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Substack API

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Live data for any Substack publication, served straight from the publication's own public API — no key, nothing cached. Substack is the newsletter-and-blogging social platform; this reads a writer's public posts and their engagement. The posts endpoint returns a publication's recent or top posts with the title, subtitle, slug, publish date, post type (newsletter, podcast or thread), audience (free or paywalled), the heart-reaction count, the comment count, the word count and the cover image — Noah Smith's Noahpinion shows posts pulling hundreds of reactions and dozens of comments. The search endpoint searches a publication's archive by keyword. The post endpoint returns one post in full, including a plain-text excerpt of the body, its reactions and comment count. Point it at any publication by its Substack subdomain (noahpinion) or its custom domain (astralcodexten.com) and it follows the publication wherever it lives. This is the writer-and-post engagement layer for any media-monitoring, newsletter-analytics, reading or social app. Live from Substack, nothing stored. Distinct from dev-community and microblog APIs — this is Substack newsletter posts and their engagement. 4 endpoints.

#substack #newsletter #blogging #social #writers #posts #engagement
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  • 13,500 calls / month
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€6.50 /month

  • 170,000 calls / month
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  • 720,000 calls / month
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€40.50 /month

  • 3,600,000 calls / month
  • 30 requests / second
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.

How do I get an API key for Substack API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Substack API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Substack API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Substack API cost?
Substack API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €6.50 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Substack API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Substack API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
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r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/substack-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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