Find Social Profiles

Retrieve find social profiles from Creator Tools with a single API request.

GET/api/data/v1/find-social-profiles

10credits base costZero-credit cache supported

Request parameters

Up to 10 credits

platformrequired

Source social platform

handlerequired

Creator handle without a profile URL. A leading @ is optional.

cache_max_ageoptional

If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (10 credits). [See the Caching page for details

Try in the console

Live requests use your prepaid balance. Cached responses cost zero where supported.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://fetchgoblin.com/api/data/v1/find-social-profiles?platform=instagram&handle=creator' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_FETCHGOBLIN_API_KEY'

Response

Example

{
  "success": true,
  "source": {
    "platform": "instagram",
    "handle": "creator",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/creator"
  },
  "profiles": [
    {
      "platform": "instagram",
      "handle": "creator",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/creator",
      "confidence": 1,
      "evidence": [
        "source_profile"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "link_in_bio_urls": [
    "https://linktr.ee/creator"
  ],
  "expanded_website_urls": [
    "https://creator.com/"
  ],
  "source_linked_profile_urls": [
    "https://x.com/creator"
  ],
  "failed_source_linked_profile_urls": [],
  "same_handle_candidate_urls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@creator"
  ],
  "partial": false,
  "failed_link_in_bio_urls": [],
  "failed_website_urls": [],
  "same_handle_search_partial": false,
  "google_search_used": true,
  "google_search_failed": false,
  "google_candidate_urls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/creator-page"
  ],
  "google_candidate_link_in_bio_urls": [
    "https://linktr.ee/creator"
  ],
  "failed_google_candidate_link_in_bio_urls": [],
  "verified_google_candidate_urls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/creator-page"
  ],
  "failed_google_candidate_urls": [],
  "google_verification_partial": false,
  "credits_charged": 10,
  "credits_remaining": 1000,
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
}

Example data from the API specification. Run a request to retrieve current data.

Response shape

This schema describes the documented data shape. Some platform fields may be absent or null. The response also includes your FetchGoblin request ID and current credit balance.

View JSON Schema +

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "platform": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "handle": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "profiles": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "platform": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "handle": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "confidence": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "evidence": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "link_in_bio_urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "expanded_website_urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "source_linked_profile_urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "failed_source_linked_profile_urls": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "same_handle_candidate_urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "partial": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "failed_link_in_bio_urls": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "failed_website_urls": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "same_handle_search_partial": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "google_search_used": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "google_search_failed": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "google_candidate_urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "google_candidate_link_in_bio_urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "failed_google_candidate_link_in_bio_urls": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "verified_google_candidate_urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "failed_google_candidate_urls": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "google_verification_partial": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "credits_charged": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "FetchGoblin credits charged for this request."
    },
    "credits_remaining": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Your FetchGoblin credit balance after this request."
    },
    "request_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "description": "FetchGoblin request identifier."
    }
  }
}

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