Discussion

Automatically structure and extract entire threads of reviews/comments from articles, product pages, and forum threads.

byDiffbot Extract API (Web Extraction)

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Updated: Oct 27, 2026, 12:32 AM

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urlstringRequired

Target URL to extract

fieldsstringOptional

Specify optional fields to be returned from any fully-extracted pages (e.g. `fields=querystring,links`)

timeoutintegerOptional

Sets a value in milliseconds to wait for the retrieval/fetch of content from the requested URL. The default timeout for the third-party response is 30 seconds (30000).

callbackstringOptional

Use for jsonp requests. Needed for cross-domain ajax.

proxystringOptional

Specify an IP address of a [custom proxy](https://docs.diffbot.com/reference/using-proxies#how-to-use-proxies) that will be used to fetch the target page. (Ex: `&proxy` or `&proxy=0.0.0.0`)

proxyAuthstringOptional

Used to specify the authentication parameters that will be used with a custom proxy specified in the &proxy parameter. (Ex: `proxyAuth=username:password`)

useProxystringOptional

Set to `default` to use [Diffbot's datacenter proxy](https://docs.diffbot.com/reference/using-proxies#how-to-use-proxies) for this request. `none` will instruct Extract to not use proxies, even if proxies have been enabled for this particular URL globally.

pagingbooleanOptional

Pass `paging=false` to disable automatic concatenation multiple-page articles.

maxPagesstringOptional

Set the maximum number of pages in a thread to automatically concatenate in a single response. Default = 1 (no concatenation). Set `maxPages=all` to retrieve all pages of a thread regardless of length. Each individual page will count as a separate API call.

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diffbot.discussion.retrieve.v1

Provider scope

Diffbot Extract API (Web Extraction)

Catalog updated

2026-10-27T00:32:19.599446+00:00

Business task

Pending verification

Continue setupYou can return to this tool page if the selection is incomplete or expires.