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Fetches and returns information about a particular number of most recent posts (that you can see).

array getLastPosts (array $latestPostOptions)

Expected type: Array
Description:

Array Elements of $latestPostOptions
Key	Optional	Expected type	Description
number_posts	no	Integer	The number of posts to fetch

Expected type: Array
Description: Returns an array of arrays with info about the latest posts. Each array contains the following keys

Array Elements
Key	Optional	Expected type	Description
board	no	Array	An array of info about the board this post is in. Keys are: id (board ID), name, href (url to board) and link (HTML link to this board)
href	no	String	URL to the post
link	no	String	HTML link to the post
poster	no	Array	An array of info about the poster. Keys are: id (member ID), name, link (url to profile [if they aren't a guest]), href (HTML link to the profile)
preview	no	String	The first 128 characters of the post with "..." appended, or the entire post if it's less than 128 characters long. Can be used to show a preview of the post.
raw_timestamp	no	Integer	The raw timestamp corresponding to when the post was made
short_subject	no	String	The first 24 characters of the subject with "..." appended, or the entire subject if it's less than 26 characters long
subject	no	String	The subject of this post
time	no	String	The formatted string indicating when the post was made
topic	no	Integer	The ID of the topic