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Introduction

API Direct is a pay-as-you-go social media API that lets you search real-time data across major platforms through a single, unified interface.

Supported Platforms

  • LinkedIn - Search posts and articles
  • Twitter / X - Search tweets and threads
  • Reddit - Search posts and comments
  • YouTube - Search videos with date filters
  • Instagram - Search posts by hashtag
  • Forums - Search discussion boards and Q&A sites across the web

Base URL

All API requests are made to:

https://api.apidirect.io

Key Features

Unified response format - Every endpoint returns the same core fields: title, url, date, author, source, and snippet. This makes it easy to work with data from multiple platforms without writing platform-specific parsing logic.

Pay per request - No monthly subscriptions or commitments. You only pay for successful API calls, with prices starting at $0.003 per request.

Free tier - Every account gets 50 free requests per endpoint per month. No credit card required to get started.

Real-time data - Results are fetched in real-time when you make a request. Access posts from the last few seconds to several years ago.

Simple authentication - Authenticate with a single API key passed in the X-API-Key header.

Next Steps

Quickstart