> **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/what-is-a-social-media-scraper-api](https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/what-is-a-social-media-scraper-api)
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/what-is-a-social-media-scraper-api.mdx](https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/what-is-a-social-media-scraper-api.mdx)

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# What is a social media scraper API?

Hosted fetch + structured JSON over HTTP. Some are general runtimes; Social Fetch is typed REST with normalized schemas.

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