GET /v1/nextdoor/search
Nextdoor Search API
Returns local businesses on Nextdoor for a city and trade, each with name, address, categories and, where listed, phone, email and website.
30–170 credits, metered · single call · failed calls free · 10 free calls to start
curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/nextdoor/search?city=austin--tx&query=plumber" \-H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"
When to use it
Use it to build a local lead list; for one business you already know use business.
Parameters
Query parameters for GET /v1/nextdoor/search. Send your key in the x-api-key header.
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| city | Yes | City slug: the city and its state or region joined by two hyphens, lowercase, e.g. austin--tx or york--england. |
| query | Yes | The trade to look for, e.g. plumber, bakery, electrician. |
| limit | No | Businesses to return, 1 to 20. Default 20. Billed per business returned. |
| market | No | us (nextdoor.com, default), gb (nextdoor.co.uk) or ca (ca.nextdoor.com). |
Response fields
The same unified schema every platform returns, so code written for Nextdoor works on the other eight. A field the platform did not provide is null and listed in unavailable.
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | An identifier, always a string. Never parse it as a number: several platforms use ids above 2^53. |
| username | string | null | |
| display_name | string | null | |
| avatar_url | string | null | |
| bio | string | null | |
| verified | boolean | null | |
| followers | integer | null | A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero. |
| followers_approximate | boolean | null | |
| following | integer | null | A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero. |
| posts_count | integer | null | A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero. |
| likes_count | integer | null | A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero. |
| url | string | null | |
| location | string | null | |
| external_url | string | null | |
| private | boolean | null | |
| joined_at | string | null | ISO-8601 timestamp in UTC, ending in Z. |
| last_post_at | string | null | ISO-8601 timestamp in UTC, ending in Z. |
| ext | object | null | Platform-specific fields, snake_case. |
Every field, error and example is in the Nextdoor Search API reference.
How much does the Nextdoor Search API cost?
Metered: 30–170 credits a call. The ceiling is reserved when the call starts and you are charged what it actually read.
Failed calls are free
A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits.
Know the price first
Add dry_run=1 and the response quotes the call without making it. Nothing is charged.
One balance
API calls and Chrome extension exports share the same credits, on the free plan too.
Nextdoor Search API: frequently asked questions
Send GET /v1/nextdoor/search with the city and query parameters and your key in the x-api-key header. Returns local businesses on Nextdoor for a city and trade, each with name, address, categories and, where listed, phone, email and website.
Metered: 30–170 credits a call. The ceiling is reserved when the call starts and you are charged what it actually read. A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits, and an answer from the shared cache costs 2. Pro's 10,000 monthly credits cover about 333 calls at 30 credits each. Add dry_run=1 to see the price of a call without making it.
No. There is no Nextdoor app, OAuth flow or app review. One InsightSocial API key works for this endpoint and every other platform, and your first 10 calls priced at 100 credits or less are free.
One call returns the accounts in the data object of the standard response envelope. Fields the platform did not provide are listed in unavailable, so a null there means unknown, not zero.
You get an error or an empty result, and it costs 0 credits. The API reads public Nextdoor data only, so private accounts and deleted content come back as not found rather than as partial data.
Yes. Add the hosted MCP server at https://api.insightsocial.app/mcp to your AI app and sign in. The assistant finds this endpoint by name, shows its price and calls it with your credits.