Documentation

Main Module

It’s the interface module of the package. Developers will start interacting with the API/package using Medium Class object via different functions provided in it.

class medium_api.medium.Medium(rapidapi_key: str, base_url: str = 'medium2.p.rapidapi.com', endpoint_prefix='', calls: int = 0)[source]

Bases: object

Main Medium API Class to access everything

Typical usage example:

from medium_api import Medium

medium = Medium('YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY')

Parameters:
  • rapidapi_key (str) –

    A secret alphanumeric string value. To get your RapidAPI key, please go to the following URL, register an account and subscribe to Medium API (by Nishu Jain).

    https://rapidapi.com/nishujain199719-vgIfuFHZxVZ/api/medium2

  • base_url (str, optional) – It’s the base URL of the API that is used by all the other endpoints. Currently, it is set to the RapidAPI’s domain (medium2.p.rapidapi.com). May change in the future according to where it’s listed.

  • calls (int, optional) –

    It’s an integer value for keeping track of all the API calls made by the Medium Class Object. Initially, it is set to 0. At the end of program, you can see the number of calls like this:

    print(medium.calls)

Returns:

A Medium Class Object for the given RAPIDAPI_KEY. It can be used to access all the other functions such as: user, article, publication, topfeeds, top_writers, etc …

Return type:

Medium

Note

See https://docs.rapidapi.com/docs/keys to learn more about RapidAPI keys.

user(username: str | None = None, user_id: str | None = None, save_info: bool = True)[source]

For getting the Medium User Object

Typical usage example:

nishu = medium.user(username="nishu-jain")

Parameters:
  • username (str, optional) –

    It’s your unique Medium username that you can find in the subdomain or at the end of the profile page URL as shown below.

    • username.medium.com

    • medium.com/@ username

    It’s optional only if you’ve already provided the user_id.

  • user_id (str, optional) – It’s your unique alphanumeric Medium ID that cannot be changed. The User object is initialized using this only. It’s optional only if you’ve already provided the username.

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If False, creates an empty User object which needs to be filled using user.save_info() method later. (Default is True)

Returns:

Medium API’s User Object (medium_api._user.User) that can be used to access all the properties and methods associated to the given Medium user.

Return type:

User

Note

You have to provide either username or user_id to get the User object. You cannot omit both.

article(article_id: str, save_info: bool = True)[source]

For getting the Medium Article Object

Typical usage example:

article = medium.article(article_id = "562c5821b5f0")

Parameters:
  • article_id (str) –

    It’s the unique hash at the end of every Medium Article. You can see it at the end of URL as shown below:

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If False, creates an empty Article object which needs to be filled using article.save_info() method later. (Default is True)

Returns:

Medium API Article Object (medium_api._article.Article) that can be used to access all the properties and methods related to a Medium Article.

Return type:

Article

list(list_id: str, save_info: bool = True)[source]

For getting the Medium List Object

Typical usage example:

medium_list = medium.list(list_id = "38f9e0f9bea6")

Parameters:
  • list_id (str) –

    It’s the unique hash at the end of every Medium List URL. You can see it at the end of URL as shown below:

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If False, creates an empty Medium List object which needs to be filled using medium_list.save_info() method later. (Default is True)

Returns:

Medium API Medium List Object (medium_api._medium_list.MediumList) that can be used to access all the properties and methods related to a Medium List.

Return type:

MediumList

publication(publication_slug: str | None = None, publication_id: str | None = None, save_info: bool = True)[source]

For getting the Medium Publication Object

Typical usage example:

publication = medium.publication(publication_slug = "towards-artificial-intelligence") publication = medium.publication(publication_id = "98111c9905da")

Parameters:
  • publication_slug (str, optional) – It’s a lowercased hyphen-separated unique string alloted to each Medium Publication. It’s optional only if you’ve already provided the publication_id.

  • publication_id (str, optional) – It’s the unique hash id of a Medium Publication. It’s optional only if you’ve already provided the publication_slug.

