# Disqus Forum Reader

Source: https://openflow.run/en/templates/disqus-forum-reader/
Content language: en
Template revision: f2bf5895d91486412f320151dafd9c6b95b42091

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Read public Disqus forum details by forum short name.

[Use in Open Flow](https://console.openflow.run/flows?importUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Foomol-lab%2Fawesome-workflow-templates%2Ff2bf5895d91486412f320151dafd9c6b95b42091%2Fworkflows%2Fdisqus-forum-reader%2Ftemplates%2Fdisqus-forum-reader.openflow.json)

*   [Open Flow JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/f2bf5895d91486412f320151dafd9c6b95b42091/workflows/disqus-forum-reader/templates/disqus-forum-reader.openflow.json)
*   [n8n JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/f2bf5895d91486412f320151dafd9c6b95b42091/workflows/disqus-forum-reader/templates/disqus-forum-reader.n8n.json)

![Disqus Forum Reader workflow in Open Flow](https://openflow.run/_astro/preview-light.CVdioBi-_Z2cmHxx.webp)

Read a Disqus forum’s public details using its short name, and return the complete forum record.

## Setup

Use the **Public API Key** from your Disqus API application. This is the application key sent as `api_key`, not an account-owner access token or API secret. Configure the HTTP step’s **Referer** header with a site URL registered in that application’s trusted domains, following Disqus’s public-key access rules.

In Open Flow, store the key in a Variable and bind **Auth Token** (`auth.token`) in **Read public Disqus forum** to it. Run with the **Forum** short name. In n8n, choose **HTTP Query Auth** credentials with name `api_key` and your application’s Public API Key as the value. Set the registered Referer URL and forum query value in **Read public Disqus forum**. Shared files contain no key or Variable binding.

Each run makes one GET request for forum details, checks the API success code and forum ID, and retains every returned forum property. It does not read posts, moderate comments, expand related records or authenticate a Disqus user. Private user data is outside this template’s public-data access mode.

Disqus application permissions, trusted-domain checks and API rate limits apply. A rejected request, nonzero API code or missing forum record stops the run. No workflow retry is configured. Open Flow’s HTTP step has a 30-second execution budget.

## Changes to the source

*   Replace the example forum with user configuration.
*   Clarify that the existing `api_key` request uses an application Public API Key. The source credential’s access-token label and instructions are ambiguous for that request.
*   Use formal query authentication, a configured trusted-site Referer and encoded query values in both formats.
*   Check API success before returning the full public forum record.

Adapted from [Disqus forum details workflow](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/ae8cf6dc5b873cbb4f74587aa9180ed3a9f70682/workflows/Manual/0080_Manual_Disqus_Import_Triggered.json) in [Zie619/n8n-workflows](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows). The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

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## What you’ll need

*   Disqus API application with permission to read public forum data
*   Application Public API Key stored as a Variable or HTTP Query Auth credential
*   Application trusted-site URL for the Referer header and the forum short name

*   disqus
*   forum
*   public data
*   manual

[View on GitHub](https://github.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/blob/f2bf5895d91486412f320151dafd9c6b95b42091/workflows/disqus-forum-reader/README.md)