Social Media Scraping Scrapecreators

Scrape Creators - Social Media Scraping API

Setup

Read your credentials from ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json:

export GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json'))['api_key'])")
export GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json')).get('api_base','https://api.gooseworks.ai'))")

If ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json does not exist, tell the user to run: npx gooseworks login

All endpoints use Bearer auth: -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY"

Scrape profiles, posts, and content from Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X/Twitter.

Capabilities

• X/Twitter User Profile: Get X/Twitter profile data including bio, follower counts, and profile info
• X/Twitter User Tweets: Get tweets from a user's profile
• X/Twitter Tweet Details: Get detailed data for a specific tweet by URL
• LinkedIn Profile: Get comprehensive LinkedIn profile data including work experience, education, skills, and contact info
• LinkedIn Post: Get data for a specific LinkedIn post
• LinkedIn Company Page: Get company information including size, industry, locations, and specialties
• Instagram Profile: Get Instagram profile data and recent posts
• Instagram Basic Profile: Get basic Instagram profile data by user ID
• Instagram Post/Reel: Get detailed data for a specific Instagram post or reel
• TikTok Profile: Get TikTok profile data
• TikTok Hashtag Search: Search TikTok videos by hashtag
• TikTok Trending Feed: Get videos from TikTok's trending feed

Usage

X/Twitter User Profile

Parameters:

• handle* (string) - Twitter handle (without @)

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/profile","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'

X/Twitter User Tweets

Parameters:

• handle* (string) - Twitter handle (without @)
• trim (string) - Set to "true" for a trimmed response

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/user-tweets","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'

X/Twitter Tweet Details

Parameters:

• url* (string) - Tweet URL

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/tweet","query":{"url":"https://x.com/OpenAI/status/123456"}}'

LinkedIn Profile

Parameters:

• url* (string) - LinkedIn profile URL

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/linkedin/profile","query":{"url":"https://linkedin.com/in/satyanadella"}}'

LinkedIn Post

Parameters:

• url* (string) - The URL of the LinkedIn post

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/linkedin/post","query":{"url":"https://linkedin.com/posts/somepost"}}'

LinkedIn Company Page

Parameters:

• url* (string) - The URL of the LinkedIn company page

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/linkedin/company","query":{"url":"https://linkedin.com/company/anthropic"}}'

Instagram Profile

Get Instagram profile data and recent posts.

Parameters:

• handle* (string) - Instagram handle (without @)
• trim (string) - Set to "true" for a trimmed response

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/instagram/profile","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'

Instagram Basic Profile

Parameters:

• userId (string) - Instagram user ID

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/instagram/basic-profile","query":{"userId":"12345"}}'

Instagram Post/Reel

Parameters:

• url* (string) - Instagram post or reel URL
• trim (string) - Set to "true" for a trimmed response

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/instagram/post","query":{"url":"https://instagram.com/p/abc123"}}'

TikTok Profile

Parameters:

• handle* (string) - TikTok handle (without @)

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/tiktok/profile","query":{"handle":"charlidamelio"}}'

TikTok Hashtag Search

Parameters:

• hashtag* (string) - Hashtag to search for (without #)
• region (string) - Region for the proxy
• cursor (string) - Cursor for pagination
• trim (string) - Set to "true" for a trimmed response

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/tiktok/search/hashtag","query":{"hashtag":"tech"}}'

TikTok Trending Feed

Parameters:

• region* (string) - Region for the proxy (e.g., "US")
• trim (boolean) - Set to true for a trimmed response

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/tiktok/get-trending-feed","query":{"region":"US"}}'

Use Cases

1. Social Listening: Monitor brand mentions across platforms
2. Influencer Research: Analyze influencer profiles and engagement
3. Competitive Analysis: Track competitor social media activity
4. Content Research: Discover trending content and hashtags
5. Lead Generation: Find prospects through social profiles

Discover More

For full endpoint details and parameters:

curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt":"scrapecreators API endpoints"}' List all endpoints
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/details \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/profile"}'   # Get endpoint details