Threads API
Marketing & SEO Free key (no card)
Documentation: developers.facebook.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
The official Threads API lets apps publish text posts, images, videos, and carousels to Threads, fetch profile and media data, moderate replies, read insights, and get webhook updates. You sign up with a free Meta developer account and a Threads profile. While you're testing, you can grant permissions to testers without review; reaching the general public needs Meta's App Review. It is a natural fit for cross-posting tools and social dashboards.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free key (no card)
Rate limit: Free; 250 API-published posts per Threads profile per rolling 24 hours.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: social marketing publishing automation
Setup
- Create a free Meta developer account and register an app
- Add the Threads use case to your app in the developer dashboard
- Log in with Threads to connect your profile and grant permissions
- Use test users while building; submit for App Review before public launch
- Create a post container, then publish the container to make it live
POST https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/{user-id}/threads with media_type=TEXT and text, then POST /{user-id}/threads_publish with the container IDUse cases
- Cross-post announcements from your blog or newsletter to Threads automatically
- Queue a week's worth of Threads posts from a spreadsheet
- Pull Threads insights into a single social-media performance dashboard