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updatedAt: 2026-05-13T09:05:10.000Z
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# Gather content before included entity

Includes only those status entities approved before supplied status `entity_id`

Includes only those status entities approved before supplied status `entity_id`. This parameter is commonly used to implement ‘More’ functionality on a stream of content, wherein an end-user sees a stream of content, then clicks on a ‘More’ link to display the next N entities.

By supplying the `entity_id` of the last viewed entity, you may request the set of entities that came before it in the stream.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "stream-api",
    "version": "1.1"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.massrelevance.com"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "sec0": {
        "type": "oauth2",
        "flows": {
          "clientCredentials": {
            "tokenUrl": "https://example.com/oauth2/token",
            "scopes": {}
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/{account}/{streamName}?start_id": {
      "get": {
        "summary": "Gather content before included entity",
        "description": "Includes only those status entities approved before supplied status `entity_id`",
        "operationId": "gather-content-after-included-entity-1",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "account",
            "in": "path",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "default": "MassRelDemo"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "streamName",
            "in": "path",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "default": "kindle.json"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "start_id",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Includes only those status entities approved before supplied status entity_id. This parameter is commonly used to implement ‘More’ functionality on a stream of content, wherein an end user sees a stream of content, then clicks on a ‘More’ link to display the next N entities. By supplying the entity_id of the last viewed entity, you may request the set of entities that came before it in the stream.",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "default": "255682528302747648"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200",
            "content": {
              "text/plain": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "Coming Soon"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "security": []
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": false,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```