zulip/templates/zerver/api/get-stream-topics.md

Get topics in a stream

Get all the topics in a specific stream

GET {{ api_url }}/v1/users/me/<stream_id>/topics

Usage examples

{start_tabs} {tab|python}

{generate_code_example(python)|/users/me/{stream_id}/topics:get|example}

{tab|js}

More examples and documentation can be found here.

const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc',
};

zulip(config).then((client) => {
    // Get all the topics in stream with ID 1
    return client.streams.topics.retrieve({ stream_id: 1 });
}).then(console.log);

{tab|curl}

curl {{ api_url }}/v1/users/me/<stream_id>/topics \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY

{end_tabs}

Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/users/me/{stream_id}/topics:get}

Response

Return values

• topics: An array of topic objects, which contain:
  • name: The name of the topic.
  • max_id: The message ID of the last message sent to this topic.

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/users/me/{stream_id}/topics:get|fixture(200)}

An example JSON response for when the user is attempting to fetch the topics of a non-existing stream (or also a private stream they don't have access to):

{generate_code_example|/users/me/{stream_id}/topics:get|fixture(400)}