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Monitors and webhooks

Watch a profile or search. We send you the new items.

Create one

1curl -X POST "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/monitors" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  -H "content-type: application/json" \4  -d '{5        "endpoint": "/v1/youtube/channel/videos",6        "params": { "handle": "mkbhd" },7        "interval_minutes": 60,8        "webhook_url": "https://example.com/hooks/socialscrape"9      }'
Calls use api.socialscrape.dev and return the shapes in the reference.

The facts

Interval15 to 1,440 minutes
CostEach check is billed like your own request to that endpoint. A failed check is free.
BaselineThe first check records what exists, so you get no flood of old items.
SignatureHMAC-SHA256 over the raw body, timestamp included
Retries6 attempts over about 15 hours, then a dead letter you can redeliver
Limit100 monitors per team

Used in

Social listeningNewsroom monitoringCompetitor tracking

Verification code for Python and Node.js is in the guide.

Related

Create a monitorReferenceTeams

Questions

What if my server is down?

The event is retried six times, then kept as a dead letter. Send it again from the delivery log once the receiver is fixed.