> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one page from the Social Fetch docs (markdown export). For curated orientation and workflow guidance, start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for agent onboarding and crawl rules, use [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt); for the full endpoint list with links to pages like this one, use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt); for one platform's parameters and curls, use [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt); use [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) when you need structured JSON for tool registration.

## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/discord/servers/get>
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/discord/servers/get.mdx>

## API base URL and authentication

- **API origin (from OpenAPI `servers`):** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`
- **Authentication:** send `x-api-key: sfk_...` on `/v1/**` and `/v2/**` routes unless the operation is explicitly anonymous (check OpenAPI `security`, the [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx), [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt), or [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) for each route).
- **OpenAPI JSON:** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json>

## Recommended docs entrypoints (this site)

- [Documentation overview](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs.mdx) — top-level orientation (markdown).
- [Quickstart](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart.mdx) — authenticate with `x-api-key`, validate auth with `whoami`, and understand the JSON envelope.
- [SDK](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk.mdx) — official TypeScript SDK guide, including `SocialFetchClient`, `Result`, and `unwrap()`.
- [Capability matrix](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/capability-matrix.mdx) — every operation with identifiers, pagination, outcomes, media download, credits, and its SDK method. Generated from OpenAPI, so use it for route selection instead of scanning individual pages.
- [Recipes](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/recipes.mdx) — copyable workflows (brand monitoring, transcripts, Ad Library, creator scoring, Reddit research) with credit callouts and SDK examples.
- [Integrations](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations.mdx) — MCP for AI clients, n8n verified node, Apify Store Actors, Make custom app, SDK, and REST API connection paths.
- [MCP product page](https://www.socialfetch.dev/mcp) — hosted MCP overview, OAuth, Skills install.
- [MCP integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/mcp.mdx) — hosted `/mcp` server, OAuth, Cursor/VS Code/Claude install snippets, 910 endpoint tools, plus docs_search/docs_read for implementation help.
- [n8n integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/n8n.mdx) — install `n8n-nodes-socialfetch`, credentials, and workflow examples.
- [Apify integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/apify.mdx) — Store Actors under @social-fetch, PPE billing, dataset export, and quick start.
- [Make integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/make.mdx) — custom app modules for Make scenarios, API key credentials, and module catalog.
- [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt) — every documented operation with a direct link to that route's agent-readable markdown page (prefer this over parsing OpenAPI).
- [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt) — per-platform endpoint files generated from OpenAPI (parameters, credits, curls).
- [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt) — agent crawl/onboarding file with capabilities, auth rules, and allowlist.
- [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) — structured machine-readable operation inventory with parameter names, pagination, outcomes, credits, and SDK mapping.
- [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx) — human-friendly index of operations with links into generated pages.
- [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) — shared error envelope and HTTP status guidance.
- [Credits](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/credits.mdx) — metering, `402`, and planning batch jobs.
- Outcome semantics such as `found`, `not_found`, and `private` are documented in [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) and on operation pages when present in the OpenAPI contract.

## Markdown docs convention

- Every docs page has a markdown twin: append **`.mdx`** to the docs pathname (for example `/docs/quickstart` → `/docs/quickstart.mdx`).
- Agents that send `Accept: text/markdown` on `/docs/**` HTML URLs may receive markdown directly (same URL, `Vary: Accept`).
- Published blog posts use the same convention: `/blog/{slug}` → `/blog/{slug}.mdx`, or `Accept: text/markdown` on the HTML URL (`Vary: Accept`).

---
# List Discord servers (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/discord/servers/get)

## Summary

List the public Discord server directory by category, with the largest servers first on the first page.

**Tags:** `Discord`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/discord/servers`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.discord.listServers({ category: "gaming" })`
- **Pagination:** cursor via `cursor`, next cursor: `data.page.nextCursor`, has more: `data.page.hasMore`
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`, `restricted`

## Credits

- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Failed requests (`lookup_failed`, `503`):** not charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.

## Authentication

- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)

## Parameters

### `category` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: gaming, music, entertainment, science-tech, education
- **Description:** Directory category: `gaming`, `music`, `entertainment`, `science-tech` or `education`.

### `page` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `integer`; minimum: 1; maximum: 250
- **Description:** Page number, 1 to 250. Omit for the first page. The directory reorders between requests, so numbered pages can repeat servers; follow `page.nextCursor` instead.

