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API health

24h health
Normal
24h average time
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Last checked
September 26, 2026 at 18:04 (UTC)
  • Healthy / normal
  • Available
  • Limited
  • Mostly down
Health APINormal
How health is measured
  • Health = the share of calls that returned data, in percent. Empty results, failures and unknown outcomes do not count as returning data.
  • Levels: 90% and above is healthy, 70% and above is available, 40% and above is limited; anything lower is mostly down.
  • A period (the last 24 hours, one hour or one day) gets a score only once it has at least 50 calls. Periods with fewer calls show as normal: a few failures among a handful of calls do not mean the API is down.
  • Calls include real customer calls and our own daily probe calls. Request errors (wrong parameters, no balance) are excluded.
  • Average time counts only calls that completed normally: response time for sync calls, acceptance to completion for async ones.
By period
Time (UTC)StatusHealthAverage time
2026-09-26 18:00 - 18:59Normal——
2026-09-26 17:00 - 17:59Normal——
2026-09-26 16:00 - 16:59Normal——
2026-09-26 15:00 - 15:59Normal——
2026-09-26 14:00 - 14:59Normal——
2026-09-26 13:00 - 13:59Normal——
2026-09-26 12:00 - 12:59Normal——
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2026-09-26 10:00 - 10:59Normal——
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2026-09-26 08:00 - 08:59Normal——
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2026-09-26 02:00 - 02:59Normal——
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2026-09-26 00:00 - 00:59Normal——
2026-09-25 23:00 - 23:59Normal——
2026-09-25 22:00 - 22:59Normal——
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2026-09-25 19:00 - 19:59Normal——
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2026-08-31Normal——
2026-08-30Normal——
2026-08-29Normal——
2026-08-28Normal——

Search public results on Lemmy. Accepts these parameters: keyword, sort, top_range, and instance. Returns these fields: external_url, author_username, body, and community.

Price $1.39 per 1,000 requests ($0.001389 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYeslemmyPlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYessearchCapability identifier, fixed value.
keywordbody.paramsNot declaredYes-Specifies the search term for the Lemmy search action, which executes on the designated instance rather than guaranteeing a complete search across all federated instances.
instancebody.paramsNot declaredNo-Selects the Lemmy instance domain, such as lemmy.world, which is also the default. A full instance URL is accepted but reduced to its hostname. This chooses the query entry point, not a community name.
sortbody.paramsenumNo-Sorts posts as hot, active, new, top, most_comments, or new_comments. Search and community default to hot, feed defaults to active, and comments defaults to most_comments.Allowed valuesactivehotmost_commentsnewnew_commentstop
top_rangebody.paramsenumNo-Sets the score window only when sort is top: hour, sixhour, twelvehour, day, week (default), month, threemonths, sixmonths, ninemonths, year, or all. It is not a comment publication-date filter.Allowed valuesalldayhourmonthninemonthssixhoursixmonthsthreemonthstwelvehourweekyear
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–200)No20

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "lemmy",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "self hosting"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "lemmy",
  "action": "search",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "81293",
      "title": "'Every Taxpayer... Should Be Outraged': Anger Spreads Over 'Illegal' US-Funded Pro-Trump Ad",
      "body": "![](https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/a-screenshot-of-trump-s-love-me-ad-shows-him-standing-before-hundreds-of-troops-in-a-red-maga-hat.png?id=67857926&width=1200&height=400&coordinates=0%2C148%2C0%2C235)  \n  \n\nOutrage mounted Friday over a taxpayer-funded television adv…",
      "url": "https://news.abolish.capital/post/81293",
      "external_url": "https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-taxpayer-funded-propaganda",
      "community": "pravda_news",
      "community_url": "https://news.abolish.capital/c/pravda_news",
      "instance": "lemmy.world",
      "author_username": "（已隐去）",
      "author_url": "https://news.abolish.capital/（已隐去）",
      "score": 23,
      "upvote_count": 23,
      "downvote_count": 0,
      "comment_count": 0,
      "thumbnail_url": "https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5f73fc38-2c80-456a-984b-ea8f0f1c03a5.png",
      "embed_title": "'Every Taxpayer... Should Be Outraged': Anger Spreads Over 'Illegal' US-Funded Pro-Trump Ad | Common Dreams",
      "is_nsfw": false,
      "is_locked": false,
      "is_featured": false,
      "posted_at": "2026-09-25T19:21:32.337190+00:00",
      "platform": "lemmy"
    },
    {
      "id": "45972083",
      "title": "Thoughts on Vikunja and the tension between self-hosting, ownership, and corporate branding",
      "body": "cross-posted from:  https://discuss.online/post/45939555\n\n> See [my post on their forum](https://community.vikunja.io/t/the-tension-between-self-hosting-ownership-and-corporate-branding/5110/1), which I hope is well received.",
      "url": "https://discuss.online/post/45972083",
      "external_url": "https://community.vikunja.io/t/the-tension-between-self-hosting-ownership-and-corporate-branding/5110/1",
      "community": "selfhosted",
      "community_url": "https://lemmy.world/c/selfhosted",
      "instance": "lemmy.world",
      "author_username": "（已隐去）",
      "author_url": "https://discuss.online/（已隐去）",
      "score": 9,
      "upvote_count": 12,
      "downvote_count": 3,
      "comment_count": 3,
      "thumbnail_url": "https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3c6d53ab-8c3b-4818-8d02-4f7b70943fed.png",
      "embed_title": "The Tension Between Self-Hosting, Ownership, and Corporate Branding",
      "is_nsfw": false,
      "is_locked": false,
      "is_featured": false,
      "posted_at": "2026-09-25T17:05:38.204140+00:00",
      "platform": "lemmy"
    }
  ],
  "count": 20,
  "billing": { … },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the source does not provide are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the source platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
titleTitle. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts).
bodyKeeps the platform's own meaning
urlLink to the record on the source platform.
external_urlKeeps the platform's own meaning
communityKeeps the platform's own meaning
community_urlKeeps the platform's own meaning
instanceKeeps the platform's own meaning
author_usernameAuthor's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs.
author_urlLink to the author's profile on the source platform.
scoreKeeps the platform's own meaning
upvote_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
downvote_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
comment_countComments. null means not disclosed, not 0.
thumbnail_urlThumbnail link, lower resolution than image_url.
embed_titleKeeps the platform's own meaning
is_nsfwKeeps the platform's own meaning
is_lockedKeeps the platform's own meaning
is_featuredKeeps the platform's own meaning
posted_atPublish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
updated_atKeeps the platform's own meaning
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After and try again.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).

Official references

Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.

  • Lemmy: Instance Visibility Does Not Equal the Entire Fediverse ↗

    Official onboarding guides explain that instances are managed by distinct operators; standard browsing displays only communities known to the local instance, while cross-instance objects must be resolved separately. This context explains instance perspectives and post objects, without mirroring full web search functionality into gateway parameters.

    Checked 2026-09-04