-4c7d-9a8e-2f3b4c5d6e7f",
  "accounting": {
    "upstreamRequests": 0,
    "responseBytes": 0,
    "durationMs": 0
  },
  "success": false,
  "status": "failed",
  "failure": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "Invalid request: missing, duplicate, unsupported or malformed parameters."
  }
}