Kuaishou post API

Kuaishou post data in one REST call — normalized to the stable JSON schema shared across every FetchPI platform.

1 documented endpoints
GET /v1/kuaishou/posts/{id}

Contract summary (English): Get a normalized Kuaishou photo (short video) (capability kuaishou.post)

Normalized response entity: kuaishou/post
capability: kuaishou.post

Every response also carries freshness (cache / default / live) and billing metadata.

Use cases

Feed content-analysis pipelines with structured {{platform}} posts: text, metrics, timestamps and media references.
Power moderation, research and monitoring workflows that need the original content plus engagement counts.
Archive {{platform}} content as stable, normalized JSON instead of brittle page scraping.

Response fields

Kuaishou Post (normalized)

Normalized Kuaishou post — the ONLY upper-layer format; provider-private fields are dropped. Serves kuaishou.post and the post lists of /v1/kuaishou.

Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Required	Platform-native post id (aweme_id/photo_id/item_id/group_id per platform).
platform	"kuaishou"	Required	—
type	"post"	Required	—
author.id	string	Required	Author platform id.
author.username	string	Required	Author addressing key without leading @.
author.display_name	string \| null	Required	Author display name.
author.verified	boolean	Required	—
text	string \| null	Required	Post text (desc/caption/content; null for media-only posts).
created_at	string	Required	Post publish time, UTC RFC3339.
metrics.likes	integer	Required	Like count.
metrics.comments	integer	Required	Comment count.
metrics.shares	integer	Required	Share count.
metrics.views	integer	Required	View/play count.
attachments	object[]	Optional	Media attachments (max 8): photo urls and/or the video block.
fetched_at	string	Required	Normalization time of the stored snapshot (UTC).

Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.

Response meta

Field	Type	Required	Description
mode	cache \| default \| live	Required	Effective mode after merging param > max_age > source policy (D-004).
age_seconds	integer \| null	Optional	Age of served data; null when unknown.
source_layer	cache \| db \| upstream	Required	Which layer served the response (PRD §10).
stale	boolean	Optional	True when stale data was served under stale_if_error / SWR (D-004).
billing.amount_credits	integer	Required	Micro-USD (1e-6 USD) actually charged for this request.
billing.cache_hit	boolean	Required	—

Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.

Example request & response

GET/v1/kuaishou/posts/{id}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHDATA_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.fetchpi.com/v1/kuaishou/posts/1842951234567890123"

{
  "data": {
    "id": "5566778899001",
    "platform": "kuaishou",
    "type": "post",
    "author": {
      "id": "3185500122",
      "username": "meshdata_ks",
      "display_name": "MeshData 快手号",
      "verified": false
    },
    "text": "快手短视频数据示例。",
    "created_at": "2026-09-16T10:00:00Z",
    "metrics": {
      "likes": 8642,
      "comments": 512,
      "shares": 87,
      "views": 154000
    },
    "attachments": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "preview_image_url": "https://cdn.example.com/cover/kuaishou-5566778899001.jpeg",
        "duration_ms": 38400
      }
    ],
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-21T09:00:00Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_01HTXQ8Z9HTQ",
    "freshness": {
      "mode": "default",
      "age_seconds": 0,
      "source_layer": "upstream",
      "stale": false
    },
    "billing": {
      "amount_credits": 100,
      "cache_hit": false
    }
  }
}

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Frequently asked questions

Which content fields are included?

The normalized content entity — text, author, timestamps, engagement metrics and media references — as documented in the field table below, plus freshness and billing metadata.

Can I try this endpoint for free?

Yes — register an account, grab an API key and call it from the Playground in the console.

How is the post capability billed?

Data API calls are billed per request in credits, with different cache/live freshness multipliers. Current per-capability prices live on the pricing page.

Pricing

Per-request credit billing with cache/live freshness options — current prices live on the pricing page.

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