Threads profile

When to use this

Get the public metadata of a Threads account. A private account can still expose profile metadata: check is_private before requesting posts. A login wall or incomplete upstream page produces an upstream error rather than a false not-found response.

Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key, or set LURKAPI_KEY for the code. Get a free key.

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/threads/profile?handle=zuck" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "zuck",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/threads/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
console.log(data.bio_links);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/threads/profile",
    params={
        "handle": "zuck",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
data = res.json()
if not data["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}")
print(data["bio_links"])

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in ….

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 99,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "id": "63055343223",
  "username": "zuck",
  "name": "Mark Zuckerberg",
  "biography": "Mostly superintelligence and MMA takes",
  "followers_count": 5745899,
  "is_verified": true,
  "is_private": false,
  "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-iad6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/825322135_179893…",
  "bio_links": [],
  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck"
}

Response fields

Every field of a successful response. [] marks a list: a[].b is the b of each item in a. nullable fields can be null; optional fields can be missing.

Caching and freshness

Responses are cached for up to 1 hour, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit.

Errors

Errors return { success: false, error, code, docs } with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, 401/402/429 rejections and 5xx failures are free; not_found is charged (how charging works). All error codes.

Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is connected to Claude, this endpoint is the threads_profile tool. Ask in plain English, for example:

Use LurkAPI's threads_profile with handle "zuck" and summarize what you find.

Claude calls threads_profile with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit:

{
  "handle": "zuck"
}

Tool results skip nulls and empty lists to save tokens.