Utility Find Endpoint API
Returns the three endpoints most likely to do a task you describe, best first: the parameters your words filled, the ones still missing, one call's credits and a confidence.
GET /v1/utility/findLast updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
When to use the Utility Find Endpoint API
Use it as the first step when you know the job but not the endpoint. It runs nothing, and says uncertain when you should check before calling. Free to call.
From the API reference
Describe what you want in plain words, in any language ("last 200 comments on this TikTok <url>", "German Instagram creators about matcha") and get the three endpoints most likely to do it, best first: each with its method and path, the parameters your words already filled (only values you typed, never made up), the ones still missing, the credits that one call would hold (null with a note when it cannot be quoted yet), a confidence and a one-line reason, plus a few alternatives. Act on the top result only when uncertain is false. When no endpoint matches what the task means, or the matcher is unavailable, the results are keyword guesses and uncertain is always true. A request to act on an account (post, reply, like, follow, message, delete), about your own account or customers, or about billing returns no results (reason not_a_data_job) and the nearest reads as alternatives. A search value that names no topic (a placeholder such as "keyword", a country name, an English phrase for a Korean or Chinese platform, or most of the sentence) is left out and listed under missing, with a note saying why. A task that lists several topics or names several markets carries topics or markets (ISO codes) and is uncertain. Pass platform to keep the answer on one platform. Nothing is run. Free to call.
Searching 69 platforms in parallel
What can you do with the Find Endpoint API?
The Find Endpoint endpoint gives you structured Utility data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
# GET /v1/utility/find: Free: 0 credits per call.
# --max-time 10: this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
# --retry 3: retries timeouts, 429 and 5xx, honoring Retry-After.
# -o response.json keeps only the final attempt's body.
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(od -An -N16 -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n')
curl -sS --max-time 10 --retry 3 -o response.json \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/find?task=last+200+comments+on+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40stoolpresidente%2Fvideo%2F7623818255903329566" && cat response.json# GET /v1/utility/find: Free: 0 credits per call.
import os
import random
import time
import uuid
import requests
API_KEY = os.environ.get("SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
TIMEOUT_S = 10 # this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/find"
def backoff(attempt):
# Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
return 2 ** attempt * (0.5 + random.random() / 2)
def socialcrawl(params):
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES + 1):
try:
res = requests.get(
URL,
params=params,
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key},
timeout=TIMEOUT_S,
)
body = res.json()
except (requests.RequestException, ValueError):
# A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise
time.sleep(backoff(attempt))
continue
if body["success"]:
return body
error = body["error"]
# Branch on error["type"], never on the message text.
if error["type"] == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND":
return None # refunded: nothing to read
retry_after = res.headers.get("Retry-After")
# SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
permanent = error["type"] == "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" and retry_after is None
if not error.get("retryable") or permanent or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise RuntimeError(f"{error['type']}: {error['message']} (request_id {body['request_id']})")
# Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
time.sleep(float(retry_after) if retry_after else backoff(attempt))
params = {
"task": "last 200 comments on https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7623818255903329566",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
print(body["data"])// GET /v1/utility/find: Free: 0 credits per call.
const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY ?? "YOUR_API_KEY";
const TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000; // this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
const MAX_RETRIES = 3;
type Page = { next_cursor: string | null; has_more: boolean };
type SocialCrawlResponse =
| { success: true; data: any; pagination?: Page; credits_used: number; request_id: string }
| { success: false; error: { type: string; message: string; retryable: boolean }; request_id: string };
const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
const backoffMs = (attempt: number) => 2 ** attempt * 1000 * (0.5 + Math.random() / 2);
async function socialcrawl(url: URL) {
// One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
let res: Response;
let body: SocialCrawlResponse;
try {
res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"x-api-key": API_KEY,
"Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
},
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(TIMEOUT_MS),
});
body = (await res.json()) as SocialCrawlResponse;
} catch (error) {
// A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if (attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) throw error;
await sleep(backoffMs(attempt));
continue;
}
if (body.success) return body;
// Branch on error.type, never on the message text.
if (body.error.type === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND") return null; // refunded: nothing to read
const retryAfter = res.headers.get("Retry-After");
// SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
const permanent = body.error.type === "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" && retryAfter === null;
if (!body.error.retryable || permanent || attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) {
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message} (request_id ${body.request_id})`);
}
// Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
await sleep(retryAfter ? Number(retryAfter) * 1000 : backoffMs(attempt));
}
}
const url = new URL("https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/utility/find");
url.searchParams.set("task", "last 200 comments on https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7623818255903329566");
const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| task | No | The job in plain words, in any language. Up to 600 characters are read. Provide this or query |
| query | No | Alias for task. Provide this or task |
| platform | No | Keep the answer on one platform slug (tiktok, instagram, ...). Omit to search every platform |
What does the Utility Find Endpoint API return?
This synthetic fixture shows the documented response shape and fields. Values are illustrative; this is not a live API response.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "utility",
"endpoint": "/v1/utility/find",
"data": {
"kind": "endpoint_find",
"version": 1,
"methodology_version": "find-1/router-3/lexical-1",
"platform": null,
"uncertain": false,
"reason": "routed",
"source": "router",
"confidence": 0.92,
"results": [
{
"id": "tiktok/post/comments",
"method": "GET",
"path": "/v1/tiktok/post/comments",
"params_filled": {
"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7623818255903329566"
},
"missing": [],
"estimated_credits": 1,
"expected_min": 1,
"pricing": "flat",
"confidence": 0.92,
"why": "Use it to read what people said under one TikTok video, a page at a time.",
"source": "router"
}
],
"alternatives": [
{
"id": "prism/comments",
"method": "GET",
"confidence": 0.04,
"source": "router"
}
],
"notes": [
"results are ranked best first. Act on results[0] only when uncertain is false; otherwise show the options or check them with GET /v1/utility/endpoint?id=."
]
},
"credits_used": 0,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false
}Synthetic fixture for the documented response shape. Values are illustrative, not a production capture.
How does the Utility Find Endpoint API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
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