Utility Search Docs API
Scrape Utility Search Docs data with one API call. Search the developer docs and endpoint reference for a question and get the best-matching sections, ranked, each with a title, a link to its Markdown twin with an anchor (fetch the .md to read just that page), the page URL and a short snippet. Covers authentication, credits and refunds, pagination, errors, rate limits, caching, monitors, universal search and every endpoint. Pass platform to scope it to one platform, and limit for how many sections (default 5, up to 10). Free to call.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns the best-matching documentation sections for a question, ranked, each with a title, a Markdown link with an anchor, the page URL and a short snippet.
Use it to find the one docs page that answers a question about auth, credits, errors, rate limits or an endpoint, then read just that page. Free to call.
Searching 68 platforms in parallel
TikTok·
Instagram·
YouTube·
Facebook·
X·
LinkedIn·
Reddit·
Threads·
Pinterest·
Twitch·
Truth Social·
Snapchat·
Kick·
Bluesky·
Kwai·
Rumble·
Spotify·
Apple Music·TikTok Shop·
Amazon Shop·
Google Shopping·
Trustpilot·
TripAdvisor·
Yelp·
Linktree·
Komi·
Pillar·
lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·
Finance·
Polymarket·
Tavily·
Hacker News·
GitHub·
Perplexity·
Naver·Utility·
Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchWhat can you do with the Search Docs API?
The Search Docs endpoint gives you structured Utility data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/docs-search?query=how+does+cursor+pagination+work&limit=3"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/docs-search",
params={
'query': 'how does cursor pagination work',
'limit': '3',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/docs-search?query=how+does+cursor+pagination+work&limit=3",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | No | What to look up, in a few words or a question. Provide this or q |
| q | No | Short alias for query. Provide this or query |
| platform | No | Scope the search to one platform slug |
| limit | No | Sections to return, 1 to 10 (default 5) |
What does the Utility Search Docs API return?
This synthetic fixture shows the documented response shape and fields. Values are illustrative; this is not a live API response.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "utility",
"endpoint": "/v1/utility/docs-search",
"data": {
"kind": "docs_search",
"version": 1,
"query": "how does cursor pagination work",
"count": 1,
"results": [
{
"title": "Pagination",
"url": "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/pagination.md#pagination",
"page_url": "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/pagination",
"snippet": "has_more is the stop signal: keep paging while it is true and stop when it is false. Pass the value of next_cursor back as the cursor query parameter to fetch the next page."
}
]
},
"credits_used": 0,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false
}Synthetic fixture for the documented response shape. Values are illustrative, not a production capture.
How does the Utility Search Docs API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
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 Utility Search Docs data?
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