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If False, creates an empty Publication object which needs to be filled using publication.save_info() method later. (Default is True)

Returns:

Medium API Publication Object (medium_api._publication.Publication) that can be used to access all the properties and methods related to a Medium Publication.

Return type:

Publication

Note

You have to provide either publication_slug or publication_id to get the Publication object. You cannot omit both.

top_writers(topic_slug: str, count: int = 100)[source]

For getting the Medium’s TopWriters Object

Typical usage example:

top_writers = medium.top_writers(topic_slug = "artificial-intelligence")

Parameters:
  • topic_slug (str) – It’s a string (smallcase, hyphen-separated) which specifies a category/niche as classified by the Medium Platform.

  • count (int) – Number of Top writers you want to fetch (less than 250).

Returns:

Medium API TopWriters Object (medium_api._top_writers.TopWriters) that can be used to access all the properties and methods related to Medium’s Top Writers for the give topic_slug.

Return type:

TopWriters

latestposts(topic_slug: str)[source]

For getting the Medium’s LatestPosts Object

Typical usage example:

latestposts = medium.latestposts(topic_slug = "artificial-intelligence")

Parameters:

topic_slug (str) – It’s a string (smallcase, hyphen-separated) which specifies a category/niche as classified by the Medium Platform.

Returns:

Medium API LatestPosts Object (medium_api._latestposts.LatestPosts) that can be used to access all the properties and methods related to Medium’s LatestPosts within the given topic.

Return type:

LatestPosts

topfeeds(tag: str, mode: str)[source]

For getting the Medium’s TopFeeds Object

Typical usage example:

topfeeds = medium.topfeeds(tag="blockchain", mode="new")

Parameters:
  • tag (str) – It’s a string (smallcase, hyphen-separated) which specifies a category/niche as classified by the Medium Platform.

  • mode (str) –

    There are 6 modes as follows:

    • hot: For getting trending articles

    • new: For getting latest articles

    • top_year: For getting best articles of the year

    • top_month: For getting best articles of the month

    • top_week: For getting best articles of the week

    • top_all_time: For getting best article of all time

Returns:

Medium API TopFeeds Object (medium_api._topfeeds.TopFeeds) that can be used to access all the properties and methods, for given tag and mode.

Return type:

TopFeeds

recommended_feed(tag: str, count: int = 25)[source]

For getting the Medium’s RecommendedFeed Object

Typical usage example:

recommended_feed = medium.recommended_feed(tag="blockchain", count=100)

Parameters:
  • tag (str) – It’s a string (smallcase, hyphen-separated) which specifies a category/niche as classified by the Medium Platform.

  • count (int) – Number of articles you want to fetch from recommended feed (Should be less than 500).

Returns:

Medium API RecommendedFeed Object (medium_api._recommended_feed.RecommendedFeed) that can be used to access all the properties and methods, for given tag.

Return type:

RecommendedFeed

search_articles(query: str, save_info: bool = False)[source]

To get the list of Articles for the given search query, from the Medium Platform.

Typical usage example:

ai_articles = medium.search_articles(query = "artificial intelligence")

Parameters:
  • query (str) – It’s the search query to get results from Medium Platform.

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If True, the function will fetch article-related info for all the articles in the search result, using multi-threading. Else, the returned list will contain the empty Article objects. Default is False.

Returns:

List of Article objects from the search results.

Return type:

list[Article]

Note

The resultant list will contain 1000 Article objects at max.

Warning

OveruseWarning: Don’t set save_info = True unless you have enough API calls in your subscribed plan. You might either exhaust your current plan or incur overage.

search_publications(query: str, save_info: bool = False)[source]

To get the list of Publications for the given search query, from the Medium Platform.

Typical usage example:

mental_health_pubs = medium.search_publications(query = "mental health")

Parameters:
  • query (str) – It’s the search query to get results from Medium Platform.

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If True, the function will fetch publication-related info for all the publications in the search result, using multi-threading. Else, the returned list will contain the empty Publication objects. Default is False.

Returns:

List of Publication objects from the search results.

Return type:

list[Publication]

Note

The resultant list will contain 1000 Publication objects at max.

