LurkAPI
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Give your AI eyes on social media

Clean data from Facebook, Reddit, YouTube and more, in one request. Use it inside Claude, in a spreadsheet or in your code.

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5 free tries a day, no signupGET /v1/facebook/adLibrary/search/ads

per 1,000 requests, by pack size
$0.45–$0.90
across 16 platforms, more coming
88 endpoints
every day, no signup
5 free tries
via MCP, as a custom connector
Works in Claude

Why LurkAPI

Made for people who’d rather ask than code

  • One request, clean data

    Tidy JSON with every field named. Open it as a table or download a CSV.

  • Works inside Claude

    Add LurkAPI as a connector and ask in plain English. Claude picks the right endpoint.

  • Try before you sign up

    5 free tries a day, right here. Sign up for 100 credits and a free top-up every day.

  • Pay per request

    Credits, not subscriptions. They never expire, and you don't pay for our errors.

MCP connector

Use it inside Claude

  1. 1

    Create a free account

    Sign in with Google or email. Your connector URL is ready on the dashboard.

  2. 2

    Add it to Claude

    In Claude's settings, add a custom connector and paste the URL.

  3. 3

    Ask away

    Claude searches all 88 endpoints and runs the right one.

Get my connector URLFree account. The URL is ready to paste.

For example

What are people saying about our brand this week? Put it in a table.

Every endpoint is a tool, and Claude runs the ones that fit:

  • reddit_search
  • youtube_search

Pick platforms in your connector URL to keep the list short.

It reads what comes back and answers in the chat, with a table if you asked for one.

Plain REST + MCP

For developers and AI agents

GET with query params, JSON out, one x-api-key header. Every endpoint is documented field by field, with an OpenAPI spec and an MCP server.

Base URL
https://api.lurkapi.com
Auth
x-api-key header (or Authorization: Bearer)
MCP
https://api.lurkapi.com/mcp
Endpoints
88 endpoints on 16 platforms
Machine-readable
Docsopenapi.jsonllms.txtThis page as markdown
Search Ad Library ads · 1 credit
curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/facebook/adLibrary/search/ads?query=running+shoes&country=US&status=active" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Platforms

What you can fetch today

Browse every endpoint

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