Get a Snapchat Spotlight video by URL · Snapchat API
Returns one Snapchat Spotlight video by URL: creator, caption, view, share and comment counts and video URLs. Returns `not_found` when it does not exist.
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curl https://api.unifapi.com/snapchat/spotlights?url= \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $UNIFAPI_KEY"
Parameters
- urlqueryrequired
- Link to the Snapchat Spotlight video.
- The parameter for this Snapchat operation. Use the URL-visible slug or id described in the docs.
This operation is part of the Snapchat API in the social platforms category. It uses the same Bearer token, request tracing, error model, and billing envelope as every UnifAPI endpoint, so agents can switch between platforms without custom per-vendor glue code.
Use it when a workflow needs Snapchat public data alongside other social networks, but should still keep one API key, one account balance, and one predictable JSON contract.
Common agent workflows
- Fetch canonical public Snapchat content for summarization, ranking, monitoring, or enrichment.
- Attach engagement, author, media, and source metadata to an agent workflow.
- Give an AI agent a stable Snapchat data source without building a per-platform integration.
- Normalize Snapchat responses into the same UnifAPI envelope used across the catalog.
Unified envelope, platform-native fields
- Lookup responses return one canonical object in `data` with stable identifiers, source URLs where available, and platform-specific metadata normalized into predictable JSON.
- The operation has a 3 credits ($0.003) minimum charge, so `billing.records_charged` can be higher than the visible records returned.
- A not-found or invalid-input condition uses the unified UnifAPI error shape, so callers do not need special handling for each source platform.
Response status codes
Billing
This operation charges 1 credit per billable record, with a 3 credits ($0.003) operation minimum. Public responses include billing metadata with credits charged, records charged, and remaining workspace balance. Incorrect Credit deductions caused by platform failures can be restored as billing corrections.
Errors and retries
Authentication, validation, rate-limit, not-found, and provider errors use the unified UnifAPI error format. Agents should log `request_id`, retry only retryable failures, and treat invalid API keys, disabled keys, and expired keys as the same public `unauthorized` error type.
Fields in the data object
A successful Get a Snapchat Spotlight video by URL call returns one data object with these fields (12 of 20 shown — the docs list the full schema).
- idstring | null
- Spotlight snap identifier.
- urlstring | null
- Canonical public Snapchat Spotlight URL.
- captionstring | null
- Caption written by the creator.
- generated_titlestring | null
- Auto-generated title when available.
- generated_descriptionstring | null
- Auto-generated description when available.
- keywordsstring[]
- Auto-generated keywords (may be empty).
- hashtagsstring[]
- Hashtags on the video (may be empty).
- soundobject | null
- Sound used in the video when available.
- thumbnail_urlstring | null
- Thumbnail image URL when available.
- video_urlstring | null
- Video file URL when available.
- durationnumber | null
- Video duration in seconds when available.
- widthnumber | null
- Video width in pixels when available.
More Snapchat operations
Combine endpoints from the same platform, then join the results with other UnifAPI categories without changing authentication or response parsing.
List comments on a Snapchat Spotlight video
Returns top-level comments on a Snapchat Spotlight video by URL. Paginate with `cursor`.
Get a Snapchat public profile
Returns a public Snapchat profile by username: display name, bio, subscriber count, Spotlight videos, highlights, current story and related accounts. Returns `not_found` when the profile does not exist.