Warning

OveruseWarning: Don’t set save_info = True unless you have enough API calls in your subscribed plan. You might either exhaust your current plan or incur overage.

search_users(query: str, save_info: bool = False)[source]

To get the list of Users for the given search query, from the Medium Platform.

Typical usage example:

data_engineers = medium.search_users(query = "data engineer")

Parameters:
  • query (str) – It’s the search query to get results from Medium Platform.

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If True, the function will fetch user-related info for all the users in the search result, using multi-threading. Else, the returned list will contain the empty User objects. Default is False.

Returns:

List of User objects from the search results.

Return type:

list[User]

Note

The resultant list will contain 1000 User objects at max.

Warning

OveruseWarning: Don’t set save_info = True unless you have enough API calls in your subscribed plan. You might either exhaust your current plan or incur overage.

search_lists(query: str, save_info: bool = False)[source]

To get an array of MediumList objects for the given search query, from the Medium Platform.

Typical usage example:

startup_lists = medium.search_lists(query = "startup")

Parameters:
  • query (str) – It’s the search query to get results from Medium Platform.

  • save_info (bool, optional) – If True, the function will fetch List-related info for all the Medium Lists in the search result, using multi-threading. Else, the returned array will contain the empty MediumList objects. Default is False.

Returns:

Array of MediumList objects from the search results.

Return type:

list[MediumList]

Note

The resultant list will contain 1000 MediumList objects at max.

Warning

OveruseWarning: Don’t set save_info = True unless you have enough API calls in your subscribed plan. You might either exhaust your current plan or incur overage.

search_tags(query: str)[source]

To get the list of tags for the given search query, from the Medium Platform.

Typical usage example:

blockchain_tags = medium.search_tags(query = "blockchain")

Parameters:

query (str) – It’s the search query to get results from Medium Platform.

Returns:

List of lowercased, hyphen-separated strings of tags

Return type:

list[str]

Note

The resultant list will contain 1000 tags at max.

related_tags(given_tag: str)[source]

For getting the list of related tags

Typical usage example:

related_tags = medium.related_tag(given_tag="blockchain")

Parameters:

given_tag (str) – It’s a string (lowercase, hyphen-separated) which specifies a category/niche as classified by the Medium Platform.

Returns:

List of Related Tags (strings).

Return type:

list[str]

tag_info(tag: str)[source]

To get the tag-related information

Typical usage example:

blockchain_tag = medium.tag_info(given_tag="blockchain")

Parameters:

tag (str) – It’s a string (lowercase, hyphen-separated) which specifies a category/niche as classified by the Medium Platform.

Returns:

Contains tag-related information

Return type:

dict

fetch_articles(articles: list, content: bool = False, markdown: bool = False, html: bool = False, html_fullpage: bool = True, html_style_file: str = 'https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

To quickly fetch articles (info, content, markdown, html) using multithreading

Typical usage example:

medium.fetch_articles(latestposts.articles) medium.fetch_articles(user.articles) medium.fetch_articles(list_of_articles_obj)

Parameters:
  • articles (list[Article]) – List of (empty) Article objects to fill information (and content) into it.

  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the markdown of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the article in HTML format as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to False if you only want to fetch the HTML inside body tag of the article. Otherwise, default is True, which fetches the entire HTML of the article.

Returns:

This method doesn’t return anything since it fills the values in the passed list of Article(s) objects itself.

Return type:

None

fetch_publications(publications: list)[source]

To quickly fetch publications’ info using multithreading

Typical usage example:

medium.fetch_publications(user.publications) medium.fetch_publications(list_of_publications_obj)

Parameters:

publications (list[Publication]) – List of (empty) Publications objects to fill information into it.

Returns:

This method doesn’t return anything since it fills the values in the passed list of Publication(s) objects itself.

Return type:

None

fetch_lists(medium_lists: list)[source]

To quickly fetch Medium List related info using multithreading

Typical usage example:

medium.fetch_lists(user.lists) medium.fetch_lists(arr_of_medium_list_objs)

Parameters:

medium_lists (list[MediumList]) – An array of (empty) MediumList objects to fill information into it.

