Get Started With Social Media Scraping API
Extract structured real-time data from various social media platforms. Get started quickly with our guide on using this scraping solution.
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What is Social Media Scraping API?
Our Social Media Scraping API is a web data collection solution for multiple social media websites. It comes complete with 65M+ built-in proxies, browser fingerprint technology, an advanced web scraper, and a data parser to fetch real-time raw HTML or structured JSON data.
Most popular Social Media Scraping API use cases
Maximize the impact of your social media projects with our powerful scraper.
Track engagement rates
Enhance your understanding of audience interactions by tracking views, likes, and comments on social media profiles of interest.
Follow account growth
Keep tabs on the growth dynamics of your and your competitors’ social media accounts, posts, and engagement for competitive analysis.
Discover trending content
Detect emerging trends, popular posts, and viral content across social media platforms to inform your content strategy.
How to set up Social Media Scraping API
Get started with your Social Media Scraping API configuration by following our guide.
Choose a subscription
After creating your account, find the Social Media section under the Scraping side menu.
Next, click the Pricing tab and select a subscription plan that suits your needs. Alternatively, start a free trial to get 1K requests for 7 days.
Authenticate with username:password
In the API Authentication tab, click on either the username or password to copy it. Use the buttons on the right to reveal your password or generate a new one.
Create a request command
Go to the Scrapers tab, where you can create a new project or use a ready-made scraper from the Popular Scrapers section.
When creating a new project, select a target, then enter the URL or query you wish to scrape. If applicable, choose the relevant parameters. You can find more parameter options in our help documentation.
On the right, you can copy the code in cURL, Node.js, or Python for use in your own environment.
Alternatively, click Save and Scrape to send your request directly. Once the task is complete, the response will be displayed on the screen.
Copy or download the result in JSON or CSV
After sending a request using the Scrapers capabilities on the dashboard, you can copy or download the response in JSON or CSV.
Track scraping usage
To track your scraping API usage, navigate to the Statistics tab. There, you’ll find traffic usage details over a selected timeframe.
Easy to integrate scraper
Our Social Media Scraping API works with all popular programming languages, ensuring a smooth connection to other tools that are in your business suite.
import requestsurl = "https://scrape.smartproxy.com/v1/tasks"payload = {"target": "tiktok_post","url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nba/video/7255379108241198378"}headers = {"accept": "application/json","content-type": "application/json","authorization": "Basic [your basic authentication token]"}response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)print(response.text)
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Frequently asked questions
What scraping APIs do you offer?
At Smartproxy, we offer Social Media Scraping API for social media platforms, SERP Scraping API for search engine result pages, eCommerce Scraping API for online marketplaces, Web Scraping API for various other websites, and No-Code Scraper for codeless data collection.
Why use Social Media Scraping API?
Social Media Scraping API unlocks data from various social media platforms. It’s designed to bypass advanced anti-bot protections and provide data in raw HTML for in-depth exploration or structured JSON for easy reading. Social Media Scraping API is an excellent tool for tracking trends, conducting sentiment analysis, and more.
What are the challenges of web scraping?
CATPCHAs, IP blocks, and rate limitations are some of the most frequent challenges web scrapers face. However, you can rest assured that you’ll have a smooth scraping experience with our scraping APIs because they integrate a vast pool of proxies and other features.
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