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Try the Metaculus question detail API

Returns one Metaculus question by numeric `id` (a question or post id). The response has the title, status, question type, unit, open, close and resolve times, forecaster and forecast counts, comment count, latest forecast center and bounds, categories, projects and URL.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 1 question.projects; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /metaculus/question/42603
Fields with a value in every checked item: id, name, slug, type

Sample value profiles: name: “Quantum Computing”; type: “question_series”.

Request: GET /metaculus/question/{id}
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 2.96 s
Monitored request: GET /metaculus/question/42603

Metaculus question detail API documentation Metaculus platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metaculus/question/43612' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes	43612	Metaculus question or post id

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43612/",
    "fetched_at": "2026-06-07T14:00:00Z",
    "question": {
      "id": 43612,
      "question_id": 43609,
      "title": "Tampa sulphur price in June 2026?",
      "status": "open",
      "public_page_derived": true
    }
  }
}

More Metaculus endpoints

Metaculus category questions Metaculus comments feed Metaculus project questions Metaculus question forecast history Metaculus question forecasts Metaculus question metadata Metaculus question options Metaculus questions Metaculus top comments feed Metaculus tournament questions

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

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Endpoint

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Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestmetaculus.questionResponseDocMetaculus

GET /metaculus/question/{id}

Metaculus question detail

Response behavior

- The response is derived from public page data, not from the authenticated Metaculus API. - Upstream authentication, challenge, or parser drift is returned as a typed upstream error.

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Path parameters

requiredstring

Metaculus question or post id

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43612/",
    "fetched_at": "2026-06-07T14:00:00Z",
    "question": {
      "id": 43612,
      "question_id": 43609,
      "title": "Tampa sulphur price in June 2026?",
      "status": "open",
      "public_page_derived": true
    }
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Metaculus question detail API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 1 question.projects; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /metaculus/question/42603
Fields with a value in every checked item: id, name, slug, type

Sample value profiles: name: “Quantum Computing”; type: “question_series”.

Request: GET /metaculus/question/{id}
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 2.96 s
Monitored request: GET /metaculus/question/42603

Metaculus question detail API documentation Metaculus platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metaculus/question/43612' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes	43612	Metaculus question or post id

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43612/",
    "fetched_at": "2026-06-07T14:00:00Z",
    "question": {
      "id": 43612,
      "question_id": 43609,
      "title": "Tampa sulphur price in June 2026?",
      "status": "open",
      "public_page_derived": true
    }
  }
}

More Metaculus endpoints

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

Choose one catalog endpoint for this request.

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Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestmetaculus.questionResponseDocMetaculus

GET /metaculus/question/{id}

Metaculus question detail

Response behavior

- The response is derived from public page data, not from the authenticated Metaculus API. - Upstream authentication, challenge, or parser drift is returned as a typed upstream error.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Path parameters

requiredstring

Metaculus question or post id

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43612/",
    "fetched_at": "2026-06-07T14:00:00Z",
    "question": {
      "id": 43612,
      "question_id": 43609,
      "title": "Tampa sulphur price in June 2026?",
      "status": "open",
      "public_page_derived": true
    }
  }
}