Returns:

This method doesn’t return anything since it fills the values in the passed array of MediumList(s) objects itself.

Return type:

None

fetch_users(users: list)[source]

To quickly fetch users’ info using multithreading

Typical usage example:

medium.fetch_users(top_writers.users) medium.fetch_users(list_of_users_obj)

Parameters:

users (list[User]) – List of (empty) User objects to fill information into it.

Returns:

This method doesn’t return anything since it fills the values into the passed list of User(s) objects itself.

Return type:

None

extract_article_id(article_url: str)[source]

To get article_id from the Article’s URL

Usage example:

article_id = medium.get_article_id("https://nishu-jain.medium.com/about-me-nishu-jain-562c5821b5f0")

Parameters:

article_url (str) – URL as string type

Returns:

Returns article_id as string for valid URL, else returns None.

Return type:

str

Classes

User class

class medium_api._user.User(user_id, get_resp, fetch_articles, fetch_users, fetch_publications, fetch_lists, save_info=False)[source]

User Class

With User object, you can use the following properties and methods:

  • user._id

  • user.info

  • user.article_ids

  • user.articles

  • user.top_article_ids

  • user.top_articles

  • user.following_ids

  • user.following

  • user.followers_ids

  • user.followers

  • user.all_followers_ids

  • user.all_followers

  • user.interests

  • user.articles_as_json

  • user.publication_ids

  • user.publications

  • user.list_ids

  • user.lists

  • user.save_info()

  • user.fetch_articles()

  • user.fetch_top_articles()

  • user.fetch_following()

  • user.fetch_followers()

  • user.fetch_all_followers()

  • user.fetch_publications()

  • user.fetch_lists()

Note

User class is NOT intended to be used directly by importing. See medium_api.medium.Medium.user.

property info

To get the user related information

Returns:

A dictionary object containing fullname, username, followers, bio, twitter_username, image_url, etc …

Return type:

dict

property article_ids

To get a full list of article_ids

Returns:

A list of article_ids (str) written by the user

Return type:

list[str]

property publication_ids

To get a list of publication_ids where user is either creator and/or editor

Returns:

A list of publication_ids (strings)

Return type:

list[str]

property list_ids

To get an array of list_ids

Returns:

An array of list_ids (str) by the user

Return type:

list[str]

property publications

To get a list of Publication Objects where the user is either creator and/or editor

Returns:

A list of Publication objects

Return type:

list[Publication]

property lists

To get an array of MediumList Objects created by the user

Returns:

A list of MediumList objects

Return type:

list[MediumList]

property top_article_ids

To get a list of top 10 article_ids

Returns:

A list of article_ids (str) of the top 10 posts on the user’s profile. (Usually, in chronological order)

Return type:

list[str]

property interests

To get a list of tags that the user follows.

Returns:

A list of tags (str) followed by the user.

Return type:

list[str]

property following_ids

To get a list of user_ids of user’s followings

Returns:

A list of user_ids (str) of the user’s followings.

Return type:

list[str]

property publication_following_ids

To get a list of publications_ids that the give user is followings

Returns:

A list of publication_ids (str)

Return type:

list[str]

property publication_following

To get a list of Publication objects that the give user is followings

Returns:

A list of Publication objects

Return type:

list[Publication]

property followers_ids

To get a list of user_ids of user’s followers (length = 25)

Returns:

A list of user_ids (str) of the user’s followers (length = 25).

Return type:

list[str]

property all_followers_ids

To get a list of user_ids of user’s followers (all)

Returns:

A list of user_ids (str) of the user’s followers (all).

Return type:

list[str]

property following

To get a full list of following User objects

Returns:

A list of User objects followed by the given user

Return type:

list[User]

property followers

To get a full list of followers User objects

Returns:

A list of User objects of followers

Return type:

list[User]

property all_followers

To get a full list of followers User objects

Returns:

A list of User objects of followers

Return type:

list[User]

property articles

To get a full list of user-written Article objects

Returns:

A list of Article objects written by the user

Return type:

list[Article]

property top_articles

To get a list of top 10 articles

Returns:

A list of Article objects of the top 10 posts on the user’s profile. (Usually, in chronological order)

Return type:

list[Article]

property articles_as_json

To get a list of JSON objects containing user info

Returns:

A list of JSON objects containing information related to all the posts on the user’s profile.

