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The Bright Data Social Media Scraper APIs collect profiles, posts, reels, jobs, events and comments from 10 social platforms through 68 dedicated endpoints, with one endpoint per data type and input method.

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Supported platforms

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

TikTok

Reddit

X (Twitter)

YouTube

Pinterest

Quora

Vimeo

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How the endpoints are organized

Each Social Media Scraper API endpoint is dedicated to a single data type and a single input method. Endpoint names follow the pattern {platform}-{object}-{action}-by-{input}, for example instagram-posts-collect-by-url or reddit-posts-discover-by-keyword. Two action types cover every endpoint:
  • Collect by URL: you pass one or more canonical URLs and receive the structured record for each target (profile, post, video, job, listing). Use this when you already know what you want.
  • Discover by keyword, username, category or hashtag: you pass a query and the endpoint returns the matching set of URLs and records. Use this when you need to find items before collecting them.
You can chain the two. Run a discover endpoint first to build a URL list, then feed that list into the matching collect-by-url endpoint on the same platform.

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Endpoint coverage by platform

PlatformEndpointsWhat you can collect
Facebook15Pages, posts, comments, profiles, events, reels, marketplace listings, company reviews
Instagram8Profiles, posts, reels, comments
LinkedIn10Profiles, companies, posts, jobs, people discovery
TikTok12Profiles, posts, comments, TikTok Shop products
Reddit4Posts by URL, subreddit or keyword and post comments
X (Twitter)6Posts and profiles by URL, username or profile array
YouTube10Videos, channels and comments by URL, keyword, hashtag or podcast
Pinterest1Profiles and pins
Quora1Posts and answers
Vimeo1Videos and channels

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Data types each platform exposes

The endpoints map to three data types that are interconnected, so the output of one can be the input to another:
  • Profiles: user, page, channel or company data, with metrics such as followers, subscribers and post counts.
  • Posts: individual posts, reels, videos, jobs or listings, with engagement metrics such as likes, views, comments and hashtags.
  • Comments: replies and reactions attached to a specific post or video.

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Example: end-to-end YouTube collection

  1. Call youtube-channels-discover-by-keyword with a search term to find channels.
  2. Pass the channel URLs to youtube-channels-collect-by-url for channel metadata.
  3. Pass the same channel URLs to youtube-videos-collect-by-url to fetch videos.
  4. Pass the resulting video URLs to youtube-comments-collect-by-url to fetch comments.
The same chain pattern applies to every other supported platform.

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Next steps

Pick a platform above to see its dedicated endpoints. If you are new to the Web Scraper API request model, review Synchronous requests and Asynchronous requests first.