Get a Snapchat public profile · Snapchat API
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.
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curl https://api.unifapi.com/snapchat/users/{username} \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $UNIFAPI_KEY"Parameters
- usernamepathrequired
- Snapchat username, as in snapchat.com/add/{username}.
- 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
- Resolve a public Snapchat identity into structured profile metadata for enrichment agents.
- Refresh creator, company, or account snapshots without managing source-specific response shapes.
- 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 public profile call returns one data object with these fields (12 of 23 shown — the docs list the full schema).
- platformstring | null
- Social platform for this profile. One of: snapchat.
- usernamestring | null
- Snapchat username without the leading @.
- display_namestring | null
- Public display name shown on the profile.
- biostring | null
- Profile biography text.
- avatar_urlstring | null
- Profile image URL when available.
- banner_urlstring | null
- Large square profile image URL when available.
- profile_urlstring | null
- Canonical public Snapchat profile URL.
- website_urlstring | null
- Website listed on the profile.
- snapcode_urlstring | null
- Snapcode image URL for the profile.
- addressstring | null
- Address listed on the profile.
- categorystring | null
- Public profile category identifier when available.
- subcategorystring | null
- Public profile subcategory identifier 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.
Get a Snapchat Spotlight video by URL
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.
List comments on a Snapchat Spotlight video
Returns top-level comments on a Snapchat Spotlight video by URL. Paginate with `cursor`.