🔥Snapchat Profile Scraper

What does Snapchat Profile Scraper do?

Snapchat Profile Scraper collects metadata that Snapchat publishes on public web profiles. Submit known usernames or profile URLs and receive one structured record per normalized profile, including the display name, bio, images, subscriber count, verification status, category, website, location, and Snapcode when Snapchat makes those values available.

The Actor reads signed-out public profile pages. It does not require a Snapchat login, an OAuth app, or a Snapchat API token. It does not search by display name or collect Stories, Spotlight posts, Lenses, comments, friend lists, private content, or account analytics.

How to scrape Snapchat profiles

1. Open Input and add one or more Snapchat usernames or profile URLs.
2. Start the Actor and follow progress in the run log.
3. Open Profiles in the Output tab.
4. Export the Dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or another format supported by Apify.

Use the Actor's API tab for programmatic runs and Apify scheduling for recurring collection. Compare crawledAt values across separate runs when tracking public profile changes.

Input

{
  "usernames": [
    "@nba",
    "https://www.snapchat.com/@nike"
  ],
  "skipInvalidInputs": true
}

usernames is required and accepts between 1 and 100,000 entries. The previous profileUrls field is no longer read; integrations must send usernames.

Accepted form	Example
Username	nba
@username	@nba
/add/ profile URL	https://www.snapchat.com/add/nba
/@ profile URL	https://www.snapchat.com/@nba

Usernames are 3-15 characters. They must begin with a Latin letter, end with a letter or digit, and may contain Latin letters, digits, hyphens, underscores, and periods. Username matching is case-insensitive; normalized output uses lowercase. A trailing slash is allowed on URLs. Query parameters, fragments, credentials, other hosts, and other Snapchat paths are not accepted.

Aliases that normalize to the same username are processed once. For example, @NBA and https://www.snapchat.com/add/nba/ produce one request and one row. The Actor does not discover a username from a display name.

The Actor fetches Snapchat's current /@username public page. Dataset profile URLs also use this /@username form.

The input form first checks that each entry has the basic shape of a bare username, an @username, or one of the supported profile URLs. This broad check permits letters, digits, periods, underscores, or hyphens in the username portion without imposing a length limit, so inputs that miss Snapchat's exact length or first/last character rules can coexist with valid entries. During startup, the Actor applies the stricter Snapchat rules above before creating any request. Valid entries continue to scraping. By default, skipInvalidInputs is true, so invalid entries are omitted from the Dataset. Set it to false to store one invalid_input row per distinct invalid entry; this does not affect valid entries. When invalid rows are stored, recognizable credentials in the submitted string are redacted before output.

What data can the Actor extract?

Every Dataset item contains the same fields. Missing optional values are explicit null; an explicit subscriber count of zero remains 0.

Field	Meaning
status	ok, not_found, restricted, or invalid_input.
username	Normalized lowercase Snapchat username resolved from the page; for invalid_input, the redacted submitted string.
inputProfileUrl	Canonical https://www.snapchat.com/@USERNAME URL derived from the requested input, or null for invalid_input.
profileUrl	Canonical https://www.snapchat.com/@USERNAME URL for the resolved profile, or null for invalid_input.
profileId	Public business-profile UUID embedded in the page, when available.
displayName	Name shown on the public profile.
bio	Public profile bio.
avatarUrl, bannerUrl	Public Snapchat CDN image URLs when supplied by the page.
subscriberCount	Non-negative public subscriber count when Snapchat publishes it.
verified	true for Snapchat's official badge code, false for an explicit no-badge code, or null when unknown.
category, subcategory	Public Snapchat category identifiers.
websiteUrl	HTTPS website published on the profile.
location	Profile-published location text; it is not inferred.
snapcodeUrl	Public Snapcode image URL supplied by the profile page.
crawledAt	UTC ISO 8601 time when the result was normalized.

