YouScan Topics API
Create and manage topics — the monitoring entities that collect mentions matching your queries.### Topic query structureA topic query consists of a `textQuery` and/or `viQuery` (at least one is required) plus an optional `filter`.For all topic query filters, the following field names are supported:- `country`: ISO2 country code (e.g. `country=US`, `country=UA`)- `countryGroup`: Europe, Asia, NorthAmerica, CentralAmerica, TheCaribbean, SouthAmerica, Africa, Oceania (e.g. `countryGroup=Europe`)- `language`: ISO639-2 language code (e.g. `language=ENG`, `language=UKR`)- `source`: domain format (e.g. `source=instagram.com`)- `sourceType`: social, messenger, reviews, news, blog, forum (e.g. `sourceType=social`)- `postType`: post, repost, extendedRepost, comment (e.g. `postType=post`)- `contentType`: text, link, image, video, poll, subtitles, sticker (e.g. `contentType=image`)- `authorAge`: numeric value (e.g. `authorAge=18`)- `authorSubscribers`: numeric value (e.g. `authorSubscribers=1000`)- `gender`: `male` or `female` (e.g. `gender=male`)Supported Visual Insights (VI) query values (used inside `viQuery`):- `logo`: detect specific brand logos (e.g. `logo:"nike"`)- `image.object`: find specific objects (e.g. `image.object:"car"`)- `image.activity`: find activities (e.g. `image.activity:"cooking"`)- `image.person`: find people types (e.g. `image.person:"athlete"`)- `image.scene`: find settings (e.g. `image.scene:"beach"`)- `image.type`: filter by image type (e.g. `image.type:"PHOTO"`)- `image.subtype`: filter by image subtype (e.g. `image.subtype:"selfie"`)- `text`: search mention text (e.g. `text:"sale"`)Supported operations for each filter:- `oneOf`: field value must match one of the specified values. Applicable to most fields.- `notOneOf`: field value must not match any of the specified values. Applicable to most fields.- `greaterOrEqual`: field value must be greater than or equal to the specified value. Numeric fields only (`authorAge`, `authorSubscribers`).- `lessOrEqual`: field value must be less than or equal to the specified value. Numeric fields only (`authorAge`, `authorSubscribers`).Each filter object must specify:- `fieldName`: The field to filter on (see the list above)- `op`: The operation to perform (see the list above)- `value`: JSON-encoded array of values (e.g. `["ua"]`)
YouScan Topics API is one of 8 APIs that YouScan publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Topic. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.
This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.youscan.io/api/external.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
YouScan Topics API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyHeader).
An API key is passed in the query as apiKey (ApiKeyQuery).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ApiKeyHeader— API key authentication. The recommended way to authenticate requests.ApiKeyQuery— API key as a query parameter. For testing purposes only.
Paths & Operations 5
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Create and manage topics — the monitoring entities that collect mentions matching your queries.
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TopicInfo (4 properties), Error (3 properties), ValidationError (3 properties), TopicQuery (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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