Threads profile API
Threads profile: GET /v1/threads/profile. 1 credit per request.
GET /v1/threads/profile
GET /v1/threads/profile
Threads profile.
- Cost: 1 credit
- Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send
max_age_daysto reuse them for free. - Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers
202with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).
Parameters#
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
handle | string | yes | Username, with or without the leading @. Also accepted as username. |
Every request also accepts:
trim:truefor a smaller response withoutnullfields andextra.raw:trueto also get the platform's original object asraw.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).
1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/profile" \2 -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3 --data-urlencode "handle=zuck"1import os2import requests34params = {5 "handle": "zuck",6}7res = requests.get(8 "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/profile",9 headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10 params=params,11)12body = res.json()1314if body["ok"]:15 print(body["data"])16else:17 print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/profile");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3 "handle": "zuck"4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6 headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11 console.log(body.data);12} else {13 console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}1{2 "nodes": [3 {4 "name": "SocialScrape Threads profile",5 "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6 "typeVersion": 4.2,7 "position": [8 0,9 010 ],11 "parameters": {12 "method": "GET",13 "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/threads/profile",14 "sendQuery": true,15 "queryParameters": {16 "parameters": [17 {18 "name": "handle",19 "value": "zuck"20 }21 ]22 },23 "sendHeaders": true,24 "headerParameters": {25 "parameters": [26 {27 "name": "x-api-key",28 "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"29 }30 ]31 }32 }33 }34 ],35 "connections": {}36}Example response#
This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.
200 OKSample response
1{2 "ok": true,3 "credits_charged": 1,4 "credits_remaining": 4999,5 "cached": false,6 "cached_at": null,7 "request_id": "req_7c509364db76fcd136eb753b",8 "data": {9 "object": "profile",10 "platform": "threads",11 "id": "63055343223",12 "handle": "zuck",13 "name": "Mark Zuckerberg",14 "headline": null,15 "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck",16 "kind": "person",17 "bio": "Mostly superintelligence and MMA takes",18 "avatar_url": "https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/825322135_17989325280103224_1252773933700107438_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&_...",19 "banner_url": null,20 "verified": true,21 "is_private": false,22 "external_url": null,23 "links": null,24 "location": null,25 "category": null,26 "created_at": null,27 "stats": {28 "followers": 5750959,29 "following": null,30 "posts": 170,31 "likes": null,32 "views": null33 },34 "extra": {35 "has_onboarded": true,36 "topics": [37 "AI Threads",38 "UFC Threads",39 "AI"40 ]41 }42 },43 "cursor": null,44 "has_more": null45}Response#
A Profile object in data.
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.
| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
invalid_params | 400 | no | A parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type. |
not_found | 404 | no | The 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:
1{2 "ok": false,3 "error": {4 "code": "not_found",5 "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",6 "retryable": false7 },8 "credits_charged": 0,9 "request_id": "req_227a5685ba9f97544fb5bd92"10}Related endpoints#
- Threads profile posts (
GET /v1/threads/profile/posts) - Threads post (
GET /v1/threads/post) - Threads post search (
GET /v1/threads/search) - Threads user search (
GET /v1/threads/search/users)