What platforms does LurkAPI support?

LurkAPI is available on Web App.

LurkAPI

Name: LurkAPI
Author: LurkAPI

Social media data for Claude, spreadsheets and code in one request

Intermediate API

What is LurkAPI?

LurkAPI is a pay-per-request API and Claude MCP connector that returns clean JSON from public pages on 14 platforms, including Facebook ads, Reddit, YouTube and TikTok, across 63 endpoints.

LurkAPI turns public social pages into clean, structured data that an AI assistant, a spreadsheet or a script can use directly. It covers 63 endpoints across 14 platforms, including Facebook and Instagram ads from Meta's Ad Library, Reddit posts and comments, YouTube videos and transcripts, TikTok profiles, Google ad listings, and Bluesky threads. Each call returns tidy JSON with every field named, which can also be opened as a table or downloaded as a CSV. The product is aimed at two groups. Marketers, researchers and analysts who would rather ask a question than write code can add LurkAPI to Claude as a custom connector over MCP and describe what they want in plain English. Claude searches the endpoint catalog, picks a fitting one, runs it and answers in the chat, with a table if requested. Developers and agent builders get a plain REST interface instead: GET requests with query parameters, JSON responses and a single x-api-key header, backed by field-by-field documentation, an OpenAPI spec, an llms.txt file and an MCP server. In practice, a visitor can try an endpoint on the homepage without an account, with five free tries a day. Registering through Google or email adds a starter allowance of credits and a daily top-up, and produces a connector URL on the dashboard that is pasted into Claude's settings. The URL can also be limited to chosen platforms, which exposes their endpoints to Claude as individual tools rather than through search. Billing is by the request rather than by subscription. Credits do not expire, and failed requests caused by the service are not charged. Compared with building and maintaining separate scrapers for each network, or with broad social listening suites, LurkAPI occupies the narrower niche of a pay-as-you-go data layer designed to be read by language models. The trade-off is that coverage is limited to what each endpoint exposes from public pages.

How do you use LurkAPI?

1Try an endpoint without signing up
Use the live demo on the homepage to run a sample request, such as a company's Facebook ads. Five free tries are available each day with no account.
2Create a free account
Sign in with Google or email to receive starter credits and a connector URL on the dashboard.
3Add the connector to Claude
In Claude's settings, add a custom connector and paste the URL from the dashboard. Platforms can be chosen in the URL to expose their endpoints as tools.
4Ask a question in plain English
Request something like a weekly summary of brand mentions as a table. Claude finds the matching endpoint, runs it and answers in the chat.
5Call the REST API from code
Send a GET request to api.lurkapi.com with query parameters and an x-api-key header. Field details for each platform are in the docs.

Pros and cons

Pros

Works as a Claude custom connector, so non-coders can request social data in plain EnglishAI
Credits never expire and requests that fail on the service side are not chargedAI
Five free tries a day on the homepage need no signupAI
Simple REST design with one header, plus OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and MCP serverAI
Output opens as a table or downloads as CSV, which suits spreadsheet workflowsAI

Cons

Limited to public pages, so private accounts and gated content are out of reachAI
Coverage is fixed to 63 endpoints, so niche data points may not be availableAI
Credit-based billing makes costs harder to forecast than a flat subscriptionAI
The Claude connector route depends on a client that supports custom MCP connectorsAI

How much does LurkAPI cost?

Free trial

Five free tries a day on the homepage with no signup. A free account adds 100 credits and a daily top-up to 25.

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Pricing

Pay per request with credits instead of subscriptions. Pricing runs from $0.45 to $0.90 per 1,000 requests depending on pack size. Credits never expire, and errors on the service side are not charged.

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Support

Documentation covers every endpoint field by field, with an OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and a markdown version of the homepage. No support contact is listed on the homepage.

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Integrations

Connects to Claude as a custom MCP connector at api.lurkapi.com/mcp. Also usable from spreadsheets and any code through a REST API with an x-api-key header.

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Features

63 endpoints across 14 platforms, including Facebook and Instagram ads, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Google ads and Bluesky. Clean JSON, table view and CSV download, an MCP server, an OpenAPI spec and llms.txt.

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Frequently asked questions about LurkAPI

How much does LurkAPI cost?
Pay per request with credits instead of subscriptions. Pricing runs from $0.45 to $0.90 per 1,000 requests depending on pack size. Credits never expire, and errors on the service side are not charged.
Does LurkAPI offer a free trial?
Five free tries a day on the homepage with no signup. A free account adds 100 credits and a daily top-up to 25.
Does LurkAPI have an API?
Yes, LurkAPI offers an API.
How do you use LurkAPI?
The walkthrough on this page covers 5 steps: 1. Try an endpoint without signing up 2. Create a free account 3. Add the connector to Claude 4. Ask a question in plain English 5. Call the REST API from code.
What platforms does LurkAPI support?
LurkAPI is available on Web App.
What does LurkAPI integrate with?
Connects to Claude as a custom MCP connector at api.lurkapi.com/mcp. Also usable from spreadsheets and any code through a REST API with an x-api-key header.