Return type:

list[dict]

save_info()[source]

Saves the information related to the user

Note

Only after running user.save_info() you can use the following variables:

  • user.fullname

  • user.username

  • user.followers_count

  • user.following_count

  • user.bio

  • user.twitter_username

  • user.is_writer_program_enrolled

  • user.is_suspended

  • user.has_list

  • user.is_book_author

  • user.allow_notes

  • user.medium_member_at

  • user.top_writer_in

  • user.image_url

  • user.tipping_link

  • user.publication_following_count

  • user.bg_image_url

  • user.logo_image_url

fetch_articles(content=False, markdown=False, html=False, html_fullpage=True, html_style_file='https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

To fetch all the user-written articles information and content

Parameters:
  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the markdown of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the article in HTML format as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to False if you only want to fetch the HTML inside body tag of the article. Otherwise, default is True, which fetches the entire HTML of the article.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.articles.

user.articles[0].title user.articles[1].claps

Return type:

None

fetch_publications(admin_in=True, writer_in=True)[source]

To fetch all the publication-related information where the given user is either an admin (creator/editor) or a contributing writer.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.publications.

user.publications['admin_in'][0].name user.publications['writer_in'][1].followers

Return type:

None

fetch_top_articles(content=False, markdown=False, html=False, html_fullpage=True, html_style_file='https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

To fetch top 10 user-written top articles information and content

Parameters:
  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the markdown of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the article in HTML format as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to False if you only want to fetch the HTML inside body tag of the article. Otherwise, default is True, which fetches the entire HTML of the article.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.top_articles.

user.top_articles[0].title user.top_articles[1].claps

Return type:

None

fetch_following()[source]

To get user’s followings information

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.following

user.following[0].fullname user.following[1].bio

Return type:

None

fetch_publication_following()[source]

To get information related to publications that the user is following

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.publication_following

user.publication_following[0].name user.publication_following[1].followers

Return type:

None

fetch_followers()[source]

To get user’s followers information (first 25)

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.followers

user.followers[0].fullname user.followers[1].bio

Return type:

None

fetch_all_followers()[source]

To get user’s followers information (all)

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.all_followers

user.all_followers[0].fullname user.all_followers[1].bio

Return type:

None

fetch_lists()[source]

To get user’s lists’ related information

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via user.lists

user.lists[0].name user.lists[1].count

Return type:

None

Article class

class medium_api._article.Article(article_id, get_resp, fetch_articles, fetch_users, fetch_publications, fetch_lists, save_info=False)[source]

Article Class

With Article object, you can use the following properties and methods:

  • article._id

  • article.info

  • article.responses

  • article.fans_ids

  • article.fans

  • article.related_articles_ids

  • article.related_articles

  • article.is_self_published

  • article.content

  • article.markdown

  • article.html

  • article.json

  • article.save_info()

  • article.save_content()

  • article.save_markdown()

  • article.save_html()

  • article.fetch_responses()

  • article.fetch_fans()

  • article.fetch_related_articles()

Note

Article class is NOT intended to be used directly by importing. See medium_api.medium.Medium.article.

save_info()[source]

Saves the information related to the article

Note

Only after running article.save_info() you can use the following variables:

  • article.title

  • article.subtitle

  • article.claps

  • article.author

  • article.url

  • article.unique_slug

  • article.published_at

  • article.publication_id

  • article.tags

  • article.topics

  • article.last_modified_at

  • article.reading_time

  • article.word_count

  • article.responses_count

  • article.voters

  • article.lang

  • article.is_series

  • article.is_locked

  • article.is_shortform

  • article.image_url

  • article.publication

  • article.top_highlight

save_content()[source]

Saves the textual content of the article

Can be accessed later using article.content

Returns:

None

save_markdown()[source]

Saves the markdown of the article

Can be accessed later using article.markdown

Returns:

None

property info

To get the articles information

Returns:

Returns a dictionary object containing title, subtitle, claps, voters, author, publication_id, word_count, etc … (excluding content)

Return type:

dict

property response_ids

To get the list of ids of responses (comments) on the article

Returns:

Returns a list of response_ids.

