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Utility Endpoint API

Scrape Utility Endpoint data with one API call. Complete usage guide for a single endpoint: every parameter with type, description and example, the exact credit cost, cache behaviour, pagination recipe, a copy-paste example request, an example response, the response schema URL, and related endpoints. Identify the endpoint by id (tiktok/profile) or url (/v1/tiktok/profile). Free to call.

Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

Returns a full usage guide for one endpoint: each parameter with type and example, its credit cost, caching, how to page results, and a sample call.

Use it when you know which endpoint you want and need to call it correctly. Identify it by id or by path. Free to call.

Searching 46 platforms in parallel

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·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Google Finance logoGoogle Finance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Google Finance logoGoogle Finance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Google Finance logoGoogle Finance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
Utility API

What can you do with the Endpoint API?

The Endpoint 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/endpoint"
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/endpoint",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)

data = response.json()
const response = await fetch(
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/endpoint",
  {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
idNoEndpoint id as platform/resource, e.g. tiktok/profile
urlNoEndpoint path form, e.g. /v1/tiktok/profile (a full https URL also works)
methodNoDisambiguates resources registered under more than one HTTP method (GET | POST)
Example Response

What does the Utility Endpoint 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/endpoint",
  "data": {
    "kind": "endpoint_guide",
    "id": "tiktok/profile",
    "path": "/v1/tiktok/profile",
    "method": "GET",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "resource": "profile",
    "summary": "Get TikTok user profile",
    "description": "Returns public profile information for a TikTok user — follower count, following count, total likes, bio, avatar URL, and verification status. Pass either `handle` or `user_id`. Profiles with TikTok 'audience controls' enabled (a login/age wall in the browser) are supported when looked up by `handle`; for those gated accounts the following count and post count are not available and return null.",
    "credits": {
      "cost": 1,
      "label": "1 (standard)",
      "tier": "standard",
      "pricing_notes": null,
      "billing_rules": [
        "Cache hits cost 0 credits",
        "Failed calls and empty results are automatically refunded"
      ]
    },
    "params": {
      "required": [],
      "one_of": [
        {
          "options": [
            "handle",
            "user_id"
          ],
          "rule": "Provide at least one"
        }
      ],
      "optional": [
        {
          "name": "handle",
          "type": "string",
          "description": "TikTok username without the @ symbol.",
          "example": "charlidamelio",
          "requires": null
        },
        {
          "name": "user_id",
          "type": "string",
          "description": "TikTok numeric user ID. Use this for faster responses.",
          "example": null,
          "requires": null
        }
      ]
    },
    "pagination": null,
    "cache": {
      "ttl_seconds": 900,
      "note": "Identical calls within the TTL are served from cache for 0 credits"
    },
    "response": {
      "archetype": "Author",
      "schema_url": "https://socialcrawl.dev/schemas/author.json",
      "example": {
        "success": true,
        "platform": "tiktok",
        "endpoint": "/v1/tiktok/profile",
        "data": {
          "author": {
            "id": "6917704832925746181",
            "username": "duolingo",
            "display_name": "Duolingo",
            "avatar_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/6b2beff1167b40574fcd2ea2caf1444d~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=f3757781&x-expires=1784674800&x-signature=9OCuBINSoeHVQPclR1XuqeA1j%2FE%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
            "bio": "hot owl summer  🔥🦉",
            "verified": true,
            "followers": 17100000,
            "following": 310,
            "posts_count": 1129,
            "likes_count": 482200000,
            "url": null,
            "private": false,
            "joined_at": null
          },
          "computed": {
            "engagement_rate": null,
            "language": null,
            "content_category": "other",
            "estimated_reach": null
          },
          "_warnings": [
            "computed.engagement_rate: author ratio exceeded 1.0 (raw: 28.19883); returned null — a lifetime likes/followers ratio is not a real engagement rate"
          ]
        },
        "credits_used": 1,
        "credits_remaining": 9999,
        "request_id": "req_example000000",
        "cached": false
      },
      "example_source": "archetype"
    },
    "request": {
      "url": "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile?handle=charlidamelio",
      "curl": "curl -H \"x-api-key: $SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY\" \"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile?handle=charlidamelio\""
    },
    "links": {
      "docs": "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/tiktok/profile",
      "platform_docs": "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/tiktok",
      "llms": "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/llms-tiktok.txt",
      "catalog": "/v1/utility/endpoints?platform=tiktok"
    },
    "related": [
      {
        "id": "tiktok/profile/videos",
        "path": "/v1/tiktok/profile/videos",
        "summary": "List TikTok user videos",
        "how_to_use": "/v1/utility/endpoint?id=tiktok/profile/videos"
      },
      {
        "id": "tiktok/post",
        "path": "/v1/tiktok/post",
        "summary": "Get TikTok post details",
        "how_to_use": "/v1/utility/endpoint?id=tiktok/post"
      },
      {
        "id": "tiktok/post/comments",
        "path": "/v1/tiktok/post/comments",
        "summary": "List TikTok post comments",
        "how_to_use": "/v1/utility/endpoint?id=tiktok/post/comments"
      }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 0,
  "request_id": "req_example000000",
  "cached": false
}

Synthetic fixture for the documented response shape. Values are illustrative, not a production capture.

API Details

How does the Utility Endpoint 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

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Utility Endpoint data?

We handle the complexity of Utility data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

How do you scrape social media data in seconds?

The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 46 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 46 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language — ready to use.

See your data before you code

Visual Data Explorer — paste any URL, get rich result cards, sortable tables, CSV export.

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()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 46 platforms
FAQ

Have a question? We got answers

Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.

Contact us
How do I get the usage guide for a specific endpoint?
Call GET /v1/utility/endpoint with id set to the platform/resource pair (id=tiktok/profile) or url set to the path form (url=/v1/tiktok/profile). If a resource is registered under more than one HTTP method, add method=GET or method=POST to disambiguate.
What does the endpoint usage guide include?
Everything needed to make a correct first call: every parameter with type, description, and example, the exact credit cost and billing rules, cache behaviour, the pagination recipe, a copy-paste example request, an example response with its schema URL, and a short list of related endpoints.
Does the endpoint guide cost credits?
No, it is free at 0 credits, like the catalog, quickstart, and llms endpoints. You can look up as many guides as you need while wiring an integration and only spend credits when you call the data endpoints themselves.
How does the guide stay in sync with the API?
The guide is generated from the same endpoint registry that routes and bills requests, so the parameters, costs, and examples it shows are the ones the API enforces. When an endpoint changes, its guide changes with it.
How do AI agents use the endpoint guide?
It is the second step of self-onboarding: after discovering an endpoint in /v1/utility/endpoints, an agent fetches its guide, reads the parameter list, and builds a valid request from the included example, without inventing paths or scraping documentation.

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