LurkAPI
LurkAPI is an AI and developer API for public social media data. One GET request returns clean posts, ads, profiles and video transcripts as JSON from 16 platforms, for your code or your AI app.
About LurkAPI
LurkAPI is an AI and developer API that returns cleaned public social media posts, ads, profiles and video transcripts as structured JSON for use in AI, analytics and apps. The service exposes 88 endpoints across 16 platforms, including ad libraries (Meta, Google Ads Transparency, LinkedIn and TikTok EU), Google News, maps results, eBay listings and account timelines for X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, YouTube, Snapchat, Telegram and Truth Social. Video responses include transcripts and a speech-to-text fallback when captions are absent. Typical responses include text, media links, engagement counts, and ad metadata such as landing pages and run dates.
LurkAPI is built for developers and AI agent builders. Integrations include an MCP server at https://api.lurkapi.com/mcp for Claude, ChatGPT (via custom MCP), Cursor, VS Code and Claude Code with browser sign-in; there is also an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, llms.txt and client examples in curl, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP and Ruby. One API key covers all endpoints; answers take about a second on average. The vendor states the service reads public data only, does not log in to user accounts and cannot post or message on behalf of accounts.
Capabilities Keyword and advertiser ad search returning ad copy, media, landing page and run dates Profile and page lookups with follower counts and linked accounts Paginated post and story pages with text, media and engagement metrics Video transcript extraction with speech-to-text fallback OpenAPI 3.1 spec and multi-language code samples for quick integration
Freemium with 100 free credits at signup and a daily top-up to 25 credits when your balance falls below 25; one-off credit packs are available (Starter $9 for 10,000, Growth $59 for 100,000, Scale $225 for 500,000) and most calls cost 1 credit.
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Who is using LurkAPI?
Key Features
- Unified API across 88 endpoints covering 16 social and content platforms with one API key
- Ad library endpoints that return ad copy, media, landing pages and run dates from Meta, Google, LinkedIn and TikTok (EU)
- Video transcript extraction for YouTube, TikTok and Instagram with speech-to-text when captions are missing
- MCP server at https://api.lurkapi.com/mcp for connecting LLMs (Claude, ChatGPT custom MCP, Cursor, VS Code) to live social data
- OpenAPI 3.1 spec, llms.txt and client examples in curl, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP and Ruby
- Pay-as-you-go credits: 100 free at signup with no card, a daily top-up to 25, packs that never expire, and failed calls are free
Use Cases
- Collect competitor ad creatives and metadata for analysis
- Feed live social posts and ads into an LLM via MCP for up-to-date answers
- Extract searchable transcripts from short- and long-form video content
- Monitor brand mentions and engagement across multiple platforms
- Populate datasets of public posts and eBay listings for research
- Migrate existing ScrapeCreators integrations using the same paths and header on supported endpoints