# Snapchat API guide



## Choose a Snapchat operation



Start with the object your task needs. The groups below use the current catalogue; open an endpoint to check accepted identifiers, filters, price and availability before retrieving.



### Accounts and audiences



- [Snapchat profile](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/snapchat/profile) — A public Snapchat profile: name, bio, avatar, subscriber count, category, website and how many highlights and Spotlights it has.



### Other operations



- [Snapchat Spotlight](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/snapchat/spotlight) — One Spotlight: description, content and thumbnail URLs, duration, upload time, creator and view, share, comment, boost and recommend counts.



### Comments and replies



- [Snapchat Spotlight comments](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/snapchat/spotlight-comments) — Comments on a Spotlight, one page at a time, with author names, times, reply counts and reactions.



## Check fields and collection limits



Use the endpoint’s declared parameters and returned continuation. Filters from another platform do not automatically apply here. Preserve source identifiers, URLs and warnings; a successful page does not establish complete history. Published response schemas identify whether they come from a reviewed shaper or observed response shapes.



Agents can use `get_endpoint` for the current contract and `get_docs` with topic `platforms/snapchat` to read this page. The [coverage guide](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/data-availability) explains nulls and partial results, and the [production guide](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/production-checklist) covers budgets and recovery.



## Endpoint reference

## snapchat/profile

`GET /v1/snapchat/profile`

A public Snapchat profile: name, bio, avatar, subscriber count, category, website and how many highlights and Spotlights it has.

*Snapchat profile*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Snapchat public profile username — e.g. `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. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/snapchat/profile?handle=nasa" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "avatar_url": "https://example.com/example",
  "bio": "example",
  "category": "example",
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
  "handle": "example",
  "has_story": false,
  "highlight_count": 0,
  "name": "example",
  "platform": "example",
  "spotlight_count": 0,
  "subscribers": 0,
  "url": "https://example.com/example"
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/snapchat/profile#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/snapchat/profile.json)


## snapchat/spotlight

`GET /v1/snapchat/spotlight`

One Spotlight: description, content and thumbnail URLs, duration, upload time, creator and view, share, comment, boost and recommend counts.

*Snapchat Spotlight*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Spotlight URL — e.g. `https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYaHNzY2NxbWZ0AZTYE3AmAZTYE2UcAAAAAA` |
| `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. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** 4 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/snapchat/spotlight?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.snapchat.com%2Fspotlight%2FW7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYaHNzY2NxbWZ0AZTYE3AmAZTYE2UcAAAAAA" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "id": "example",
  "description": "Illustrative caption."
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/snapchat/spotlight#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/snapchat/spotlight.json)


## snapchat/spotlight-comments

`GET /v1/snapchat/spotlight-comments`

Comments on a Spotlight, one page at a time, with author names, times, reply counts and reactions.

*Snapchat Spotlight comments*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Spotlight URL — e.g. `https://www.snapchat.com/@lilah4823/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYY2pvZnd0ZXVmAZ8fgG8pAZ8ff-_IAAAAAQ` |
| `cursor` | no | Opaque cursor from the previous page |
| `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. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `cursor`: Continue the same source traversal with the complete returned cursor. Saved-result retrieval and a new source page can have different prices; quote the next call.
- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/snapchat/spotlight-comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.snapchat.com%2F%40lilah4823%2Fspotlight%2FW7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYY2pvZnd0ZXVmAZ8fgG8pAZ8ff-_IAAAAAQ" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "cursor": null,
  "dropped": 0,
  "has_more": false,
  "items": [
    {
      "author_name": "example",
      "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
      "reactions": [
        {}
      ],
      "reply_count": 0,
      "text": "example"
    }
  ]
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/snapchat/spotlight-comments#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/snapchat/spotlight-comments.json)