Social scrape

{
  "operationId": "postSocialsByIdScrape",
  "description": "Trigger a scrape of one social profile. Use [Get Artist Socials](/api-reference/artists/socials) first to get the social `id`. The response contains scraper run metadata; poll it with the [Scraper Results API](/api-reference/apify/scraper).\n\n**Credits:** `50,000 + 10,000 × posts` micro-dollar credits per profile: $0.05 base + $0.01 per requested post. Omitting `posts` charges the 50,000 base, even when the selected platform fetches a default depth.\n\n**What `posts` does per platform**\n\n| Platform | `posts` | When `posts` is omitted |\n|---|---|---|\n| Instagram | ignored | the profile's latest posts (up to 12), always |\n| TikTok | `resultsPerPage` | 1 video |\n| YouTube | `maxResults`, `maxResultsShorts`, `maxResultStreams` (per content type) | 1 video, 0 Shorts, 0 streams |\n| X / Twitter | timeline items; retweets and replies are fetched but not stored | 10 timeline items before filtering |\n| LinkedIn | `maxPosts` on the posts actor (runs instead of the profile actor) | profile only, no posts |\n| Threads | ignored | profile only |\n| Facebook | ignored | profile only |\n\n**What gets stored.** Webhook processing persists supported records from successful runs. Platform filtering, missing fields and budget-limited follow-ups can leave partial results:\n\n- The profile: username, avatar, bio, follower and following counts, region. Served by [Get Artist Socials](/api-reference/artists/socials).\n- One follower snapshot per social per day whenever the run reports a follower count (following and post counts too, where the platform reports them). Served by the `history` parameter of Get Artist Socials.\n- Every returned post with its engagement (`views`, `likes`, `comments`, `reposts`, where the platform reports them). Served by [Get Artist Posts](/api-reference/posts/get).\n- Instagram only: comments batches for already-known and newly discovered posts, then terminal profile batches for the returned commenters. Available profile fields are saved; completion and field coverage are not guaranteed. Served by [Get Artist Fans](/api-reference/fans/get).\n\n**Fan discovery is one hop deep.** The commenter profile run is terminal: it never schedules comments or profile runs of its own. A normal single delivery can produce one profile run, two comments batches and two terminal commenter-profile batches. Five is a derived case, not a universal bound: retries, concurrent deliveries and budget checks affect the outcome. Budget checks are not atomic reservations and may allow overshoot; bookkeeping failures do not guarantee a hard cap. Pass `subtitles=true` on a YouTube social to include each video's transcript in the run results.",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "in": "path",
      "description": "The unique identifier (UUID) of the social profile to scrape. Obtain this from the [Get Artist Socials](/api-reference/artists/socials) API.",
      "required": true,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "posts",
      "in": "query",
      "description": "Recent-post depth. Honored on TikTok, YouTube (per content type), X and LinkedIn; ignored on Instagram (always the profile's latest posts, up to 12), Threads and Facebook. Without it TikTok and YouTube use their single-item defaults; X fetches ten timeline items before filtering, so pass it whenever you need post history. Every returned post is stored with its engagement counts. See the per-platform table above.",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 100
      },
      "example": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "subtitles",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "description": "YouTube only. When `true`, the scrape also downloads each returned video's captions (auto-generated captions preferred, English, plain text). The transcript is returned on the run's dataset items as `subtitles[0].plaintext` and is not persisted; read it from [Scraper Results](/api-reference/apify/scraper) while the run's dataset is available. Ignored on every other platform. Adds no credits beyond the `posts` price.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "default": false
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "Scrape job triggered successfully",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApifyRunResult"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "Invalid path/query, malformed input or unsupported platform.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SocialScrapeErrorResponse"
              },
              {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                  "runId",
                  "datasetId",
                  "error"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "runId": {
                    "type": "null"
                  },
                  "datasetId": {
                    "type": "null"
                  },
                  "error": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "Unsupported social media platform"
                    ]
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Missing, invalid or conflicting authentication headers.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SocialScrapeErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "402": {
      "description": "Insufficient credits — the body includes a static `billingUrl`. No Stripe object is created.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SocialInsufficientCreditsResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "403": {
      "description": "The caller cannot access an artist linked to this social profile.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SocialScrapeErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "The social profile was not found.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SocialScrapeErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "description": "Scraper startup, persistence or an internal operation failed.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SocialScrapeErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "apiKeyAuth": []
    },
    {
      "bearerAuth": []
    }
  ]
}