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Search YouTube videos by keyword. Get video title, channel, view count, duration, thumbnail, and more.
Get follower/following counts, bio, verification status, and account metadata by username.
Get the verified (blue checkmark) followers of a specific user.
Get page info including name, followers, categories, contact details, and verification status.
Get the accounts a user is following. Returns profile data for each account.
Search Twitter users by keyword. Returns profile data, follower counts, and verification status.
Send a prompt to Google's AI Mode and get a structured conversational reply with citations. Continue the chat with a session token.
Get posts from any public Facebook group with reactions and comment counts.
Search Facebook events by keyword. Find event names, IDs, and event page links.
Instagram Search Users API
Search Instagram users by keyword. Get username, full name, verification status, and profile picture.
Search Facebook pages by keyword. Find pages with verification status and IDs.
Get any YouTube video's details by URL or ID. Views, duration, full description, category, and thumbnail.
Search Facebook posts by keyword. Get post content, reactions, comments, and shares.
Search tweets by keyword. Returns tweet content, engagement metrics (likes, retweets, views), author info, and URL.
Search discussion boards and Q&A sites. Filter by time period and country.
Search YouTube channels by keyword. Get channel name, subscriber count, description, and thumbnail.
Search news articles from thousands of sources. Filter by time, source, country, and language.
Search TikTok videos by keyword. Get play counts, likes, comments, shares, and author info.
Get comments from any YouTube video by URL. Author, text, likes, reply counts, and preview replies.
Get replies posted by a specific user. Returns full tweet data for each reply.
Get tweets posted by a specific user. Paginated results with full tweet data.
Instagram Posts API
Search Instagram posts by keyword. Get engagement metrics (likes, comments, views), author info, and more.
Search Google Maps local businesses by query. Returns name, address, phone, website, rating, hours, and coordinates.
Get photos and videos for a place. High-resolution URLs, capture timestamps, and paginated results.
Get a full profile by username. Bio, follower count, verification status, and external bio links.
Get the quote tweets for a specific tweet. Returns full tweet data for each quote.
Get user reviews for a place. Rating, text, author info, photos, owner response and pagination.
Get the comments (replies) on a specific tweet. Paginated with full tweet data.
Search TikTok users by keyword. Get follower counts, likes, video count, bio, and verification status.
Get full content, engagement metrics, and author info for a single tweet by ID.
Search Threads users by keyword. Returns username, display name, verification status, and profile picture.
Resolve place names to Facebook location IDs to filter post searches by location.
Get recent posts from any Facebook page with engagement metrics and author data.
Instagram User Posts API
Get a user's recent posts and reels by profile URL or username. Captions, engagement metrics, and media details.
Instagram User Profile API
Get a full profile by username or URL. Bio, follower / following counts, media count, category, and external link.
Get any YouTube channel's details by ID, URL, or handle. Subscribers, total views, description, links, and more.
Get group info including name, description, members count, and privacy setting.
Get full details for a Google Maps place: address, phone, website, hours, rating breakdown, photos, plus codes, and more.
Search Threads posts by keyword. Returns post text, engagement metrics (likes, replies, reposts, quotes), author info, and link previews.
Search Reddit comments by keyword. Find discussions and replies across all subreddits.
Search Reddit users by keyword. Get karma scores, account age, bio, and moderation status.
Get current trending topics for a specific location. Use woeid=1 for Worldwide.
Get comments on any Facebook post. Comment text, author info, reactions, and reply counts.
Instagram Post Details API
Get full details for any post or reel by URL or shortcode. Caption, engagement metrics, media URLs, and audio.
Search Reddit posts by keyword. Get post title, subreddit, author, and content snippet.
Search Facebook videos by keyword. Get video titles, thumbnails, and author info.
Get the users who retweeted a specific tweet. Paginated results with user data.
Real-time Google organic search results. Country, language, time-range and city-level geo targeting, with optional AI Overview.
Get the followers of a specific user. Returns profile data for each follower.
Get a user's recent posts by username. Post text, engagement metrics, media, and link previews.
# Same pattern for every platform
GET /v1/twitter/posts?query=AI&sort_by=most_recent
GET /v1/reddit/posts?query=AI&sort_by=most_recent
GET /v1/youtube/videos?query=AI&sort_by=most_recent
# Every endpoint returns the same structure
{
"posts": [
{
"title": "Post title",
"url": "https://reddit.com/r/...",
"date": "2026-02-21 14:30:00",
"author": "username",
"source": "Reddit",
"snippet": "Post content..."
}
],
"page": 1,
"count": 25
}Write your integration once. Query any platform by changing the endpoint path — the request parameters and response format stay the same.
Every endpoint returns the same fields: title, url, date, author, snippet, and source. Parse once, use everywhere.
query, sort_by, and page work the same way on every endpoint. Platform-specific filters are optional extras.
One key authenticates across all endpoints. No per-platform credentials or OAuth flows to manage.
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You only pay for successful requests. Each endpoint has its own per-request price, starting from $0.003. There are no monthly fees or commitments. Every new account starts with $5 in free credit, plus 50 free requests per endpoint every month.
No. Every account gets $5 in free credit at signup plus 50 free requests per endpoint each month — all usable without a card on file. You only need to add a payment method once you've used up your free credit and want to keep going.
Every endpoint returns a consistent structure: post title, URL, publication date, author, source platform, and a content snippet. Some endpoints include additional fields like subreddit or domain.
Results are fetched in real-time when you make a request. You can sort by most_recent to get the latest posts, or by relevance to get the most relevant matches.
Yes, there's a concurrency limit of 5 simultaneous requests per endpoint per user. If you need more, just get in touch.
Yes. You can configure daily and monthly spending caps in your dashboard. Once you hit a limit, requests will be blocked until the next period.
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