### `cursor` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1; maxLength: 1024
- **Description:** Cursor from `page.nextCursor` of the previous response. It only works with the same filters.

## Pagination

This endpoint uses **cursor-based pagination** via the `cursor` query parameter.

- Read **hasMore** from `data.page.hasMore`.
- When that value is `true`, read **nextCursor** from `data.page.nextCursor` and pass it as the `cursor` query parameter on the **next** request (URL-encode when building a query string).
- Omit `cursor` on the **first** request.
- Stop when **hasMore** is `false` or **nextCursor** is null (end of list).

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: A page of the server directory.
- **400**: Invalid request
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.

## Response body (200)

A page of the server directory.

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found, restricted. `found` for a page of the directory, including an empty page past the last row.
  - **category** (required) — type `string`; enum: gaming, music, entertainment, science-tech, education, null; nullable. The directory category of this page; null for the home page.
  - **results** (required) — type `array`. The servers on this page.
    - _items:_
      - **id** (required) — type `string`. Server id.
      - **name** (required) — type `string`. Server name.
      - **description** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Short description.
      - **iconUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Server icon URL.
      - **splashUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Invite splash URL.
      - **discoverySplashUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Discovery splash URL.
      - **bannerUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Banner URL.
      - **members** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Indexed member count.
      - **online** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Indexed online count.
      - **countsAsOf** (required) — type `string`; enum: live, index. Always `index` for directory rows.
      - **boosts** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Boost count; browse rows only.
      - **locale** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Preferred locale.
      - **verificationLevel** (required) — type `string`; enum: none, low, medium, high, very_high, unknown, null; nullable. Verification level; not present on directory rows.
      - **ageRestricted** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Age restriction; not present on directory rows.
      - **nsfwLevel** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. NSFW level; not present on directory rows.
      - **vanityCode** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Vanity invite code; browse rows only.
      - **keywords** (required) — type `array`. Search keywords; browse rows only.
        - _items:_
          - type `string`
      - **features** (required) — type `array`. Feature flags, passed through.
        - _items:_
          - type `string`
      - **categories** (required) — type `array`. Categories; browse rows only.
        - _items:_
      - **primaryCategory** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Primary category; browse rows only.
      - **verified** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Verified flag. Search rows carry it directly; browse rows derive it from the `VERIFIED` feature.
      - **partnered** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Partnered flag. Search rows carry it directly; browse rows derive it from the `PARTNERED` feature.
      - **autoRemoved** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the row is marked auto-removed; browse only.
      - **isPublished** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the row is published; browse only.
      - **shape** (required) — type `string`; enum: browse, search. Which directory result shape this row came from.
  - **page** (required) — type `object`. Pagination state for the current page. A list that reorders between requests can repeat rows on numbered pages; follow `page.nextCursor` to continue from the previous page's position.
    - **page** (required) — type `integer`. The page this response is.
    - **hasMore** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether another page is available.
    - **nextCursor** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Cursor for the next page; null on the last page.
  - **reachableSoFar** (required) — type `integer`. How many rows this walk has reached, counting this page. It is not the directory total, which is approximate.
  - **limitReached** (required) — type `boolean`. True when the walk stopped at the directory's 3,000-row browse depth rather than at the end of the results.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
  - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
  - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
  - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.

