# Openhandle

> Openhandle is a public social data API for Instagram, TikTok, and X. Profiles, posts, comments, followers, and search come back in one schema with a capture time and a source on every answer. You pay after use, per request, with a spending cap you set. Every page on openhandle.dev is also markdown: add `.md` to the URL or send `Accept: text/markdown`.

## Start

- [Quickstart](https://openhandle.dev/docs/quickstart.md): First request in five minutes on a free test key
- [Authentication](https://openhandle.dev/docs/authentication.md): One Bearer header. Test keys and live keys
- [Test environment](https://openhandle.dev/docs/test-environment.md): Every endpoint on synthetic data, never charged
- [SDKs](https://openhandle.dev/docs/sdks.md): TypeScript, Python, and Go
- [Pricing](https://openhandle.dev/pricing.md): Per-request rates, lower cache rates, free 30-day cache hits, caps, invoices

## Agent setup

- [Openhandle skill](https://openhandle.dev/SKILL.md): Install an SDK, configure a Test key, add social data, and verify the integration

## Machine readable

- [OpenAPI spec](https://api.openhandle.dev/openapi.json): every operation and schema
- [Openhandle MCP manifest](https://openhandle.dev/mcp): Server description in the official MCP Registry server.json format
- [Openhandle MCP endpoint](https://api.openhandle.dev/mcp): Streamable HTTP. Requires OAuth or a Bearer key; unauthenticated requests return 401
- [Openhandle MCP setup](https://openhandle.dev/setup-mcp.md): Client setup guide and server URL
- [Openhandle MCP documentation](https://openhandle.dev/docs/mcp.md): Connection setup, OAuth scope, and Test mode
- [OAuth protected resource metadata](https://api.openhandle.dev/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp): Machine-readable supported scopes and authorization server
- [Rate limits](https://openhandle.dev/docs/rate-limits.md): Quota headers and retry behavior
- [Versioning and deprecation](https://openhandle.dev/docs/versioning.md): Compatibility and retirement policy

## Platforms

- [Instagram API](https://openhandle.dev/apis/instagram.md): Normalized public profiles, posts, comments, and reply threads.
- [TikTok API](https://openhandle.dev/apis/tiktok.md): Public TikTok profiles, videos, comments, and replies in one stable schema.
- [X (Twitter) API](https://openhandle.dev/apis/twitter.md): Public X profiles, timelines, social graph, search, posts, and conversations in one stable schema.
- [Instagram reference](https://openhandle.dev/docs/platforms/instagram.md): Endpoints, examples, and fields
- [TikTok reference](https://openhandle.dev/docs/platforms/tiktok.md): Endpoints, examples, and fields
- [X reference](https://openhandle.dev/docs/platforms/twitter.md): Endpoints, examples, and fields

## Concepts

- [Envelope and errors](https://openhandle.dev/docs/concepts/envelope-and-errors.md): What every answer looks like, and every error code.
- [Freshness and caching](https://openhandle.dev/docs/concepts/freshness-and-caching.md): Live, or up to 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days old. You pick per request.
- [Identifiers](https://openhandle.dev/docs/concepts/identifiers.md): Handles, IDs, and URLs. What you can pass and what stays stable.
- [Metric semantics](https://openhandle.dev/docs/concepts/metric-semantics.md): What a view, a like, and a share mean on each platform.
- [Pagination](https://openhandle.dev/docs/concepts/pagination.md): Opaque cursors, one page per request.
- [URL resolution](https://openhandle.dev/docs/concepts/url-resolution.md): Paste a platform URL, get the right resource.

