Snapchat Scraper

Retrieve public Snapchat profiles, Spotlight metadata, and Spotlight comments from server-rendered Snapchat pages.

Socialv0.1.0~1 credit/runSource on GitHub

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modecountprofilecommentsspotlightsource_url

Overview

Snapchat Scraper reads Snapchat's server-rendered public page data instead of relying on brittle screen text. It normalizes creator profiles, individual Spotlight posts, engagement counts, media and transcript URLs, and public Spotlight comments.

Last validated: Jul 15, 2026

Input

mode"profile" | "spotlight" | "spotlight_comments"required

usernamestring

Public Snapchat username or profile URL for profile mode.

max_commentsintegerdefault: 20

spotlight_urlstring

Public Snapchat Spotlight URL or id for Spotlight modes.

Output

modestringrequired

countintegerrequired

profileobject

profile.biostring

profile.urlstring

profile.usernamestring

profile.verifiedboolean

profile.has_storyboolean

profile.website_urlstring

profile.display_namestring

profile.hero_image_urlstring

profile.subscriber_countnumber

profile.snapcode_image_urlstring

profile.business_profile_idstring

profile.profile_picture_urlstring

profile.has_spotlight_highlightsboolean

commentsobject[]required

spotlightobject

spotlight.urlstring

spotlight.titlestring

spotlight.widthnumber

spotlight.heightnumber

spotlight.media_urlstring

spotlight.view_countnumber

spotlight.boost_countnumber

spotlight.creator_urlstring

spotlight.descriptionstring

spotlight.duration_msnumber

spotlight.share_countnumber

spotlight.uploaded_atstring

spotlight.creator_namestring

spotlight.spotlight_idstring

spotlight.comment_countnumber

spotlight.thumbnail_urlstring

spotlight.transcript_urlstring

spotlight.recommend_countnumber

spotlight.creator_usernamestring

source_urlstringrequired

Examples

nasa-profile

{
  "mode": "profile",
  "username": "nasa"
}

nasa-spotlight

{
  "mode": "spotlight",
  "spotlight_url": "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYeG9xcGd0ZWd3AZ14BVv0AZ14BQkrAAAAAQ"
}

nasa-spotlight-comments

{
  "mode": "spotlight_comments",
  "max_comments": 10,
  "spotlight_url": "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYeG9xcGd0ZWd3AZ14BVv0AZ14BQkrAAAAAQ"
}

Use cases

Creator research

Resolve public Snapchat creators to subscriber counts, profile links, bio, website, images, and verification state.

Spotlight intelligence

Enrich a public Spotlight URL with creator, media, engagement, AI-generated description, and transcript metadata.

Audience research

Collect public Spotlight comments with authors, reactions, timestamps, and reply counts.

FAQ

Does this require Snapchat login?

No. These operations use data exposed on Snapchat's public profile and Spotlight pages.

Does it return media?

It returns public media, thumbnail, and transcript URLs when Snapchat exposes them; it does not download or rehost media.

Are private stories supported?

No. The tool only handles public profiles and public Spotlight pages.

Use it anywhere

MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex)

# After connecting https://betterfetch.co/api/mcp, ask your AI to:
1. Call search_tools for "Snapchat Scraper"
2. Call run_tool with:
   name: "snapchat_scraper"
   input: {"mode":"profile","username":"nasa"}

REST

curl -sS -X POST "https://betterfetch.co/api/tools/snapchat_scraper/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer bf_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input": {"mode":"profile","username":"nasa"}}'

Run locally

git clone https://github.com/better-fetch/tools/tree/main/tools/snapchat-scraper && cd snapchat-scraper && npm i
BETTER_FETCH_API_KEY=bf_your_key_here npx bf-tool run --input '{"mode":"profile","username":"nasa"}'