Finally, it’s here: Medium API.

It started with a simple personal requirement: I needed a way to batch fetch Medium articles efficiently while bypassing the limitations of the official API. What began as a solution to my own problem quickly evolved into something bigger. I built a full-suite REST API that allows you to scrape comprehensive data on articles, users, and publications.

Whether you are building a content aggregator, gathering data for analysis, or developing a custom reader, this tool handles it all.

It is hosted on RapidAPI. Simply grab a key and you are ready to go.

Base URL: https://unofficial-medium-api-wrapper.p.rapidapi.com

Capabilities

Here is what you can query:

• Articles: Retrieve content in Markdown, HTML, or plain text. You can also access metadata like claps and followers.
• Users: Get deep insights—followers, following lists, publication history, and public profile info.
• Publications: Fetch articles and details from specific publications.
• Search: Perform full-text searches, including filtering by tags.
• Discovery: Access recommendation algorithm data, including top articles and top writers.
• Lists: Scrape reading lists from other users.

Getting Started

Add x-rapidapi-host and x-rapidapi-key to your request headers. Get your key at RapidAPI.

Code Examples

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch(
  "https://unofficial-medium-api-wrapper.p.rapidapi.com/api/user/1234567890",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-rapidapi-host": "unofficial-medium-api-wrapper.p.rapidapi.com",
      "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
    },
  },
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python (requests)

import requests

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-host": "unofficial-medium-api-wrapper.p.rapidapi.com",
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY"
}

response = requests.get(
    "https://unofficial-medium-api-wrapper.p.rapidapi.com/api/user/1234567890",
    headers=headers
)
print(response.json())

cURL

# For the CLI enthusiasts
curl --request GET \
     --url https://unofficial-medium-api-wrapper.p.rapidapi.com/api/user/{user_id}/top-articles \
     --header 'x-rapidapi-host: unofficial-medium-api-wrapper.p.rapidapi.com' \
     --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY'

Response Format

The API returns standard, clean JSON without unnecessary nesting:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "username": "johndoe",
    "fullname": "John Doe",
    "followers_count": 1250
  }
}

Support

If you encounter any issues, feel free to reach out via [email protected].

I am excited to see what you build with this API.