## Guides

- [Get Instagram profile data](https://openhandle.dev/docs/guides/get-instagram-profile-data.md): Followers, bio, verification, and metrics for any public account.
- [Get TikTok user videos](https://openhandle.dev/docs/guides/get-tiktok-user-videos.md): A creator’s videos with views, likes, comments, and shares.
- [Instagram without Graph approval](https://openhandle.dev/docs/guides/instagram-api-without-graph-approval.md): Public data without a Meta app review.
- [TikTok without the Research API](https://openhandle.dev/docs/guides/tiktok-data-without-research-api.md): Commercial use without the academic program.
- [Private and deleted accounts](https://openhandle.dev/docs/guides/private-and-deleted-accounts.md): What you get back, and what it costs.
- [Claude Code setup](https://openhandle.dev/docs/agents/claude-code.md): Add the MCP server in one command.
- [Cursor setup](https://openhandle.dev/docs/agents/cursor.md): One entry in mcp.json.
- [Vercel AI SDK setup](https://openhandle.dev/docs/agents/vercel-ai-sdk.md): Openhandle tools inside your own agent.
- [LangChain setup](https://openhandle.dev/docs/agents/langchain.md): MCP tools in a LangChain agent.
- [n8n setup](https://openhandle.dev/docs/agents/n8n.md): HTTP node or MCP client node.

## Use cases

- [Creator payouts](https://openhandle.dev/use-cases/creator-payouts.md): Pay creators per view on numbers you can defend.
- [Influencer vetting](https://openhandle.dev/use-cases/influencer-vetting.md): Sign creators on the platform’s numbers, not their media kit.
- [UGC galleries](https://openhandle.dev/use-cases/ugc.md): Collect what people post about your brand, and put it on your site.
- [Creator analytics](https://openhandle.dev/use-cases/creator-analytics.md): Growth dashboards on data that stays consistent.
- [Social listening](https://openhandle.dev/use-cases/social-listening.md): Every public conversation, in one shape, ready for analysis.
- [Brand monitoring](https://openhandle.dev/use-cases/brand-monitoring.md): Watch your accounts, your competitors, and the comments under both.

## Company

- [About Openhandle](https://openhandle.dev/about.md): Product and business details
- [Contact Openhandle](https://openhandle.dev/contact.md): Support, privacy requests, and postal address
- [Privacy policy](https://openhandle.dev/legal/privacy-policy.md): Data handling and your rights

