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Pinterest Profile API. Send a handle or profile link.

Exact followers, pins, boards and monthly views. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Pinterest Profile API at a glance

Returns a public Pinterest account from its username, profile link or ID. It has exact follower, following, pin and board counts, its monthly views, the bio, website and linked Instagram account, the picture and cover, the join date and when it last saved a pin. Badges say whether it is verified, a business account or a verified merchant.

GET /v1/pinterest/profile

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  • 19 typed fields null when unknown
  • handle is all it needs, e.g. pinterest
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$ npm install socialtap
handle = pinterest
GET /v1/pinterest/profileTry in
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "pinterest",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/pinterest/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/pinterest/profileDocs

One schema on 27 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

  • Null means unknown

    A field Pinterest doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.

  • What it accepts

    The Pinterest account: its username (any case, with or without the @), its profile link (pinterest.com/<username>/, any of its tabs such as /_created/ or /_saved/, also on a country's site such as uk.pinterest.com or pinterest.co.uk) or its numeric ID.

  • Write one parser

    Pinterest, TikTok, Instagram and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring
Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring
Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring
Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring
Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring
Canonical profile URL.
typestring
Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring
Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring
Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

What teams build with the Pinterest Profile API.

  • Track a brand's Pinterest followers over time

  • Find creators by audience size and monthly views

  • Check which shops are verified merchants

  • Find the website and Instagram behind an account

Good to know before you build.

  • metrics.following_count counts the accounts it follows. platform_specific.pinterest.all_following_count adds the boards and interests it follows, and interest_following_count is the interests alone. The account's page shows all_following_count minus interest_following_count (accounts and boards), so its number can be more than metrics.following_count.
  • metrics.post_count is the pins Pinterest counts for the account. A shop's count includes its product catalog, so it can run far above the pins its boards show.
  • Pinterest shows monthly views above ten million only as more than that, so monthly_view_count is then ten million, listed in approximate_fields. An account that hides its views has null.
  • type is organization for a verified merchant (a shop Pinterest checked) and unknown for the rest: Pinterest marks business accounts, which creators have too, in is_business_account, and nothing else about the kind of account.
  • When Pinterest's main API fails, the account comes from its embed API: the ID, name, bio, picture and follower and pin counts alone, external_links listed in unknown_fields.

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SourcePrice per successful requestPer 1,000 requests
Platform API api1 credit$0.75–$1.97
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Questions about the Pinterest Profile API.

More in the API reference.

Can I look an account up by its ID?
Yes. Send the numeric ID Pinterest gives the account, as pins and boards name their pinner, and the answer has its username and link.
Does it return the account's pins or boards?
No. It returns the account itself; its pins and its boards each have an endpoint of their own, page by page.
How much does the Pinterest Profile API cost?
A request costs 1 credit. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.

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