Universal Search Forums API
Scrape Universal Search Forums data with one API call. Fans your topic across Reddit, Hacker News, and Korean forums, RRF-fuses + clusters the threads, and enriches hero threads with their top comments by default (East + West). Naver threads are labeled raw (no comment endpoint). Returns a fused `items[]`, raw per-source buckets, thread clusters, and a deterministic computed block (question_share, top_communities). Flat 10cr with coverage-based partial refund.
Last updated June 2026
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Searching 42 platforms in parallel
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The Forums endpoint gives you structured Universal Search data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/search/forums?query=airpods+pro+3+battery" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/search/forums",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={"query": "airpods pro 3 battery"},
)
data = response.json()const params = new URLSearchParams({
"query": "airpods pro 3 battery",
});
const response = await fetch(`https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/search/forums?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Search query (2–256 chars), forwarded to every forum search. |
| sources | No | Optional CSV allowlist of forum sources (reddit, hackernews, naver_kin, naver_cafe). Mutually exclusive with exclude. |
| exclude | No | Optional CSV blocklist of forum sources. Mutually exclusive with sources. |
| comments | No | Comment enrichment toggle (on|off, default on). 'off' returns thread-only. |
| timeframe | No | Recency window passed to Reddit; HN filtered client-side (all|day|week|month|year, default all). |
| lookback_days | No | Alt recency window in days (1–365); HN filtered client-side. |
How does the Universal Search Forums 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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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"
}
}
}Ready to scrape Universal Search Forums data?
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