## Comparisons

- [TikHub alternative](https://openhandle.dev/compare/tikhub-alternative.md): Compare TikHub with Openhandle on pricing, coverage, billing, reliability, and support.
- [ScrapeCreators alternative](https://openhandle.dev/compare/scrapecreators-alternative.md): Compare ScrapeCreators with Openhandle on pricing, coverage, billing, reliability, and support.
- [EnsembleData alternative](https://openhandle.dev/compare/ensembledata-alternative.md): Compare EnsembleData with Openhandle on pricing, coverage, billing, reliability, and support.
- [SocialCrawl alternative](https://openhandle.dev/compare/socialcrawl-alternative.md): Compare SocialCrawl with Openhandle on pricing, coverage, billing, reliability, and support.
- [SocialFetch alternative](https://openhandle.dev/compare/socialfetch-alternative.md): Compare SocialFetch with Openhandle on pricing, coverage, billing, reliability, and support.
- [Apify vs ScrapeCreators](https://openhandle.dev/compare/apify-vs-scrapecreators.md): A scraper marketplace on metered compute against flat credit packs, two very different ways to buy social data.
- [Apify vs SocialCrawl](https://openhandle.dev/compare/apify-vs-socialcrawl.md): A marketplace of per-actor schemas against one unified schema over 48 platforms: platform flexibility versus integration speed.
- [Bright Data vs Apify](https://openhandle.dev/compare/brightdata-vs-apify.md): The two heavyweight scraping platforms compared for social media data: per-record delivery against a scraper marketplace.
- [Bright Data vs ScrapeCreators](https://openhandle.dev/compare/brightdata-vs-scrapecreators.md): An enterprise per-record data vendor against indie credit packs: when the enterprise premium on social data is worth paying.
- [Data365 vs ScrapeCreators](https://openhandle.dev/compare/data365-vs-scrapecreators.md): Sales-assisted EUR contracts with per-type credit costs against self-serve USD packs at a flat one credit per request.
- [EnsembleData vs Data365](https://openhandle.dev/compare/ensembledata-vs-data365.md): Two subscription social data APIs compared: daily-unit plans against monthly credit contracts.
- [EnsembleData vs ScrapeCreators](https://openhandle.dev/compare/ensembledata-vs-scrapecreators.md): Daily-unit subscriptions against never-expiring credit packs: two social data APIs with opposite pricing philosophies.
- [EnsembleData vs TikHub](https://openhandle.dev/compare/ensembledata-vs-tikhub.md): Daily-quota subscriptions against pay-per-request credits: two TikTok-strong social data APIs compared on price, depth, and quota shape.
- [Instagram scraper APIs on RapidAPI](https://openhandle.dev/compare/instagram-scraper-apis-on-rapidapi.md): The Instagram scraping listings on RapidAPI: what they cost, how they fail, and how to evaluate one before you depend on it.
- [RapidAPI vs direct providers](https://openhandle.dev/compare/rapidapi-vs-direct-providers.md): Buying social data APIs through a marketplace against buying direct: what the marketplace layer really costs.
- [ScrapeCreators vs SocialCrawl](https://openhandle.dev/compare/scrapecreators-vs-socialcrawl.md): Flat USD credits against variable GBP credits: two social data APIs compared on pricing mechanics, breadth, and payload shape.
- [ScrapeCreators vs SocialFetch](https://openhandle.dev/compare/scrapecreators-vs-socialfetch.md): Two credit-pack social data APIs that share a price point but split on normalization, ops transparency, and endpoint depth.
- [ScrapeCreators vs SociaVault](https://openhandle.dev/compare/scrapecreators-vs-sociavault.md): Two credit-based social scraping APIs compared on pricing, platform coverage, and credit mechanics.
- [ScrapeCreators vs TikHub](https://openhandle.dev/compare/scrapecreators-vs-tikhub.md): Credit packs against pay-per-request: two developer-focused social scraping APIs compared on price, depth, and limits.
- [ScrapTik vs TikHub](https://openhandle.dev/compare/scraptik-vs-tikhub.md): RapidAPI's top TikTok scraper against a self-serve TikTok API hub: distribution models and per-request economics compared.
- [SocialFetch vs SocialCrawl](https://openhandle.dev/compare/socialfetch-vs-socialcrawl.md): Two normalized-schema social scraping APIs compared: platform breadth against operational transparency.
- [SocialFetch vs TikHub](https://openhandle.dev/compare/socialfetch-vs-tikhub.md): A normalized multi-platform API with published ops behavior against a cheaper raw-payload specialist with TikTok and Douyin depth.
- [SociaVault vs SocialCrawl](https://openhandle.dev/compare/sociavault-vs-socialcrawl.md): Two variable-credit social data APIs compared on credit mechanics, long-tail coverage, and what a call really costs.
- [SociaVault vs SocialFetch](https://openhandle.dev/compare/sociavault-vs-socialfetch.md): One-time credit packs against an operations-focused social API: pricing mechanics and platform mixes compared.
- [SociaVault vs TikHub](https://openhandle.dev/compare/sociavault-vs-tikhub.md): One-time credit packs with a long-tail platform list against cheap pay-per-request TikTok/Douyin depth.
- [TikHub vs Apify](https://openhandle.dev/compare/tikhub-vs-apify.md): A dedicated social API hub against a general scraping marketplace: pricing, coverage, and reliability compared.
- [TikTok scraper APIs on RapidAPI](https://openhandle.dev/compare/tiktok-scraper-apis-on-rapidapi.md): The TikTok scraping listings on RapidAPI: what they cost, how they fail, and how to evaluate one before you depend on it.