SOCMINT APIs

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SOCMINT APIs#

Platform APIs the SOCMINT operator pulls from. Platform ToS and access rules change frequently; rate limits and authentication models shift with every policy round.

API

Auth + tier

Endpoint

Returns

X / Twitter API v2

OAuth + bearer; paid tiers.

https://api.twitter.com/2/

Tweets, users, follows, lists; basic tier free.

Reddit API

OAuth.

https://oauth.reddit.com/

Posts, comments, users, subreddits.

Pushshift (Reddit archive)

API key; restricted.

https://api.pushshift.io/

Historical Reddit archive.

Mastodon API

OAuth per instance.

https://<instance>/api/v1/

Posts, accounts, follows, timelines.

Bluesky / AT Protocol

App password / OAuth.

https://bsky.social/xrpc/

Posts, follows, lists; open protocol.

Meta Graph (Facebook + Instagram)

OAuth; restricted to approved apps.

https://graph.facebook.com/v19.0/

Pages, public profiles, posts, comments.

LinkedIn API

OAuth; partner-only for many endpoints.

https://api.linkedin.com/v2/

Profile, company, posts.

YouTube Data API

API key.

https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/

Videos, channels, comments, search.

TikTok Research API

Approval required.

https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/research/

Public-video and user data for research.

Telegram Bot API

Bot token.

https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/

Channels, groups, messages.

Telegram MTProto / TDLib

App credentials.

https://core.telegram.org/

Full client API; channel scraping.

Discord API

Bot or user token.

https://discord.com/api/v10/

Servers, channels, messages with permissions.

Twitch Helix

OAuth.

https://api.twitch.tv/helix/

Streams, users, chat.

VK API

Access token.

https://api.vk.com/method/

Russian social-network data.

Weibo API

Restricted.

https://api.weibo.com/

Chinese microblog data.

snscrape (library)

Local CLI.

JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape

Scraper that bypasses many platform APIs.

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