### Example JSON (found)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "category": "gaming",
    "results": [
      {
        "id": "1376018788041887795",
        "name": "Steal a Brainrot",
        "description": "Welcome to the official Steal a Brainrot server! 🧠",
        "iconUrl": "https://cdn.discordapp.com/icons/1376018788041887795/f9f69ceda1bb918075ee1b2fd4cb5fcc.png?size=256",
        "splashUrl": "https://cdn.discordapp.com/discovery-splashes/1376018788041887795/7a06ebb2b3d4cb427a4c4358ec29cfa2.jpg?size=2048",
        "discoverySplashUrl": "https://cdn.discordapp.com/discovery-splashes/1376018788041887795/7a06ebb2b3d4cb427a4c4358ec29cfa2.jpg?size=2048",
        "bannerUrl": "https://cdn.discordapp.com/banners/1376018788041887795/a8e25be1082189e0a535f86e5d601126.webp",
        "members": 7627905,
        "online": 285036,
        "countsAsOf": "index",
        "boosts": {
          "count": 430
        },
        "locale": "en-US",
        "verificationLevel": null,
        "ageRestricted": null,
        "nsfwLevel": null,
        "vanityCode": "brainrots",
        "keywords": [
          "brainrot"
        ],
        "features": [
          "COMMUNITY"
        ],
        "categories": [
          {
            "id": 25,
            "name": "Memes",
            "isPrimary": false,
            "nameLocalizations": {
              "bg": "Мемове",
              "cs": "Memy",
              "da": "Memes",
              "de": "Memes",
              "el": "Memes",
              "fi": "Meemit",
              "fr": "Memes",
              "hi": "मीम्स",
              "hr": "Memeovi",
              "hu": "Mémek",
              "it": "Meme",
              "ja": "ミーム",
              "ko": "짤",
              "lt": "Memai",
              "nl": "Memes",
              "no": "Memer",
              "pl": "Memy",
              "ro": "Meme",
              "ru": "Мемы",
              "th": "มีม",
              "tr": "Meme'ler",
              "uk": "Меми",
              "vi": "Meme",
              "en-GB": "Memes",
              "en-US": "Memes",
              "es-ES": "Memes",
              "pt-BR": "Memes",
              "sv-SE": "Memes",
              "zh-CN": "表情包",
              "zh-TW": "迷因"
            }
          }
        ],
        "primaryCategory": {
          "id": 1,
          "name": "Gaming",
          "isPrimary": true,
          "nameLocalizations": {
            "bg": "Гейминг",
            "cs": "Hraní",
            "da": "Spil",
            "de": "Gaming",
            "el": "Gaming",
            "fi": "Pelaaminen",
            "fr": "Gaming",
            "hi": "गेमिंग",
            "hr": "Gaming",
            "hu": "Játék",
            "it": "Gaming",
            "ja": "ゲーム",
            "ko": "게임",
            "lt": "Žaidimai",
            "nl": "Gaming",
            "no": "Gaming",
            "pl": "Gry",
            "ro": "Gaming",
            "ru": "Игры",
            "th": "การเล่นเกม",
            "tr": "Oyun",
            "uk": "Ігри",
            "vi": "Gaming",
            "en-GB": "Gaming",
            "en-US": "Gaming",
            "es-ES": "Juegos",
            "pt-BR": "Jogos",
            "sv-SE": "Gaming",
            "zh-CN": "游戏",
            "zh-TW": "遊戲"
          }
        },
        "verified": null,
        "partnered": null,
        "autoRemoved": false,
        "isPublished": true,
        "shape": "browse"
      }
    ],
    "page": {
      "page": 1,
      "hasMore": true,
      "nextCursor": "eyJwIjoyLCJmIjoiMTBmZmNlNjc0YjZjMmQwYiIsInMiOlsiMTM3NjAxODc4ODA0MTg4Nzc5NSIsIjExOTM4NDEwMDAxMDg1MzE3NjQiLCI1ODY3MDQwNTExNDg4MTYzODUiLCI2Nzk4NzU5NDY1OTcwNTY2ODM…"
    },
    "reachableSoFar": 12,
    "limitReached": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_7f135631-3355-40d8-87e0-77537351e0db",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "version": "v1"
  }
}
```

### Machine-readable error codes

When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):

- `bad_request`

## Error handling & retries

Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.

- **400**: Invalid request **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed. **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.

### Suggested client defaults

- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.

## Examples

### TypeScript SDK

```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";

const client = new SocialFetchClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});

const result = await client.discord.listServers({
  category: "gaming",
});

if (!result.ok) {
  console.error(result.error);
} else {
  console.log(result.value.data);
}
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/discord/servers?category=gaming",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/discord/servers?category=gaming" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/discord/servers?category=gaming",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```

### Example: next page (pagination)

After a successful response, if pagination is not finished, request the next page using `cursor` (URL-encode when composing the query string):

```javascript
const previous = await response.json();
const nextCursor = previous?.data?.page?.nextCursor;
const hasMore = previous?.data?.page?.hasMore;
if (!hasMore || nextCursor == null) {
  // no more pages
} else {
  const nextUrl = new URL("https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/discord/servers");
  nextUrl.searchParams.set("cursor", nextCursor);
  // optionally preserve sort: nextUrl.searchParams.set("sortBy", "latest");
  const nextResponse = await fetch(nextUrl.toString(), {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  });
  const nextData = await nextResponse.json();
}
```