lemmy.frontpage

stable Advanced

Hot posts across all Lemmy communities on an instance.

GET /v1/lemmy/frontpage

What you get#

A list of Lemmy results in Onekey's unified shape, in data (an array). An empty array is a normal, successful answer and is charged like any other; a source that reports "nothing found" as an error returns a free 404 not_found instead.

What it costs#

Advanced · 5 credits for a fresh fetch, charged only when it succeeds.
Free when served from cache (0.2 credit for a cached response over 100 KB).
Free if the request is invalid (never charged) or the source fails or reports not found (refunded).

Parameters#

Name	Type	Required	Default	What it is	Constraints
`instance`	string	no	-	Known Lemmy instance (allowlisted), default lemmy.world	max 253 chars; must match `[a-z0-9.-]{3,253}`; trimmed, lowercased

Request#

curl "https://api.onekey.dev/v1/lemmy/frontpage" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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Recorded response#

A real Lemmy response, recorded and returned in Onekey's shape. Fields the platform does not provide are null.

json

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "content": {
        "id": "52481720",
        "title": "Expressions",
        "text": "cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52447554\n",
        "url": "https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/83e3192c-0e45-4aa8-a2e4-633e13bad606.png",
        "createdAt": "2026-09-28T19:30:06Z"
      },
      "ext": {
        "apUrl": "https://piefed.social/c/programmer_humor@programming.dev/p/2430234/expressions",
        "languageId": 37,
        "title": "Programmer Humor"
      },
      "author": {
        "id": "19765279",
        "username": "Buage_",
        "displayName": "Buage_",
        "url": "https://piefed.social/u/Buage_",
        "avatarUrl": "https://media.piefed.social/posts/F8/OO/F8OOY6ngWlEPfuh.png"
      },
      "entity": {
        "name": "programmer_humor"
      },
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 23,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "content": {
        "id": "52481502",
        "title": "blunt",
        "text": null,
        "url": "https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6f82b2c1-acd4-4d50-9ea7-7ffc5f565b77.jpeg",
        "createdAt": "2026-09-28T19:25:44Z"
      },
      "ext": {
        "apUrl": "https://lemmy.world/post/52481502",
        "languageId": 37,
        "title": "Femcel Memes"
      },
      "author": {
        "id": "1141653",
        "username": "kewwwi",
        "displayName": null,
        "url": "https://lemmy.world/u/kewwwi",
        "avatarUrl": "https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2b91ede2-240c-4102-bd4c-e74b2e99bacd.jpeg"
      },
      "entity": {
        "name": "femcelmemes"
      },
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 29,
        "comments": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "platform": "lemmy",
    "endpoint": "frontpage",
    "cached": false,
    "stale": false,
    "age_s": 0,
    "fetched_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00+00:00",
    "credits_charged": 5,
    "request_id": "7f3a9c2e5b1d4c8fa2e6d0b9c4f18e37"
  },
  "error": null
}

Field mapping#

How this endpoint's source fields become Onekey's unified schema. Fields the source lacks come back as null.

Source path	Onekey field	Transform
`post.id`	`content.id`	`toString`
`post.name`	`content.title`	-
`post.body`	`content.text`	-
`post.url`	`content.url`	`safeUrl`
`post.ap_id`	`ext.apUrl`	`safeUrl`
`post.published`	`content.createdAt`	`toIsoDate`
`post.language_id`	`ext.languageId`	`toNumber`
`creator.id`	`author.id`	`toString`
`creator.name`	`author.username`	-
`creator.display_name`	`author.displayName`	-
`creator.actor_id`	`author.url`	`safeUrl`
`creator.avatar`	`author.avatarUrl`	`safeUrl`
`community.name`	`entity.name`	-
`community.title`	`ext.title`	-
`counts.score`	`engagement.likes`	`toNumber`
`counts.comments`	`engagement.comments`	`toNumber`

Caching and freshness#

Fresh for about 2 minutes. Repeat calls in that window are served from cache and are free.
Between 2 minutes and 15 minutes the cached copy is still served instantly and marked stale: true while Onekey refreshes it in the background.
If the source is down when a refresh is needed, the last copy can be served for up to 1 hour more (marked stale).
A "not found" is remembered for 1 minute and is free.
The cache is shared across all customers, which is what keeps repeat calls cheap.

What can go wrong#

Status	Code	What to do
401	`unauthorized`	Check the `x-api-key` header.
402	`insufficient_credits`	Add credits; your balance must cover the price.
404	`not_found`	Unknown endpoint path.
422	`invalid_params`	Fix the parameters using the table above. Free.
429	`rate_limited`	Wait `Retry-After` seconds, then retry.
502	`upstream_error`	The source failed. Refunded; retry with backoff.

See Errors for the full list and retry guidance.

Status: stable (verified against the live source).