Prism Comments API
Scrape Prism Comments data with one API call. Give it any TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, Hacker News, or Instagram post URL and it harvests every top-level comment — paginated to the end — with replies nested where the platform supports it (TikTok, YouTube, Facebook). Reddit and Hacker News return their whole nested thread; Instagram is top-level only. Metered at 1 credit per internal page call (minimum 2). Returns sync JSON, or a typed SSE stream when you send `Accept: text/event-stream` — a `page` chunk lands as each page settles. The `next_cursor` is one opaque token that resumes every leg; `legs[]` reports each page's status, cost, and latency.
Last updated June 2026
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Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Google Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·UUtility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Google Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·UUtility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Google Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·UUtility·Universal SearchWhat can you do with the Comments API?
The Comments endpoint gives you structured Prism data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/prism/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DA9TikdsD5eg" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/prism/comments",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9TikdsD5eg"},
)
data = response.json()const params = new URLSearchParams({
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9TikdsD5eg",
});
const response = await fetch(`https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/prism/comments?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | Yes | Absolute http(s) URL of the post whose comments to harvest. |
| max | No | Stop after roughly this many top-level comments (1–5000, default 1000). Whole pages are returned, so the actual count can slightly exceed this. |
| replies | No | Expand replies for comments that have them, where the platform supports it (default true; TikTok/YouTube/Facebook only). |
| cursor | No | Opaque composite cursor from a prior response's `next_cursor` to resume harvesting. |
How does the Prism Comments API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON. Every response follows our unified schema with computed fields.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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Every response includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language — ready to use.
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
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