InsightSocial APIHow-to guides
Short answers to "how do I get this data by API?" for 21 jobs other APIs don't cover, from Instagram post likers to Douyin search, each with code and its price.
Each guide answers one question: how to get one kind of public social data through the InsightSocial API. It names the endpoint, shows a working request in cURL, Python and Node.js, shows a real response (shortened, with private accounts replaced by placeholders), and states the price in credits and the limits before you spend anything.
These are jobs most social data APIs, and the platforms' own APIs, don't offer. For full builds that combine several endpoints, see Recipes.
| Guide | Endpoint | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Get the accounts that liked an Instagram post | GET /v1/instagram/post/likers | 50 |
| Get Instagram reels that use a specific audio | GET /v1/instagram/audio/reels | 10 per page |
| Get an Instagram account's country and join date | GET /v1/instagram/profile/about | 10 |
| Get Instagram posts an account is tagged in | GET /v1/instagram/tagged | 50 per page |
| Get an Instagram account's current stories | GET /v1/instagram/stories | 50 |
| Find Instagram accounts similar to another account | GET /v1/instagram/similar | 50 and up |
TikTok
| Guide | Endpoint | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Get the videos a TikTok user has liked | GET /v1/tiktok/user/liked | 10 per page |
| Find TikTok creators similar to one you know | GET /v1/tiktok/similar | 50 |
| Get TikTok videos tagged at a location | GET /v1/tiktok/location/posts | 10 per page |
| Read on-screen text from TikTok and Instagram posts | GET /v1/tiktok/video/screen-text, GET /v1/instagram/media/screen-text | 50 |
| Guide | Endpoint | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Get the employees of a LinkedIn company | GET /v1/linkedin/company/people | 100 per page |
| Get the people who reacted to or reposted a LinkedIn post | GET /v1/linkedin/post/reactions, GET /v1/linkedin/post/reposts | 100 / 50 per page |
| Check when a LinkedIn member was last active | GET /v1/linkedin/profile/activity | 50 |
| Get the posts in a LinkedIn group | GET /v1/linkedin/group/posts | 50 per page |
Facebook, YouTube, Reddit and Pinterest
| Guide | Endpoint | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Search public Facebook posts by keyword | GET /v1/facebook/search/posts | 10–50 |
| Get a YouTube channel's business email | GET /v1/youtube/channel/about | 250 |
| Search Reddit comments by keyword | GET /v1/reddit/search/comments | 10 per page |
| Get Pinterest Trends for a country | GET /v1/pinterest/trends | 100 |
| Get Pinterest save counts for any URL | GET /v1/pinterest/url-stats | 10 |
Chinese platforms
| Guide | Endpoint | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Search Xiaohongshu (RedNote) notes by keyword | GET /v1/xiaohongshu/search | 50 per note |
| Search Douyin videos by keyword | GET /v1/douyin/search | 50 per video |
How is a call priced?
Every guide states its price. Failed calls, empty results and dry_run=1 quotes are free. Asking the same thing again soon after is answered from the shared cache for 2 credits. Where a price is a range, the endpoint is metered: the most the call can cost is held when it starts and you pay what it used. Every new account gets its first 10 calls free. See Credits.
Music trend detection
Score how fast a sound is spreading on TikTok and Instagram Reels with a log-weighted heat score you can track day over day. 20 credits per song.
Get the accounts that liked an Instagram post
See who liked an Instagram post, up to about 2,000 accounts in one call, with username, name, avatar and verified badge, plus the full like count. 50 credits.