# Read a post's counts

> Page: https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/get-v1-posts-id-metrics. Index of every page: https://docs.flung.dev/llms.txt

Views, likes, comments, reposts and quotes for each account the post was published to, read from the platforms now.

`GET /v1/posts/{id}/metrics`

## TL;DR

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Read a post's counts. |
| What does it need? | An API key or an OAuth access token. |
| What does it take? | `id` in the path. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type [`PostMetrics`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#postmetrics). |
| In the SDK? | `flung.posts.metrics()` |
| As an MCP tool? | [`get_post_metrics`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/mcp/get-post-metrics.md) |
| What can go wrong? | `401` Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key; `404` No such post in this workspace; `422` The request failed validation; `429` Too many requests for this credential; wait for `retry-after` seconds. Every failure has the same [error shape](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/errors.md). |

## What it does

Views, likes, comments, reposts and quotes for each account the post was published to, read from the platforms now. A platform leaves out what it does not report; LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest and Discord report nothing to Flung.

## Example

**curl**

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.flung.dev/v1/posts/post_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/metrics' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $FLUNG_API_KEY"
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { Flung } from '@flung.dev/sdk'

const flung = new Flung({ apiKey: process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY! })
const result = await flung.posts.metrics({
  id: 'post_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
})
```

**fetch**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.flung.dev/v1/posts/post_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/metrics', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY}`,
  },
})
if (!response.ok) throw new Error((await response.json()).error.message)
const result = await response.json()
```

A successful answer looks like this:

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "targetId": "string",
      "accountId": "string",
      "platform": "x",
      "metrics": {},
      "error": "string"
    }
  ],
  "totals": {
    "views": 1,
    "likes": 1,
    "comments": 1,
    "reposts": 1,
    "quotes": 1
  }
}
```

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | `string` | yes |  |

## Responses

| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | The counts. | [`PostMetrics`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#postmetrics) |
| 401 | Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 404 | No such post in this workspace. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 422 | The request failed validation. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 429 | Too many requests for this credential; wait for `retry-after` seconds. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |

## Response body

A 200 answer has the type [`PostMetrics`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#postmetrics).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `data` | `object[]` | yes |  |
| `data[].targetId` | `string` | yes |  |
| `data[].accountId` | `string` | yes |  |
| `data[].platform` | `Platform` | yes |  |
| `data[].metrics` | `object \| null` | yes | null when the platform has no counts for Flung, or could not be read now (see `error`). |
| `data[].metrics.views` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `data[].metrics.likes` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `data[].metrics.comments` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `data[].metrics.reposts` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `data[].metrics.quotes` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `data[].error` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `totals` | `object` | yes |  |
| `totals.views` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `totals.likes` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `totals.comments` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `totals.reposts` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `totals.quotes` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |

## See also

| Doc | Why |
|---|---|
| [API reference](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api.md) | Every endpoint |
| [Schemas](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md) | Every request and response type |
| [Errors](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/errors.md) | Every error code and what to do about it |
| [`get_post_metrics`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/mcp/get-post-metrics.md) | The same operation as an MCP tool |