LurkAPI

LurkAPI is a social media data API. Send one GET request with query parameters and get clean JSON back from public pages on 16 platforms: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Telegram, Snapchat, Truth Social, Google, eBay, Linktree and any web page.

What you get: 88 endpoints for profiles, posts, comments, video transcripts, search, and the ads in Meta's, Google's, TikTok's and LinkedIn's ad libraries. One envelope everywhere: success, credits_charged, credits_remaining, then the data; errors carry a code and a link to the docs. Copy-paste code in curl, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP and Ruby on every endpoint page, with a real captured response and a live playground. An OpenAPI 3.1 spec, llms.txt, and every docs page as markdown.

For AI apps: the same endpoints are an MCP server. Add https://api.lurkapi.com/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code and sign in through the browser.

Speed and price: the API averages about a second. Most calls cost 1 credit, and packs run from $9 for 10,000 credits to $225 for 500,000. Credits never expire, and there is no subscription. Validation errors, rate-limited calls and 5xx errors are free.

Start free: sign in with Google or an email code and get 100 credits, no card. Once a day, a balance under 25 is topped back up to 25. LurkAPI returns public data only.