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API Types and Data Connections

• Profiles API: Collects data on user or channel profiles, including metrics such as followers, subscribers, and content statistics.

• Posts API: Provides data on individual posts or videos, detailing engagement metrics like likes, views, and hashtags.

• Comments API: Offers insights into user interactions with posts, such as replies and likes on comments.

Each platform, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest, supports these APIs, enabling a consistent and comprehensive approach to social data collection.

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Documentation Overview for Key Features

1. Comprehensive Coverage: The APIs cover a broad range of social platforms, from video content sites like YouTube and TikTok to social networks like Instagram and Facebook, providing versatile data collection solutions.

2. Fresh Data: Each API offers on-demand data collection, ensuring the data provided is always up-to-date for the user.

3. Customizable Solutions: The suite of APIs is flexible, enabling users to customize data collection and delivery to meet specific needs. Users can combine different APIs to gain broader insights tailored to their use cases.

4. Ease of Integration: Simple API calls are supported for seamless integration into existing workflows, enhancing usability and reducing the learning curve for developers.

5. Interconnectivity: These APIs are interconnected, meaning data from one API can be used as an input for another, allowing users to perform cross-platform analysis and derive comprehensive insights.

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Example of Data Interconnectivity

For example, on YouTube:

• Use the Profiles API to gather data on a specific profile.

• Utilize the Posts API to fetch data on videos linked to that profile.

• Leverage the Comments API to obtain data on comments related to those posts.

This interconnected approach applies to all supported platforms, giving users the ability to conduct comprehensive analyses that span profiles, posts, and their associated interactions.

The Social Media API Suite is designed to simplify data collection while providing deep insights into user engagement and content reach across multiple platforms. Users can refer to the detailed guide provided to understand more about leveraging the APIs together for comprehensive results.