Neynar Documentation
By parent cast
cURL
curl --request GET \
--url https://snapchain-api.neynar.com/v1/castsByParent \
--header 'x-api-key: NEYNAR_API_DOCS'
Python
import requests
url = "https://snapchain-api.neynar.com/v1/castsByParent"
headers = {"x-api-key": "NEYNAR_API_DOCS"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)
JavaScript
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': 'NEYNAR_API_DOCS'}};
fetch('https://snapchain-api.neynar.com/v1/castsByParent', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
PHP
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [\
CURLOPT_URL => "https://snapchain-api.neynar.com/v1/castsByParent",\
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,\
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",\
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,\
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,\
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,\
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",\
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [\
"x-api-key: NEYNAR_API_DOCS"\
],\
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://snapchain-api.neynar.com/v1/castsByParent"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "NEYNAR_API_DOCS")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Unirest
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://snapchain-api.neynar.com/v1/castsByParent")
.header("x-api-key", "NEYNAR_API_DOCS")
.asString();
Ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://snapchain-api.neynar.com/v1/castsByParent")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = 'NEYNAR_API_DOCS'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
Response Structure
Example Response
{
"messages": [
{
"hash": "0xd2b1ddc6c88e865a33cb1a565e0058d757042974",
"hashScheme": "HASH_SCHEME_BLAKE3",
"signature": "aSDinaTvuI8gbWludGxpZnk=",
"signatureScheme": "SIGNATURE_SCHEME_ED25519",
"signer": "<string>",
"data": {
"type": "MESSAGE_TYPE_CAST_ADD",
"fid": 2,
"timestamp": 48994466,
"network": "FARCASTER_NETWORK_MAINNET",
"castAddBody": {
"embedsDeprecated": ["<string>"],
"mentions": [2],
"text": "<string>",
"mentionsPositions": [123],
"embeds": [{
"castId": {
"fid": 2,
"hash": "0x03aff391a6eb1772b20b4ead9a89f732be75fe27"
}
}],
"parentCastId": {
"fid": 2,
"hash": "0x03aff391a6eb1772b20b4ead9a89f732be75fe27"
},
"parentUrl": "chain://eip155:1/erc721:0x39d89b649ffa044383333d297e325d42d31329b2"
}
}
}
],
"nextPageToken": "AuzO1V0DtaItCwwa10X6YsfStlynsGWT"
}
Error Response Structure
{
"errCode": "<string>",
"presentable": true,
"name": "<string>",
"code": 123,
"details": "<string>",
"metadata": {
"errcode": ["<string>"]
}
}
Authorization
Header Parameter: x-api-key - required
- default:
NEYNAR_API_DOCS
Query Parameters
- fid: Integer
- The Farcaster ID (FID) of the parent cast's creator. - Required: Yes when using hash-based lookup.
- hash: String - The unique hash identifier of the parent cast.
- Required: Yes when using hash-based lookup.
- url: String
- Cast URL starting with 'chain://'. - pageSize: Integer - Maximum number of messages to return in a single response.
- reverse: Boolean - Reverse the sort order.
- pageToken: String - The page token from the previous query.