Return type:

list

property responses

To get the list of responses (Article Objects)

Returns:

Returns a list of Article Objects.

Return type:

list[Article]

fetch_responses(content=False)[source]

To fetch all the responses/comments information and textual content.

Parameters:

content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the response as well. Otherwise, default is False.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via article.responses.

article.responses[0].content article.responses[1].claps

Return type:

None

property fans_ids

To get the list of user_ids of the people who clapped on the article (voters or fans)

Returns:

Returns a list of user_ids.

Return type:

list

property fans

To get the list of Users who clapped on the article (voters/fans).

Returns:

Returns a list of User Objects.

Return type:

list[User]

property related_articles_ids

To get the list of article_ids of the related posts.

Returns:

Returns a list of article_ids.

Return type:

list

property related_articles

To get the list of related articles (Article Objects)

Returns:

Returns a list of Article Objects.

Return type:

list[Article]

property recommended_articles_ids

To get the list of article_ids of the recommended posts for the given article.

Returns:

Returns a list of article_ids.

Return type:

list

property recommended_articles

To get the list of recommended articles (Article Objects)

Returns:

Returns a list of Article Objects.

Return type:

list[Article]

property is_self_published

To check if the article is self-published or not

Returns:

Returns True if article is self-published, else False if article is published under a Medium Publication.

Return type:

bool

property content

To get the textual content of the article

Returns:

A single string containing kicker, title, subtitle, paragraphs, image captions, listicles, etc … within an article

Return type:

str

property markdown

To get the Markdown of the Medium Article

Returns:

A single string containing kicker, title, subtitle, paragraphs, images, listicles, etc … within an article, in the markdown format

Return type:

str

property html

To get the Medium Article in plain HTML format

Returns:

A single string containing the entire article in HTML format

Return type:

str

property assets

To get the URL of the assets present in the Medium Article such as images, embedded youtube videos, gisthub gists, hyperlinks (anchors), etc …

Returns:

An ArticleAssets Class Object

Return type:

ArticleAssets

save_html(fullpage: bool = False, style_file: str = 'https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

Saves the article in plain HTML format

Parameters:
  • fullpage (bool, optional) – If ‘True’, saves full HTML page with head, body, title and meta tags. Else, saves HTML inside body only.

  • style_file (str, optional) – Name or URL to the CSS style file that can be included in the HTML output of the Article. Default is ‘https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css’ (Sample CSS)

Returns:

None

property json

To get the articles information in JSON format

Returns:

Returns a JSON object containing article info, content, markdown and html if already fetched. Else, returns an empty object.

Return type:

dict

fetch_fans()[source]

To fetch user-related information of the people who clapped on the article (voters/fans), using multi-threading

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via article.fans.

article.fans[0].name article.fans[2].twitter_username article.fans[1].bio

Return type:

None

To fetch all the related articles information and textual content, using multi-threading

Parameters:
  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the related articles as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the Markdown content of the related articles as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the HTML content of the related articles as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the HTML content (with head, title, meta tags, etc…) of the related articles as well. Otherwise, default is True.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via article.related_articles.

article.related_articles[0].content article.related_articles[2].title article.related_articles[1].claps

Return type:

None

To fetch all the recommended articles information and textual content, using multi-threading

Parameters:
  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the recommended articles as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the Markdown content of the related articles as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the HTML content of the related articles as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the HTML content (with head, title, meta tags, etc…) of the related articles as well. Otherwise, default is True.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via article.recommended_articles.

article.recommended_articles[0].content article.recommended_articles[2].title article.recommended_articles[1].claps

Return type:

