Web Scraping API

Social profile discovery

Starting from one known profile, the same person or brand's profiles on other platforms, with a confidence score and the evidence behind each match, plus link-in-bio and website URLs.

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Endpoint

GET/v1/web/social-profileslive · proven15 credits

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Parameters

Query parameters

Name	Required	Description	Example
`platform`	yes	Platform of the known profile	`instagram`
`handle`	yes	Handle on that platform	`nasa`
`dry_run`	no	Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution.	`1`

Examples

Make the request

curl

curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/web/social-profiles?platform=instagram&handle=nasa" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"

TypeScript

typescript

const key = process.env.MONOCRAWL_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error('Set MONOCRAWL_API_KEY on your server.');
const res = await fetch(
  "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/web/social-profiles?platform=instagram&handle=nasa",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": key } },
);
const body = await res.json();

if (!body.success) {
  // one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
  throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message}`);
}

console.log(body.data, "credits left:", body.credits_remaining);

Python

python

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/web/social-profiles?platform=instagram&handle=nasa",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["MONOCRAWL_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()

if not body["success"]:
    # one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['type']}: {body['error']['message']}")

print(body["data"], "credits left:", body["credits_remaining"])

Response

Response fields and example

This example is illustrative, not a captured live response. Variable-cost operations may settle a charge different from the list price below. A successful response puts the platform payload in data and reports the exact credits used, remaining balance, request id and cache status beside it.

200 · application/json

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "web",
  "endpoint": "/v1/web/social-profiles",
  "data": {
    "_warnings": [
      "example"
    ],
    "has_more": false,
    "items": [
      {
        "confidence": 0,
        "evidence": [
          "example"
        ],
        "handle": "example",
        "platform": "example",
        "url": "https://example.com/example"
      }
    ],
    "link_in_bio_urls": [],
    "linked_profile_urls": [],
    "partial": false,
    "same_handle_candidates": [
      "example"
    ],
    "source": {
      "handle": "example",
      "platform": "example",
      "url": "https://example.com/example"
    },
    "website_urls": [
      "example"
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 15,
  "credits_remaining": 99,
  "request_id": "req_…",
  "cached": false
}

The example is illustrative and shows a documented subset of data. The fields below are optional across supported sources; nullable fields can also be absent. Preserve unknown values and accept additional fields.

Schema basis: observed response shapes, not an exhaustive field specification. See schema coverage and validation limits.

Download the data JSON Schema. Validate response.data, not the whole envelope. A valid shape does not establish that every field or source record was returned.

Field inside data	Type	Meaning
`_warnings`	`array \| null`	Optional warnings supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`has_more`	`boolean \| null`	Source continuation indicator; null means unknown.
`items`	`array \| null`	Returned records. Source coverage and completeness vary.
`items[].confidence`	`number \| null`	Optional confidence supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].evidence`	`array \| null`	Optional evidence supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].handle`	`string \| null`	Optional handle supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].platform`	`string \| null`	Optional platform supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`link_in_bio_urls`	`array \| null`	Source array was empty in the reviewed captures; item fields remain unspecified.
`linked_profile_urls`	`array \| null`	Source array was empty in the reviewed captures; item fields remain unspecified.
`partial`	`boolean \| null`	Optional partial supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`same_handle_candidates`	`array \| null`	Optional same handle candidates supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`source`	`object \| null`	Optional source supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`source.handle`	`string \| null`	Optional handle supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`source.platform`	`string \| null`	Optional platform supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`source.url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`website_urls`	`array \| null`	Optional website urls supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.

Optional fields reviewed from preserved successful responses. Additive fields and source variations remain allowed; validate the fields your workflow requires.

The example is invented and illustrates types only; zero and empty values are not claims about a real result.

Failures use the typed error envelope. A confirmed uncharged or refunded failure reports zero; a pending reconciliation can report an unknown charge. Read credits_used and error.details.billing_status, and keep request_id for recovery. Response contract · Error reference

Social profile discovery

Query parameters

Make the request

Response fields and example

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