# Truth Social Data API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/truthsocial) > Truth Social data API: 3 endpoints for profiles, user post timelines, and single-post details. Every request costs 1 credit on the standard tier, with 100 free credits on signup, no card. Truth Social runs a Mastodon fork without a supported public API, so SocialCrawl reads public data and returns it in the unified JSON schema shared with 43 other platforms. TL;DR: SocialCrawl's Truth Social API exposes 3 endpoints, 1 credit per call, all returning one unified JSON schema with AI-enriched fields. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup. ## Endpoints | Endpoint | Method | Path | Credits | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Profile | GET | `/v1/truthsocial/profile` | 1 | Get Truth Social user profile | | User Posts | GET | `/v1/truthsocial/user/posts` | 1 | List Truth Social user posts | | Post | GET | `/v1/truthsocial/post` | 1 | Get Truth Social post details | ## Code example ```bash curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/truthsocial/profile?handle=realDonaldTrump" \ -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY" ``` Every response shares one JSON envelope: `{ success, platform, endpoint, data, credits_used, credits_remaining }`. ## SocialCrawl vs Official Truth API (Trump Media) | Feature | SocialCrawl | Official Truth API (Trump Media) | | --- | --- | --- | | Who it serves | Developers who need public Truth Social data in their apps | Financial institutions licensing a market-data feed for trading systems | | Getting access | Self-serve: sign up and send one GET request with an x-api-key | Enterprise licensing conversation with Trump Media, launched August 1, 2026 | | Pricing | 1 credit per request; 100 free credits on signup, no card | Not published self-serve; licensing reportedly pitched at up to $100k per month | | Data coverage | Any public profile, user post timeline, and post detail on Truth Social | A curated real-time feed of market-moving posts from top accounts | | Response format | Unified JSON shared across 44 platforms | Market-data feed formats aimed at financial data pipelines | | Use cases | Research, monitoring, dashboards, sentiment, app features | Algorithmic trading signals on a licensed subset of accounts | ## FAQ ### How do I access the Truth Social API? Truth Social has no official public API, so SocialCrawl is the Truth Social API for developers: sign up, grab your x-api-key, and send a GET request to any of the 3 endpoints — profile, user posts, and post details. No OAuth, no developer account, and 100 free credits to start. ### How do I scrape Truth Social data with an API? SocialCrawl provides 3 Truth Social API endpoints covering profiles, user posts, and post details. Send a GET request with x-api-key — Truth Social does not publish an official developer API, so scraping is the only practical route, and SocialCrawl handles the upstream complexity for you. ### Does Truth Social have an official API? No. Truth Social is built on a Mastodon fork but does not expose a public developer API or OAuth app flow for third parties. SocialCrawl fills that gap with 3 public endpoints — profile, user posts, and post details — returned in a consistent unified schema. ### What Truth Social endpoints does SocialCrawl offer? 3 endpoints: Profile, User Posts, and Post. Every response uses the same unified schema so you can reuse the same parsing code across all SocialCrawl platforms. ### How much does the Truth Social API cost? All 3 Truth Social endpoints cost 1 credit per request on the standard tier. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required — enough to make 100 Truth Social calls while you prototype before you commit to a paid plan. ### Is it legal to scrape Truth Social? SocialCrawl accesses only publicly visible Truth Social content through our upstream provider. You are responsible for complying with Truth Social's terms of service and applicable data protection regulations based on your specific use case. SocialCrawl operates under a documented GDPR legitimate-interest framework: public, logged-out data only, no credential use, short-lived caches (2 to 30 minutes) with no persistent store, and a public opt-out channel for anyone whose public info appears in responses. Full details: socialcrawl.dev/legal/public-data-notice. ### Can I monitor Donald Trump's Truth Social posts with this API? Yes. Pass the handle realDonaldTrump (or user_id 107780257626128497) to the user/posts endpoint and you will get his most recent truths back as a paginated JSON array — ideal for political monitoring, media analytics, and social listening workflows. ### What is the best Truth Social scraper API? SocialCrawl is the most reliable Truth Social scraper API: 3 endpoints for profiles, user post timelines, and post details at 1 credit per request, with 100 free credits and no card. Truth Social offers no supported public API, so the alternative is a DIY Mastodon-fork scraper you build and maintain yourself. ### Is there a Truth Social data API? There is no official public Truth Social data API for reading arbitrary public data: the platform runs a Mastodon fork, and the announced Truth API is aimed at financial institutions, not developers. SocialCrawl is the practical Truth Social data API in its place, returning profiles, user post timelines, and post details as unified JSON at 1 credit per request, with 100 free credits on signup and no OAuth or developer account. ## Pricing - Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call - Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call - Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call - 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire. - Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing ## Explore with AI Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant: - What is the SocialCrawl Truth Social API? - How to scrape Truth Social without an official API - Monitor Donald Trump Truth Social posts with an API