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Snapchat Spotlight comments

Beta GET /v1/snapchat/spotlight/comments

GET /v1/snapchat/spotlight/comments

Public comments on a Spotlight video; parent is the video. Pass the cursor back for more.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
urlURLyesSpotlight URL (snapchat.com/@user/spotlight/...). Accepted hosts: snapchat.com.

Every request also accepts:

  • cursor: the cursor from the previous page (Pagination).
  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/snapchat/spotlight/comments" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.snapchat.com/@jack.scalise/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "url": "https://www.snapchat.com/@jack.scalise/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/snapchat/spotlight/comments",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/snapchat/spotlight/comments");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "url": "https://www.snapchat.com/@jack.scalise/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape Snapchat Spotlight comments",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/snapchat/spotlight/comments",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "url",
              "value": "https://www.snapchat.com/@jack.scalise/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened, other people's names and handles are replaced. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_9ec6358cdda9d594bd51990b",
  "data": {
    "object": "list",
    "items": [
      {
        "object": "comment",
        "platform": "snapchat",
        "id": "3924390255570602638.11194971132114019804",
        "url": null,
        "post_id": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ",
        "parent_id": null,
        "author": {
          "id": "1000000001",
          "handle": "sample_user",
          "name": "Sample User",
          "url": null,
          "avatar_url": null,
          "verified": false
        },
        "text": "My day was ok I guess",
        "published_at": "2025-03-23T17:30:13.814000Z",
        "stats": {
          "likes": 83,
          "replies": 12,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_by_creator": false,
        "extra": {
          "ranking_score": 1000,
          "reactions": [
            {
              "count": 83,
              "type_id": 1
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "object": "comment",
        "platform": "snapchat",
        "id": "6355055691073406808.10809603457868774494",
        "url": null,
        "post_id": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ",
        "parent_id": null,
        "author": {
          "id": "1000000001",
          "handle": "sample_user",
          "name": "Sample User",
          "url": null,
          "avatar_url": null,
          "verified": false
        },
        "text": "I sent this to him!",
        "published_at": "2025-03-26T06:43:31.105000Z",
        "stats": {
          "likes": 1,
          "replies": 8,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_by_creator": false,
        "extra": {
          "ranking_score": 980,
          "reactions": [
            {
              "count": 1,
              "type_id": 1
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "CAESVYzKiZYNyL-Q6AHFw4r2CdnDur0Mu77vrQm5-NL-COCurJMN2rTF8A61tIyUBJ7X-LgJ5NnZuw6Z9dTOBILtqvcLioOZow6nhL6fD-L25-AGpY7t7woagwISgAJDcjBCQ2cwS0FuUnpFZ2NJODZXTy03TXpFcWNCYWhkemZtUmxiSFJoTFdadmNtTmxMVzVoYlRVdGNISnZaSEtMQVFzU0VGTndiM1JzYVdkb2RGSmxj...",
    "has_more": true,
    "parent": {
      "object": "post",
      "platform": "snapchat",
      "id": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ",
      "url": "https://www.snapchat.com/@jack.scalise/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYb3djZ3FqY2VhAZXDhShdAZXDhPWfAAAAAQ",
      "type": "video",
      "author": {
        "id": null,
        "handle": "jack.scalise",
        "name": null,
        "url": "https://www.snapchat.com/@jack.scalise",
        "avatar_url": null,
        "verified": null
      },
      "title": null,
      "text": null,
      "published_at": null,
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "language": null,
      "hashtags": null,
      "mentions": null,
      "stats": {
        "views": null,
        "likes": null,
        "comments": null,
        "shares": null,
        "saves": null,
        "dislikes": null
      },
      "media": {
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "video_url": null,
        "audio_url": null,
        "image_urls": null,
        "width": null,
        "height": null
      },
      "song": null,
      "location": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "extra": null
    }
  },
  "cursor": "CAESVYzKiZYNyL-Q6AHFw4r2CdnDur0Mu77vrQm5-NL-COCurJMN2rTF8A61tIyUBJ7X-LgJ5NnZuw6Z9dTOBILtqvcLioOZow6nhL6fD-L25-AGpY7t7woagwISgAJDcjBCQ2cwS0FuUnpFZ2NJODZXTy03TXpFcWNCYWhkemZtUmxiSFJoTFdadmNtTmxMVzVoYlRVdGNISnZaSEtMQVFzU0VGTndiM1JzYVdkb2RGSmxj...",
  "has_more": true
}

Response#

A list of Comment objects in data.items, with data.cursor and data.has_more.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "request_id": "req_9e7a29a6c1316fcf9243013a"
}