Tumblr API

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Overview

The Tumblr API gives you access to Tumblr's creative blogging platform, letting you read posts, follow blogs, and publish content using OAuth authentication. It supports rich media posts including text, images, videos, and GIFs in Tumblr's signature reblog-based format. Developers can use it to build dashboards, content aggregators, or automate posting across Tumblr blogs.

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Beginner Tip

Register your app at tumblr.com/oauth/apps to get your API key; you can read public blog posts with just the API key and only need full OAuth for posting or following.

Available Data

Use case: Integrate read and write tumblr data data into web and mobile applications

Tumblr data via REST API

JSON-formatted response data

Requires OAuth authentication

Example Response

JSON Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "result": "Data from Tumblr",
    "description": "Read and write Tumblr Data",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

meta.status HTTP status code of the response, e.g. 200 for success.

response.blog.title The display title of the Tumblr blog.

response.posts Array of post objects returned for the blog.

response.posts[].type Post type such as "text", "photo", "video", or "quote".

response.posts[].body The HTML body content of a text post.

response.posts[].timestamp Unix timestamp of when the post was published.

Implementation Example

// ⚠️ Note: This URL may be a documentation page. Check official docs for actual API endpoint.
const url = "https://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);