API Documentation

posts/vote

Register a vote on a post.

URL

https://disqus.com/api/3.0/posts/vote.json

Accessibility

public key, secret key

Supported request methods

POST

Supported formats

json, jsonp

Requires authentication

no

Rate limited

inherits global rate limit

Arguments

Required

  • vote

    Choices: -1, 0, 1

  • post

    Looks up a post by ID

Example Responses

Expand json

POST vote=1&post=1

{
  "code":0,
  "response":{
    "vote":0,
    "likesDelta":0,
    "post":{
      "isJuliaFlagged":true,
      "isFlagged":false,
      "forum":"bobross",
      "parent":null,
      "author":{
        "username":"disqus_api",
        "about":"",
        "name":"disqus_api",
        "url":"",
        "isFollowing":false,
        "isFollowedBy":false,
        "profileUrl":"http://disqus.com/disqus_api/",
        "avatar":{
          "permalink":"http://disqus.com/api/users/avatars/disqus_api.jpg",
          "cache":"http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1091/images/noavatar92.png"
        },
        "id":"1",
        "isAnonymous":false,
        "email":"example@disqus.com"
      },
      "media":[],
      "isApproved":true,
      "dislikes":0,
      "raw_message":"\"We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.\"",
      "id":"1",
      "thread":"1",
      "points":1,
      "createdAt":"2008-06-10T01:32:08",
      "isEdited":false,
      "message":"\"We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.\"",
      "isHighlighted":false,
      "ipAddress":"127.0.0.1",
      "isSpam":false,
      "isDeleted":false,
      "likes":1
    },
    "dislikesDelta":0,
    "delta":0
  }
}
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POST vote=0&post=1

{
  "code":0,
  "response":{
    "vote":0,
    "likesDelta":0,
    "post":{
      "isJuliaFlagged":true,
      "isFlagged":false,
      "forum":"bobross",
      "parent":null,
      "author":{
        "username":"disqus_api",
        "about":"",
        "name":"disqus_api",
        "url":"",
        "isFollowing":false,
        "isFollowedBy":false,
        "profileUrl":"http://disqus.com/disqus_api/",
        "avatar":{
          "permalink":"http://disqus.com/api/users/avatars/disqus_api.jpg",
          "cache":"http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1091/images/noavatar92.png"
        },
        "id":"1",
        "isAnonymous":false,
        "email":"example@disqus.com"
      },
      "media":[],
      "isApproved":true,
      "dislikes":0,
      "raw_message":"\"We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.\"",
      "id":"1",
      "thread":"1",
      "points":1,
      "createdAt":"2008-06-10T01:32:08",
      "isEdited":false,
      "message":"\"We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.\"",
      "isHighlighted":false,
      "ipAddress":"127.0.0.1",
      "isSpam":false,
      "isDeleted":false,
      "likes":1
    },
    "dislikesDelta":0,
    "delta":0
  }
}
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POST vote=-1&post=1

{
  "code":0,
  "response":{
    "vote":0,
    "likesDelta":0,
    "post":{
      "isJuliaFlagged":true,
      "isFlagged":false,
      "forum":"bobross",
      "parent":null,
      "author":{
        "username":"disqus_api",
        "about":"",
        "name":"disqus_api",
        "url":"",
        "isFollowing":false,
        "isFollowedBy":false,
        "profileUrl":"http://disqus.com/disqus_api/",
        "avatar":{
          "permalink":"http://disqus.com/api/users/avatars/disqus_api.jpg",
          "cache":"http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1091/images/noavatar92.png"
        },
        "id":"1",
        "isAnonymous":false,
        "email":"example@disqus.com"
      },
      "media":[],
      "isApproved":true,
      "dislikes":0,
      "raw_message":"\"We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.\"",
      "id":"1",
      "thread":"1",
      "points":1,
      "createdAt":"2008-06-10T01:32:08",
      "isEdited":false,
      "message":"\"We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.\"",
      "isHighlighted":false,
      "ipAddress":"127.0.0.1",
      "isSpam":false,
      "isDeleted":false,
      "likes":1
    },
    "dislikesDelta":0,
    "delta":0
  }
}