None

Publication class

class medium_api._publication.Publication(publication_id, get_resp, fetch_articles, fetch_users, fetch_publications, fetch_lists, save_info=False)[source]

Publication Class

With Publication object, you can use the following properties and methods:

  • publication._id

  • publication.info

  • publication.articles

  • publication.save_info()

  • publication.fetch_articles()

Note

Publication class is NOT intended to be used directly by importing. See medium_api.medium.Medium.publication.

property info

To get the publication related information

Returns:

A dictionary object containing name, slug, followers, description, tagline, url, twitter_username, tags, etc …

Return type:

dict

save_info()[source]

Saves the information related to the publication

Note

Only after running publication.save_info() you can use the following variables:

  • publication.name

  • publication.description

  • publication.tagline

  • publication.followers

  • publication.slug

  • publication.tags

  • publication.domain

  • publication.creator

  • publication.editors

  • publication.twitter_username

  • publication.instagram_username

  • publication.facebook_pagename

articles_from_ids(article_ids)[source]

A generic function to get Article Objects from article_ids (list).

Parameters:

article_ids (list[str]) – List of article_ids (string)

Returns:

Returns a list of Article Objects.

Return type:

list[Article]

get_articles_between(_from=None, _to=None, content=False, markdown=False, html=False, html_fullpage=True, html_style_file='https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

To get publication articles within a datetime range.

Example usage:

publication.get_articles_between(_from=datetime.now(), _to=datetime.now() - timedelta(days=15))

Parameters:
  • _from (datetime.datetime) – Starting date of the interval

  • _to (datetime.datetime) – Ending date of the interval

  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the markdown of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the article in HTML format as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to False if you only want to fetch the HTML inside body tag of the article. Otherwise, default is True, which fetches the entire HTML of the article.

Returns:

Returns a list of Article Objects (publication articles).

Return type:

list[Article]

Note

  • If the _to parameter is not provided, then the function will return recent 25 articles from the given date (in _from parameter)

  • If the _from parameter is not provided, then the function will take current datetime value (datetime.now())

  • If both the parameters, _from and _to, are not provided, then the function will return top recent 25 articles from the current datetime.

property articles

Returns top recent 25 articles

Typical Example Usage:

publication.articles[0].title publication.articles[1].author

Returns:

Returns a list of Article Objects

Return type:

list[Article]

MediumList class

class medium_api._medium_list.MediumList(list_id, get_resp, fetch_articles, fetch_users, fetch_publications, fetch_lists, save_info=False)[source]

MediumList Class

With MediumList object, you can use the following properties and methods:

  • medium_list._id

  • medium_list.info

  • medium_list.article_ids

  • medium_list.articles

  • medium_list.response_ids

  • medium_list.responses

  • medium_list.fetch_responses()

  • medium_list.fetch_articles()

Note

MediumList class is NOT intended to be used directly by importing. See medium_api.medium.Medium.Mediumlist.

property info

To get the MediumList-related information

Returns:

A dictionary object containing name, description, author, claps, voters, responses_count, thumbnail, article count, etc …

Return type:

dict

save_info()[source]

Saves the information related to the Medium List

Note

Only after running medium_list.save_info() you can use the following variables:

  • medium_list.name

  • medium_list.description

  • medium_list.author

  • medium_list.count

  • medium_list.responses_count

  • medium_list.claps

  • medium_list.voters

  • medium_list.created_at

  • medium_list.last_item_inserted_at

  • medium_list.thumbnail

property article_ids

To get an array of article_ids of the articles present in the Medium List

Returns:

A list of article_ids (str) from the Medium List.

Return type:

list[str]

property response_ids

To get an array of response_ids of the comments on the Medium List

Returns:

A list of response_ids (str) from comments on the Medium List.

Return type:

list[str]

property articles

To get an array of Medium List’s Article objects

Returns:

A list of Article objects from the Medium List.

Return type:

list[Article]

property responses

To get an array of Responses/Comments on Medium List (Article objects)

Returns:

A list of Article objects for the comments/responses on the Medium List.

