# Grindr — Wrapped API

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> Access Grindr's public blog content by browsing posts with pagination and category filters, then read full articles on topics relevant to the community. Stay informed about news, updates, and stories directly from Grindr's official publications.

**Category:** News & Media | **Website:** [grindr.com/](https://grindr.com/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/ae72904c-ef39-4689-b76d-702b787e7f92/grindr-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/ae72904c-ef39-4689-b76d-702b787e7f92/grindr-com-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-grindr-com-api-ae72904c/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### get_blog_post

Retrieve the full content of a single blog post by its URL slug. Returns title, category, publication date, reading time, author info, excerpt, thumbnail image URL, and the full article body text. One upstream request per call.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `slug` | string | Yes | URL slug of the blog post (e.g. 'gregg-araki-wants-you-to-have-more-sex'). Obtainable from list_blog_posts results. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-grindr-com-api-ae72904c/get_blog_post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"slug":"<string>"}'
```

### list_blog_posts

List blog posts from the Grindr blog with pagination. Page 1 returns featured and sidebar posts (up to 18 items); subsequent pages return 12 grid items each. An optional category filter narrows results to posts matching a given category name. Posts are ordered by recency (newest first).

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `category` | string | No | Optional category name to filter posts (e.g. 'Interviews', 'Travel', 'Grindr For Equality', 'Company Updates', 'Pop Culture', 'Lifestyle', 'Engineering', 'Music', 'News', 'Quizzes', 'Sex & Dating'). Case-insensitive match. When omitted, all categories are returned. |
| `page` | integer | No | Page number for pagination. Page 1 includes featured/hero posts; pages 2+ contain 12 posts each from the blog grid. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-grindr-com-api-ae72904c/list_blog_posts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"category":"<string>","page":"<integer>"}'
```