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# Drill into a theme: its individual mentions with evidence spans

> Returns the individual theme_mentions behind one canonical theme — each with its verbatim evidence span, sentiment, strength and a link to the source AI response. Pass entityId to scope to one brand, sentiment to filter. Paginated, central/supporting first then most recent. All standard analytics filters apply.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.mentionlab.io/api/docs-json post /api/analytics/themes/mentions
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: MentionLab Public API v0.3.4-rc
  description: ''
  version: 0.3.4-rc
  contact: {}
servers:
  - url: https://api.mentionlab.io
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /api/analytics/themes/mentions:
    post:
      tags:
        - Analytics - Themes
      summary: 'Drill into a theme: its individual mentions with evidence spans'
      description: >-
        Returns the individual theme_mentions behind one canonical theme — each
        with its verbatim evidence span, sentiment, strength and a link to the
        source AI response. Pass entityId to scope to one brand, sentiment to
        filter. Paginated, central/supporting first then most recent. All
        standard analytics filters apply.
      operationId: ThemesController_getThemeMentions
      parameters:
        - name: x-project-id
          in: header
          description: Project ID to specify the project context
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThemeMentionsDto'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThemeMentionsResponse'
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request failed validation — the body, query or path parameters
            are malformed or out of range.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: The request is missing valid authentication credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: >-
            The authenticated principal lacks the required permission, or access
            to the requested organisation/project.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ThemeMentionsDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        startDate:
          type: string
          description: Start date (inclusive)
          example: '2025-01-01'
        endDate:
          type: string
          description: End date (exclusive)
          example: '2025-02-01'
        countries:
          description: Filter by country codes
          example:
            - BE
            - FR
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        languages:
          description: Filter by language codes
          example:
            - en
            - fr
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        models:
          description: Filter by AI models
          example:
            - gpt-4o
            - claude-3-5-sonnet
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        queryIds:
          description: Filter by query IDs
          example:
            - 3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        hasSources:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Filter by source presence: "sources" (only with sources),
            "no_sources" (only without), "all" (no filter). Legacy true/false
            values are still accepted.
          enum:
            - all
            - sources
            - no_sources
        hasShopping:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Filter by shopping presence: "shopping" (only with shopping),
            "no_shopping" (only without), "all" (no filter). Legacy true/false
            values are still accepted.
          enum:
            - all
            - shopping
            - no_shopping
        queryTagIds:
          description: Filter by query tag IDs (numeric — bigint column)
          example:
            - '42'
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        execTagIds:
          description: Filter by execution tag IDs
          example:
            - 3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        queryTagGroupIds:
          description: >-
            Filter by query tag group IDs — matches rows carrying any tag filed
            under a selected group. Combines with queryTagIds per queryTagMode.
          example:
            - 3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        execTagGroupIds:
          description: >-
            Filter by execution tag group IDs — matches rows carrying any tag
            filed under a selected group. Combines with execTagIds per
            execTagMode.
          example:
            - 3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        queryTypes:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Filter by query type. Include "untyped" to also match queries
            without a type. Results from since-deleted queries are excluded when
            this filter is set.
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - comparative
              - informative
              - perception
              - untyped
        queryTagMode:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Query tag matching mode: "or" matches ANY tag (default), "and"
            matches ALL tags.
          enum:
            - and
            - or
          default: or
        execTagMode:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Execution tag matching mode: "or" matches ANY tag (default), "and"
            matches ALL tags.
          enum:
            - and
            - or
          default: or
        timezone:
          type: string
          description: >-
            IANA timezone for date bucketing and filtering (e.g.
            "Europe/Brussels"). Defaults to UTC.
          example: Europe/Brussels
          default: UTC
        groupBy:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Row grouping level for entity results. "none" = one row per entity,
            "division" = one row per division (entities not in a division get
            their own row), "group" = one row per top-level group (divisions
            roll up into their group). Defaults to "none".
          enum:
            - none
            - division
            - group
        groupByEntityGroup:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Deprecated — use groupBy instead. true is equivalent to
            groupBy="group".
          deprecated: true
          example: false
        showAllEntities:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Include entities that have only ever been seen in a single AI
            response. These are mostly one-off extraction noise and are hidden
            by default.
          example: false
        entityId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Restrict to themes attributed to a specific entity (brand) — used by
            Brand Intelligence. Omit for all themes.
          example: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
        perceptionOnly:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Only themes from perception-type questions
            (queries.type='perception') — used by Brand Perception (MLENG-357).
            Combinable with entityId to scope a perception view to one brand.
          example: true
        themeId:
          type: string
          description: Canonical theme id to drill into.
          example: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
        sentiment:
          type: string
          description: Restrict to a single sentiment.
          enum:
            - positive
            - neutral
            - negative
            - mixed
        page:
          type: number
          description: 'Page number (1-based). Default: 1.'
          example: 1
        pageSize:
          type: number
          description: 'Results per page. Default: 20, max: 100.'
          example: 20
      required:
        - themeId
    ThemeMentionsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        mentions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThemeMentionItem'
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Paging'
      required:
        - mentions
        - page
    ApiErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: number
          description: HTTP status code of the error.
          example: 400
        message:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Human-readable description of the error. Validation failures return
            an array of per-field validation errors instead of a single string.
          example: Validation failed
        error:
          type: string
          description: Short name of the HTTP error.
          example: Bad Request
      required:
        - statusCode
    ThemeMentionItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Theme mention id.
        aiResponseId:
          type: string
          description: The AI response this mention was extracted from.
        initiatedAt:
          type: string
          description: When the response was generated (ISO 8601).
        model:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: AI model that produced the response.
        entityId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Canonical entity (brand) id, null for subject-anchored perception.
        entityName:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Canonical entity (brand) name.
        isPrimary:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the entity is the project primary brand.
        phrase:
          type: string
          description: Raw extracted surface phrase.
        evidenceSpan:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Verbatim quote from the AI response (the evidence).
        sentiment:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - positive
            - neutral
            - negative
            - mixed
        sentimentScore:
          type: number
          nullable: true
          description: Sentiment score 1–100.
        strength:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - peripheral
            - supporting
            - central
        responseOrder:
          type: number
          nullable: true
          description: 0-based order of appearance in the response.
        queryId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The query that was answered.
        queryText:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The query prompt text.
      required:
        - id
        - aiResponseId
        - initiatedAt
        - model
        - entityId
        - entityName
        - isPrimary
        - phrase
        - evidenceSpan
        - sentiment
        - sentimentScore
        - strength
        - responseOrder
        - queryId
        - queryText
    Paging:
      type: object
      properties:
        totalRecords:
          type: number
        limit:
          type: number
        currentPage:
          type: number
        totalPages:
          type: number
        nextPage:
          type: number
        prevPage:
          type: number
      required:
        - totalRecords
        - limit
        - currentPage
        - totalPages
        - nextPage
        - prevPage

````