Social Fetch - Social media scraper API for every major platform
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Social media scraping API for public profiles, posts, comments, videos, transcripts, and metrics from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, and more. Pay-as-you-go credits, 100 free to start.
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The pay-as-you-go credits setup is a nice change from the usual monthly subscription grind. Tried pulling some LinkedIn profiles and it came back with engagement metrics I didn't expect to see included.
Plugged in the TikTok endpoint and pulled a creator's full transcript with engagement metrics in one call, way less friction than wiring up scrapers myself. Pay-as-you-go pricing makes it easy to prototype without committing.
How does the pay-as-you-go pricing actually work for high-volume jobs like pulling thousands of TikTok videos per day, do credits roll over or expire each month?
How does the pay-as-you-go pricing actually work in practice, like do credits roll over or expire, and is there a minimum purchase to get started?
Plugged it into a side project and the LinkedIn data came back cleaner than other tools I tried, plus the pay-as-you-go credits are refreshing instead of another monthly subscription.
the technical questions are covered well already, curious about the legal side instead - when a platform's ToS changes or they start actively blocking scrapers (LinkedIn especially, given the lawsuits), who eats that risk, you or the customer whose product suddenly loses a data source overnight. is that something you indemnify at all or is it explicitly on us
I like the platform coverage but how do you handle sudden API changes across networks. I think fast fallback systems could keep data reliable.
finally tried it and the pay-as-you-go credits are a relief, no commitment feels right for tinkering. pulled a few tiktok profiles and was surprised how clean the json came back, saved me a chunk of dev time.
How does the credit system actually work per request, like is fetching a profile the same cost as pulling a full post thread or does it scale with the data volume you get back?
How do you keep things stable when platforms like TikTok and Instagram constantly tighten their scraper detection, and does the pay-as-you-go pricing mean I only pay for successful requests or every call I make?