> **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/hugging-face/collections/owner/slug/get>
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hugging-face/collections/owner/slug/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`).

---
# Get Hugging Face collection (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hugging-face/collections/owner/slug/get)

## Summary

Get a Hugging Face collection with every item and the curator's notes.

**Tags:** `Hugging Face`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/hugging-face/collections/{owner}/{slug}`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.huggingFace.getCollection({ owner: "google", slug: "gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1" })`
- **Accepted identifiers:** `owner` (path), `slug` (path)
- **Pagination:** none
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`

## 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

### `owner` (path)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`; pattern: `^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,95}$`
- **Description:** Owner of the collection: a user or organization name.

### `slug` (path)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`; pattern: `^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,150}$`
- **Description:** Collection slug without the owner, e.g. `gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1`.

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: Collection details.
- **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)

Collection details.

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found. Whether the item was found.
  - **collection** (required) — type `object`; nullable. The collection when lookupStatus is `found`; otherwise null.
    - **slug** (required) — type `string`. Collection slug, `owner/title-id`.
    - **url** (required) — type `string`. Collection page URL.
    - **title** (required) — type `string`. Title.
    - **description** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Description.
    - **owner** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Who curates the collection.
      - **username** (required) — type `string`. Account name, the part of the profile URL after the domain.
      - **uid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Stable account id.
      - **displayName** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Display name.
      - **avatarUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Avatar image URL.
      - **url** (required) — type `string`. Profile page URL.
      - **type** (required) — type `string`; enum: user, org, null; nullable. Whether the account is a user or an organization.
      - **isPro** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the account has a Pro subscription.
      - **isStaff** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the account belongs to the platform's staff, when the response includes it.
      - **followerCount** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Followers, when the response includes it.
    - **upvotes** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Upvotes.
    - **lastUpdatedAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. When the collection last changed (ISO-8601).
    - **gated** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the collection is gated.
    - **theme** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Colour theme of the collection.
    - **itemCount** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Items in the collection. Lists carry a preview of up to 4 `items` and no total, so `itemCount` is null there; the detail route returns every item and the count.
    - **items** (required) — type `array`. Every item, in order.
      - _items:_
- **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",
    "collection": {
      "slug": "google/gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1",
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/collections/google/gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1",
      "title": "Gemma 4",
      "description": "Our most intelligent open models to date",
      "owner": {
        "username": "google",
        "uid": "5e6aca39878b8b2bf9806447",
        "displayName": "Google",
        "avatarUrl": "https://cdn-avatars.huggingface.co/v1/production/uploads/5dd96eb166059660ed1ee413/WtA3YYitedOr9n02eHfJe.png",
        "url": "https://huggingface.co/google",
        "type": "org",
        "isPro": null,
        "isStaff": false,
        "followerCount": 72844
      },
      "upvotes": 1192,
      "lastUpdatedAt": "2026-09-29T17:31:20.005Z",
      "gated": false,
      "theme": "purple",
      "itemCount": 16,
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "model",
          "id": "google/gemma-4-31B-it",
          "url": "https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-31B-it",
          "note": null,
          "position": 0,
          "title": null,
          "repo": {
            "id": "google/gemma-4-31B-it",
            "type": "model",
            "uid": "69ce8b5dab9952212c8c191f",
            "url": "https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-31B-it",
            "author": "google",
            "createdAt": null,
            "lastModified": "2026-07-20T16:42:18.000Z",
            "sha": null,
            "likes": 4304,
            "downloads": 7526808,
            "downloadsAllTime": null,
            "trendingScore": null,
            "gated": false,
            "disabled": null,
            "tags": null,
            "pipelineTag": "image-text-to-text",
            "library": null,
            "license": null,
            "sdk": null,
            "parameters": 31273088876,
            "spaceStage": null
          },
          "upvotes": null,
          "publishedAt": null
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_0cd0b23c-99cb-435e-af2d-83b732ef3e39",
    "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.huggingFace.getCollection({
  owner: "google",
  slug: "gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1",
});

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/hugging-face/collections/google/gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

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

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hugging-face/collections/google/gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hugging-face/collections/google/gemma-4-69ce8ad93186d46744cb42f1",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```