> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one Social Fetch marketing page (markdown export). For API orientation start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for auth and crawl rules use [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt); for every operation use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt).

## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/is-a-social-media-api-the-same-as-a-scraper](https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/is-a-social-media-api-the-same-as-a-scraper)
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/is-a-social-media-api-the-same-as-a-scraper.mdx](https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/is-a-social-media-api-the-same-as-a-scraper.mdx)

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# Is a social media API the same as a scraper?

Not always. Some are typed REST APIs over maintained infrastructure; others expose raw async crawl jobs. Compare latency, schema stability, and requestId support.

Source: [What is a social media API?](https://www.socialfetch.dev/glossary/social-media-api)