LurkAPI
An API that returns posts, ads, and profile data from 16 social platforms as JSON, connects via MCP to AI apps like Claude, and bills per credit—credits never expire.
About LurkAPI
LurkAPI is a social media data API that returns posts, ads, profile data, and captions from 16 platforms as clean JSON. You can call it directly from your own code, or connect it via MCP to AI apps that support MCP—such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code—and ask questions in natural language, letting the AI automatically select and execute requests. Examples of coverage include Facebook ads from the Meta Ad Library (including copy, creatives, landing pages, and delivery dates), Facebook pages, Google advertisers, Telegram channel posts, Snapchat Stories, and more. Billing is per call, deducted in credits, with different endpoints consuming 1–31 credits per call; credit packs are a one-time purchase and never expire, with no subscription. You get 100 free credits on sign-up with no card required, and if your balance drops below 25, it is topped back up to 25 daily; before signing up, there are also 5 free trial calls per day.
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Best use cases
Search the Meta Ad Library for currently running ads by keyword and get copy, creatives, landing pages, and delivery dates
Check an advertiser's ad activity across platforms like Facebook and Google
Get the latest posts from public Telegram channels and Stories from public Snapchat profiles
Ask questions in natural language inside AI apps, such as "which ads is a brand currently running"
Poll and monitor an account's activity, e.g., once every 2 minutes, roughly 720 credits per day
Compare before choosing
According to the official comparison page: LurkAPI averages a 1.12-second response time, while ScrapeCreators takes 3.12 seconds (7-day average)
According to the official comparison page: 100,000 requests cost $59 on LurkAPI versus $188 on ScrapeCreators
According to the official comparison page: when calling both services through a single API route, LurkAPI was faster on 6 of 8 shared endpoints
Features
Data from 16 platforms
Posts, ads, profile data, and captions are returned as clean JSON, covering 16 platforms.
MCP integration with AI apps
Connect via MCP to AI apps like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code, ask questions in natural language, and the AI automatically selects and executes the requests.
Facebook ad lookup
Search ads in the Meta Ad Library by keyword and get copy, creatives, landing pages, and delivery dates; 1 credit per call, no approval needed.
Free trial
Get 100 credits just for signing up, no card required; if your daily balance drops below 25, it is topped back up to 25; 5 free trial calls per day before signing up.
Credits never expire
Credit packs are a one-time purchase and never expire—no subscription and no automatic renewal.
Pros
- Covers 16 platforms and returns clean JSON
- Supports MCP, so you can query in natural language from AI apps like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code
- Credit packs are a one-time purchase and never expire—no subscription
- 100 free credits on sign-up with no card required, and your balance is topped back up to 25 daily if it drops below 25
- 5 free trial calls per day before signing up
Cons
- Default rate limit is 50 requests per 10 seconds; higher limits require applying by email