# Get Post Stats

Source: https://recoupable.dev/docs/api-reference/publishing/stats

Get post stats

## Data coverage

LinkedIn reports organic activity only, within a rolling 12-month window; a post older than 12 months returns what LinkedIn still holds.

## GET /api/posts/{id}/stats

Full OpenAPI specification: https://recoupable.dev/docs/spec/social.json

## Authentication

This operation requires one of the security alternatives in the specification below. Security scheme definitions are included where present in the published specification.

[Authentication guide](https://recoupable.dev/docs/authentication)

## Operation and referenced schemas

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Recoup API - Social",
    "description": "API documentation for the Recoup platform - an AI agent platform for the music industry",
    "license": {
      "name": "MIT"
    },
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.recoupable.dev"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/posts/{id}/stats": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "getPostsByIdStats",
        "summary": "Get post stats",
        "description": "The platform's own analytics for one post published with [Create Post](/docs/api-reference/publishing/create), read live through the same connection that published it. Currently LinkedIn company-page posts only; other platforms and LinkedIn personal (member) posts return 422. Each call is a fresh read and `as_of` records when it happened. Each successful read costs $0.001 (1,000 credits), charged to the caller after LinkedIn returns the numbers. Credits are checked first; a request that fails (4xx/5xx) is not charged.",
        "security": [
          {
            "apiKeyAuth": []
          },
          {
            "bearerAuth": []
          }
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "id",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            },
            "description": "The post's id, from [Create Post](/docs/api-reference/publishing/create)."
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "The post's current stats.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostStatsResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "`id` is not a valid uuid.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "402": {
            "description": "Insufficient credits: the account has less than the $0.001 a read costs. Returned after the 400/401/403/404/409/422 checks and before LinkedIn is called, so nothing is read and nothing is charged.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SocialInsufficientCreditsResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Access denied to this post's account.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "No post with that id.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "409": {
            "description": "The post cannot be read yet. Either it is not published (its status is not `posted` or it has no `post_url`; error `Post is not published yet, so it has no stats`), or the platform is not connected for the post's account (error `linkedin is not connected for this account`). This is checked before 422, so an unpublished post on any platform returns 409.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "422": {
            "description": "Stats are not supported for this post. Only LinkedIn company-page posts are supported today. Errors: `Stats are not available for <platform> posts yet` (any other platform), `Stats are available for LinkedIn company-page posts only` (a LinkedIn personal post), `post_url does not name a LinkedIn post`.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal server error.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "502": {
            "description": "The platform rejected the stats read, for example because the connection lacks analytics access (error `LinkedIn rejected the stats read for this post`).",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "PostStatsResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "status",
          "stats"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "success"
            ],
            "description": "Status of the request"
          },
          "stats": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PostStats"
          }
        }
      },
      "PostErrorResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "status",
          "error"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "error"
            ],
            "description": "Always `error`"
          },
          "missing_fields": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "JSON path segments to the first field that failed validation, e.g. `[\"description\"]`",
            "items": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "integer"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "error": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable error message"
          }
        }
      },
      "SocialInsufficientCreditsResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Returned (402) when the account lacks credits for the request. Nothing is charged and no Stripe object is created. Credits must be bought explicitly via [`POST /api/credits/sessions`](/docs/api-reference/credits/sessions-create). Examples: a scrape of one profile with posts=20 requires $0.25; one post through Create Post requires $0.01.",
        "properties": {
          "error": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "insufficient_credits"
            ]
          },
          "remaining_credits": {
            "type": "integer",
            "example": 0
          },
          "required_credits": {
            "type": "integer",
            "example": 250000
          },
          "billingUrl": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Static link to the Recoup app, where a human can save a card and buy credits. It is a constant, not a freshly minted Stripe Checkout Session, so a credit-gated endpoint that keeps returning 402 creates nothing. To buy credits programmatically, call [`POST /api/credits/sessions`](/docs/api-reference/credits/sessions-create).",
            "example": "https://app.recoupable.dev"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "error",
          "remaining_credits",
          "required_credits",
          "billingUrl"
        ]
      },
      "PostStats": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "post_id",
          "platform",
          "post_url",
          "impressions",
          "unique_impressions",
          "clicks",
          "likes",
          "comments",
          "shares",
          "engagement",
          "video_views",
          "viewers",
          "watch_time_ms",
          "as_of"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "post_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uuid",
            "description": "The post's id.",
            "example": "3f8e2c1a-5b7d-4e9f-a1c2-6d4b8e0f2a91"
          },
          "platform": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The platform the post was published to.",
            "example": "linkedin"
          },
          "post_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The live post's URL.",
            "example": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7389012345678901248"
          },
          "impressions": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Times the post was shown. `null` when the platform does not report it.",
            "example": 412
          },
          "unique_impressions": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Distinct members the post was shown to. `null` when the platform does not report it.",
            "example": 287
          },
          "clicks": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Clicks on the post's content, company name or logo. `null` when the platform does not report it.",
            "example": 19
          },
          "likes": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Likes (reactions). `null` when the platform does not report it.",
            "example": 14
          },
          "comments": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Comments. `null` when the platform does not report it.",
            "example": 3
          },
          "shares": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Reposts. `null` when the platform does not report it.",
            "example": 2
          },
          "engagement": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "LinkedIn's engagement rate for the post, from 0 to 1. `null` when the platform does not report it.",
            "example": 0.0922
          },
          "video_views": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Times the post's video was viewed; LinkedIn counts a view at 3 or more seconds. `null` for non-video posts or when LinkedIn returns none.",
            "example": 356
          },
          "viewers": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Distinct members who viewed the post's video. `null` for non-video posts or when LinkedIn returns none.",
            "example": 241
          },
          "watch_time_ms": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Total time the post's video was watched, in milliseconds. `null` for non-video posts or when LinkedIn returns none.",
            "example": 2847000
          },
          "as_of": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "description": "Server time of the read.",
            "example": "2026-10-25T18:04:12Z"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "apiKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key",
        "description": "Your Recoup API key. [Learn more](/docs/quickstart#api-keys)."
      },
      "bearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    }
  }
}
```