The answer to this question is both yes and no. Let me explain. You can 
absolutely run the query site:tumblr.com superman through the Search API. But 
you probably won't get nearly the same results as you would through a regular 
Google search because the API's results generally don't match exactly, and 
especially when using search operators like site: . The best workaround for 
this is to set up a Custom Search Engine that's restricted to tumblr.com and 
use the Search API to poll the CSE.

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On Jul 11, 2010, at 9:03 PM, Joshua wrote:

> Is it possible to use the search API to get back xml/json results of
> this search:
> 
> site:tumblr.com superman
> 
> --
> 
> I take it the answer is no because this is considered "sitesearch".
> 
> I was just trying to automate something based on the results - Tumblr
> doesn't provide an API to search all of Tumblr posts/tags, etc.
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