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Snapchat Profile API. Send a handle or profile link.

Subscribers, bio, Story and Spotlights. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

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Snapchat Profile API at a glance

Returns a public Snapchat profile from its username or link, with its subscriber count, bio, links, public Story and the Spotlights its page shows. It also has the name, picture, banner, verified star, category, the place it names, its Snapcode, when the public profile was created and last changed, the Stories it saved with each Snap's file, and the accounts its page recommends.

GET /v1/snapchat/profile

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  • 19 typed fields null when unknown
  • handle is all it needs, e.g. mrbeast
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$ npm install socialtap
handle = mrbeast
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const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "nasa",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/snapchat/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/snapchat/profileLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

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

  • What it accepts

    The account: its username (mrbeast, with or without the @) or its link (https://www.snapchat.com/@mrbeast, https://www.snapchat.com/add/mrbeast, or a saved Story's link on its page).

  • Write one parser

    Snapchat, 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.

Live data from 33 platforms.

TikTokInstagramFacebookYouTubeRedditThreadsSpotifyAmazonApple MusicPinterestRumbleXBlueskyTwitchLinkedInTelegramTikTok ShopKwaiSnapchatSoundCloudTruth SocialKickKomiLnk.BioLinkmeLinktreePillarTikTok Ad LibraryFacebook Ad LibraryFacebook EventsFacebook MarketplaceGoogle Ads Transparency CenterLinkedIn Ad Library

What teams build with the Snapchat Profile API.

  • Size a creator's subscribers, category and links

  • Track when an account posts a public Story

  • Monitor views on an account's recent Spotlights

  • Find similar accounts from its recommendations

Good to know before you build.

  • metrics.follower_count is the subscriber count the page states, which Snapchat rounds to the nearest hundred, so approximate_fields lists it.
  • metrics.follower_count is null when the page states none, for an account that hides it or has few subscribers. Snapchat writes those as zero, so null never means zero subscribers.
  • An account with no public profile still has a page: username and display_name when it set one, is_private true, and every other field null. Its id is then its username, as the page names no ID.
  • id is the account's public profile ID, which its Spotlights and comments name too. platform_specific.snapchat.user_id is its user ID, the only one a comment states for someone with no public profile.
  • created_at is when the public profile was created, which can be years after the account: many date from when Snapchat introduced public profiles.
  • platform_specific.snapchat.spotlights are the Spotlights the page shows, a sample of the account's Spotlights, not the whole list.
  • platform_specific.snapchat.is_story_live is true when the Story the page plays holds a Snap under 24 hours old. A page can play Snaps for about a week, so story can be set while it is false.
  • platform_specific.snapchat.highlights are the first page of the Stories the account saved, as its profile page holds them. Their Snaps name no ID, so snaps[].id is null there.

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SourcePrice per successful requestPer 1,000 requests
Public page page1 credit$0.75–$1.97
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Questions about the Snapchat Profile API.

More in the API reference.

Is the subscriber count exact?
No. Snapchat rounds it to the nearest hundred on the page, so approximate_fields lists it, and it is null when the account hides it.
How much does the Snapchat 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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