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API referenceCreators

List a creator's snapshots

GET/v1/creators/{platform}/{handle}/snapshots

Follower history, newest first. Snapshots are shared across Customers and kept forever, so history predates your first lookup.

Open in Playground(no API Key needed)

Price

Free.

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
platformpathstringone of tiktok, instagram, youtube, facebookRequired—Platform the subject lives on.
handlepathstringRequired—A bare handle, an @handle, or a URL-encoded profile URL — whichever the user pasted.
limitqueryintegermin 1; max 100Optional25Items per page.
cursorquerystringOptional—Opaque next_cursor from the previous page.

Responses

200 OK

{ items, next_cursor }.

object

  • itemsarray of objectrequired
    • atstringrequired
    • followersnumberrequirednullable
    • metricsany
    • sourcestringrequired
  • next_cursorstringrequirednullablePass back as cursor. Null on the last page.

200 · `{ items, next_cursor }`.

{
  "items": [
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T09:14:04.219Z",
      "followers": 184300,
      "metrics": {
        "followers": 184300,
        "likes": 3120000
      },
      "source": "vendor"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-07T09:12:58.104Z",
      "followers": 181950,
      "metrics": {
        "followers": 181950,
        "likes": 3094000
      },
      "source": "vendor"
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": null
}

400 Bad Request

invalid_request for a cursor that is not a next_cursor this API issued. Nothing is charged.

object

RFC 9457 problem document, served as application/problem+json. Branch on code, never on the prose.

  • typestringrequired
  • titlestringrequired
  • statusintegerrequired
  • codestringrequiredone of missing_authorization, invalid_key, key_revoked, invalid_token, organization_not_selected, organization_access_revoked, connection_revoked, forbidden, invalid_request, unsupported_platform, unsupported_kind, kind_deprecated, not_found, video_too_long, idempotency_conflict, run_not_ready, advertiser_ambiguous, insufficient_balance, rate_limit_exceeded, concurrency_limit_exceeded, tracker_limit_exceeded, webhook_limit_exceeded, webhook_rotation_in_progress, collection_limit_exceeded, collection_name_taken, collection_kind_mismatch, media_unavailable, vendor_error, source_unavailable, service_unavailable, internal_errorStable machine-readable code.
  • detailstring

400 · Example

{
  "type": "https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors/invalid_request",
  "title": "Invalid request",
  "status": 400,
  "code": "invalid_request",
  "detail": "`cursor` is not a cursor this API issued. Pass back the `next_cursor` from the previous page."
}

401 Unauthorized

missing_authorization, invalid_key, key_revoked or invalid_token.

object

RFC 9457 problem document, served as application/problem+json. Branch on code, never on the prose.

  • typestringrequired
  • titlestringrequired
  • statusintegerrequired
  • codestringrequiredone of missing_authorization, invalid_key, key_revoked, invalid_token, organization_not_selected, organization_access_revoked, connection_revoked, forbidden, invalid_request, unsupported_platform, unsupported_kind, kind_deprecated, not_found, video_too_long, idempotency_conflict, run_not_ready, advertiser_ambiguous, insufficient_balance, rate_limit_exceeded, concurrency_limit_exceeded, tracker_limit_exceeded, webhook_limit_exceeded, webhook_rotation_in_progress, collection_limit_exceeded, collection_name_taken, collection_kind_mismatch, media_unavailable, vendor_error, source_unavailable, service_unavailable, internal_errorStable machine-readable code.
  • detailstring

401 · Example

{
  "type": "https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors/invalid_key",
  "title": "Invalid key",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "invalid_key",
  "detail": "That API key does not exist. Keys look like `sk_live_...` and are created in the console."
}

404 Not Found

not_found — including anything belonging to another Customer.

object

RFC 9457 problem document, served as application/problem+json. Branch on code, never on the prose.

  • typestringrequired
  • titlestringrequired
  • statusintegerrequired
  • codestringrequiredone of missing_authorization, invalid_key, key_revoked, invalid_token, organization_not_selected, organization_access_revoked, connection_revoked, forbidden, invalid_request, unsupported_platform, unsupported_kind, kind_deprecated, not_found, video_too_long, idempotency_conflict, run_not_ready, advertiser_ambiguous, insufficient_balance, rate_limit_exceeded, concurrency_limit_exceeded, tracker_limit_exceeded, webhook_limit_exceeded, webhook_rotation_in_progress, collection_limit_exceeded, collection_name_taken, collection_kind_mismatch, media_unavailable, vendor_error, source_unavailable, service_unavailable, internal_errorStable machine-readable code.
  • detailstring

404 · Example

{
  "type": "https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors/not_found",
  "title": "Not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "not_found",
  "detail": "No such resource for this Customer."
}

Request samples

curl "https://www.shortsintel.com/v1/creators/tiktok/someone/snapshots?limit=25" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_YOUR_KEY"