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Set daily and monthly caps.
Monitor conversations across all major platforms. From $0.002 per request.
Get a full profile by username. Bio, follower count, verification status, and external bio links.
Get full content, engagement metrics, and author info for a single tweet by ID.
Amazon Product Search API
Search Amazon products by keyword. Price, rating, Prime status, sales volume, and rich filters across 24 marketplaces.
Get the top 525 publications per category with rank, subscriber badge and prices.
List every company in a Trustpilot category, ranked, with TrustScore, review count and location. Filter by country, rating and claimed status.
Get a user's recent posts by username. Post text, engagement metrics (replies, reposts, likes), media attachments, and hashtags.
Search Facebook pages by keyword. Find pages with verification status and IDs.
Get recent posts from any Facebook page with engagement metrics and author data.
Get a newsletter's subscriber badge, paid-subscriber band, prices, author and contributors.
Amazon Product Details API
Get full Amazon product data by ASIN: pricing, buy box, photos, specs, rating breakdown, and top reviews.
Get group info including name, description, members count, and privacy setting.
Search discussion boards and Q&A sites. Filter by time period and country.
Get the followers of a user, newest first. Handle, display name, bio, and verification status.
Instagram Search Users API
Search Instagram users by keyword. Get username, full name, verification status, and profile picture.
Instagram Post Comments API
Get the comments on any post or reel. Text, author, likes, reply count, and date. Sort by popular or recent.
Get a post's full body, engagement, paywall status and podcast audio by URL.
Instagram Hashtag Posts API
Get posts and reels for any hashtag. Top, recent, or reels only, with full engagement metrics.
Get full details for a Google Maps place: address, phone, website, hours, rating breakdown, photos, plus codes, and more.
Get current trending topics for a specific location. Use woeid=1 for Worldwide.
Search YouTube videos by keyword. Get video title, channel, view count, duration, thumbnail, and more.
Get comments on any Facebook post. Comment text, author info, reactions, and reply counts.
Get the users who retweeted a specific tweet. Paginated results with user data.
Resolve place names to Facebook location IDs to filter post searches by location.
Instagram Posts API
Search Instagram posts by keyword. Get engagement metrics (likes, comments, views), author info, and more.
Search TikTok videos by keyword. Get play counts, likes, comments, shares, and author info.
Get photos and videos for a place. High-resolution URLs, capture timestamps, and paginated results.
Get tweets posted by a specific user. Paginated results with full tweet data.
Get the accounts a user is following. Returns profile data for each account.
Search Reddit users by keyword. Get karma scores, account age, bio, and moderation status.
Get a post by URL. Text, engagement metrics, media, link card, and quoted post.
Get posts from any public Facebook group with reactions and comment counts.
Instagram User Profile API
Get a full profile by username or URL. Bio, follower / following counts, media count, category, and external link.
Get the verified (blue checkmark) followers of a specific user.
Search Facebook events by keyword. Find event names, IDs, and event page links.
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 any YouTube channel's details by ID, URL, or handle. Subscribers, total views, description, links, and more.
Search Threads users by keyword. Returns username, display name, verification status, and profile picture.
Get the quote tweets for a specific tweet. Returns full tweet data for each quote.
Instagram Post Details API
Get full details for any post or reel by URL or shortcode. Caption, engagement metrics, media URLs, and audio.
Get follower/following counts, bio, verification status, and account metadata by username.
Get a company's Trustpilot reviews and full profile by domain: TrustScore, rating breakdown, reply behaviour, and every review with the company's reply.
Get any YouTube video's details by URL or ID. Views, duration, full description, category, and thumbnail.
Search news articles from thousands of sources. Filter by time, source, country, and language.
Search TikTok users by keyword. Get follower counts, likes, video count, bio, and verification status.
Search Bluesky posts by keyword. Engagement metrics, media, link cards, quoted posts, and author info.
Search posts across every Substack publication by keyword, with engagement and paywall status.
Get replies posted by a specific user. Returns full tweet data for each reply.
Real-time Google organic search results. Country, language, time-range and city-level geo targeting, with optional AI Overview.
Search Twitter users by keyword. Returns profile data, follower counts, and verification status.
Get comments from any YouTube video by URL. Author, text, likes, reply counts, and preview replies.
Search Reddit comments by keyword. Find discussions and replies across all subreddits.
Get user reviews for a place. Rating, text, author info, photos, owner response and pagination.
Search YouTube channels by keyword. Get channel name, subscriber count, description, and thumbnail.
Search tweets by keyword. Returns tweet content, engagement metrics (likes, retweets, views), author info, and URL.
Instagram User Followers API
Get a user's followers by username or URL, 50 per page. Search them by name or username with an optional query.
Search Threads posts by keyword. Returns post text, engagement metrics (likes, replies, reposts, quotes), author info, and link previews.
Send a prompt to Google's AI Mode and get a structured conversational reply with citations. Continue the chat with a session token.
Get the comments (replies) on a specific tweet. Paginated with full tweet data.
Get follower/following counts, bio, verification status, and pinned post ID by handle.
Get page info including name, followers, categories, contact details, and verification status.
Get a user's recent posts by username. Post text, engagement metrics, media, and link previews.
Instagram User Posts API
Get a user's recent posts and reels by profile URL or username. Captions, engagement metrics, and media details.
Search Facebook posts by keyword. Get post content, reactions, comments, and shares.
Search Google Maps local businesses by query. Returns name, address, phone, website, rating, hours, and coordinates.
Get the followers of a specific user. Returns profile data for each follower.
# 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 $0.002. There are no monthly fees or commitments. Every account gets 50 free requests per endpoint every month.
No. Every account gets 50 free requests per endpoint each month, no card on file needed. You only need to add a payment method once you've used up your free requests 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 10 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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