Return type:

list[Article]

fetch_articles(content=False, markdown=False, html=False, html_fullpage=True, html_style_file='https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

To fetch all the Medium List’s articles information (using multithreading)

Parameters:
  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the markdown of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the article in HTML format as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to False if you only want to fetch the HTML inside body tag of the article. Otherwise, default is True, which fetches the entire HTML of the article.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via medium_list.articles.

medium_list.articles[0].title medium_list.articles[1].claps

Return type:

None

fetch_responses(content=False)[source]

To fetch all the Medium List’s Responses information (using multithreading)

Parameters:

content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via medium_list.articles.

medium_list.responses[0].title medium_list.responses[1].claps

Return type:

None

LatestPosts class

class medium_api._latestposts.LatestPosts(topic_slug, get_resp, fetch_articles, fetch_users, fetch_publications, fetch_lists)[source]

LatestPosts Class

With LatestPosts object, you can use the following properties and methods:

  • latestposts.ids

  • latestposts.articles

  • latestposts.fetch_articles()

Note

LatestPosts class is NOT intended to be used directly by importing. See medium_api.medium.Medium.latestposts.

property ids

To get the article_ids of the latestposts

Returns:

Returns a list of article ids (str).

Return type:

list[str]

property articles

To get a list of Article objects of the latestposts

Returns:

Returns a list of Article objects.

Return type:

list[Article]

fetch_articles(content=False, markdown=False, html=False, html_fullpage=True, html_style_file='https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

To fetch all the latestposts articles information (multithreading)

Parameters:
  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the markdown of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the article in HTML format as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to False if you only want to fetch the HTML inside body tag of the article. Otherwise, default is True, which fetches the entire HTML of the article.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via latestposts.articles.

latestposts.articles[0].title latestposts.articles[1].claps

Return type:

None

TopWriters class

class medium_api._top_writers.TopWriters(topic_slug: str, count: int, get_resp, fetch_users, fetch_articles, fetch_publications, fetch_lists)[source]

TopWriters Class

With TopWriters object, you can use the following properties and methods:

  • top_writers.ids

  • top_writers.users

  • top_writers.fetch_users()

Note

TopWriters class is NOT intended to be used directly by importing. See medium_api.medium.Medium.top_writers.

property ids

To get a list of top writer’s user_ids

Returns:

A list of user_ids of the top writers for the given topic/niche.

Return type:

list[str]

property users

To get a list of User objects

Returns:

A list of User objects of the top writers for given topic/niche.

Return type:

list[User]

fetch_users()[source]

To fetch top writers (user) related information

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via top_writers.users.

top_writers.users[0].fullname top_writers.users[1].bio

Return type:

None

TopFeeds class

class medium_api._topfeeds.TopFeeds(tag, mode, get_resp, fetch_articles, fetch_users, fetch_publications, fetch_lists)[source]

TopFeeds Class

With TopFeeds object, you can use the following properties and methods:

  • topfeeds.ids

  • topfeeds.articles

  • topfeeds.fetch_articles()

Note

TopFeeds class is NOT intended to be used directly by importing. See medium_api.medium.Medium.topfeeds.

property ids

To get a list of topfeeds article_ids

Returns:

A list of article_ids (str) from the topfeeds for the given tag and mode.

Return type:

list[str]

property articles

To get a list of topfeeds Article objects

Returns:

A list of Article objects from the topfeeds for the given tag and mode.

Return type:

list[Article]

fetch_articles(content=False, markdown=False, html=False, html_fullpage=True, html_style_file='https://mediumapi.com/styles/dark.css')[source]

To fetch all the topfeeds articles information (multithreading)

Parameters:
  • content (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the textual content of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False.

  • markdown (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the markdown of the article as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html (bool, optional) – Set it to True if you want to fetch the article in HTML format as well. Otherwise, default is False

  • html_fullpage (bool, optional) – Set it to False if you only want to fetch the HTML inside body tag of the article. Otherwise, default is True, which fetches the entire HTML of the article.

Returns:

All the fetched information will be access via topfeeds.articles.

topfeeds.articles[0].title topfeeds.articles[1].claps

Return type:

None