Image and Snapcode URLs are upstream assets and may expire or change. Category values are Snapchat identifiers rather than labels translated by this Actor. When Snapchat canonically redirects one profile identity to another, inputProfileUrl preserves the requested identity while username and profileUrl identify the resolved profile. If no redirect occurred, the two URL fields are equal.

Output example

The following is a synthetic example, not a live profile record:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "username": "example.user",
  "inputProfileUrl": "https://www.snapchat.com/@example.user",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.snapchat.com/@example.user",
  "profileId": "123e4567-e89b-42d3-a456-426614174000",
  "displayName": "Example Creator",
  "bio": "Synthetic public profile example.",
  "avatarUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/d/synthetic-avatar",
  "bannerUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/d/synthetic-banner",
  "subscriberCount": 12500,
  "verified": false,
  "category": "people",
  "subcategory": "creator",
  "websiteUrl": "https://example.com",
  "location": "Singapore",
  "snapcodeUrl": "https://app.snapchat.com/web/deeplink/snapcode?username=example.user&type=SVG&bitmoji=enable",
  "crawledAt": "2026-10-29T09:00:00Z"
}

Statuses and partial results

Status	Meaning
ok	The page contains a public profile whose username matches the request, a validated same-origin redirect target, or two trusted canonical profile links that agree with the returned username.
not_found	Snapchat returned HTTP 404, or its structured page state explicitly identifies the profile as absent. HTTP 404 is accepted without parsing the response body.
restricted	Page state explicitly identifies a private profile or an age, region, privacy, or access restriction.
invalid_input	Local validation rejected the submitted value before any network request.

Challenge pages, consent pages, rate limits, missing state, malformed state, and unverified identity conflicts are inconclusive. They are retried up to 3 times, for at most 4 attempts per target. A fresh client and proxy assignment are used for each retry. When all attempts fail, the target is counted as failed in the log and no Dataset row is fabricated. Proxy URLs do not request sticky provider sessions; connection reuse is bounded by the client pool and failed clients are retired before retrying.

Snapchat can change its public page format or vary access by location. A missing subscriber count or other optional value does not mean the account is absent.

Cost, stopping, and resuming

Check the Actor's Pricing tab for current rates and configure run limits for your workload. On pay-per-event runs, every stored row counts toward Dataset-item charges, including not_found, restricted, and any invalid_input rows not omitted with skipInvalidInputs.

If the result or charge budget is reached, the Actor stops with partial results. Increase the applicable budget and resurrect the same run to continue. Keep the same normalized target set. When skipInvalidInputs is false, also keep the same invalid input strings; target order and run memory may change. The Actor reconciles actual Dataset rows before replaying completed results saved during cleanup. It uses inputProfileUrl, rather than a possibly redirected profileUrl, as the stable requested identity.

Use a graceful abort when you intend to resume. It stops new task claims while already claimed requests, retries, Dataset writes, and acknowledgments drain. Platform termination can interrupt cleanup, so a forced stop cannot guarantee complete recovery. Re-run creates a new run; Resurrect continues the existing run.

FAQ

Can this Actor scrape Stories, Spotlight posts, or Lenses?

No. It collects public profile metadata only.

Does it use Snapchat's Public Profile API?

No. The official API requires an allowlisted OAuth application and access token. This Actor reads signed-out public web profile pages instead.

Why are some fields null?

Snapchat does not publish every optional field on every public profile. The Actor returns null rather than guessing a value.

Does not_found prove a username is available to register?

No. It describes an HTTP 404 or structured missing-page response and does not establish registration availability.

Where can I report an issue?

Use the Actor's Issues tab when available. Include the public profile URL, run URL, expected behavior, and whether an earlier run was aborted or resurrected. Never include credentials, cookies, access tokens, or private account data.

Legal and ethical notice

Snapchat Profile Scraper is an independent, third-party tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Snap Inc. or Snapchat.

You are responsible for ensuring that collection and use comply with Snap's Terms of Service, applicable Snapchat terms, and all privacy, data-protection, intellectual-property, and other laws that apply to you. Public availability alone does not establish permission to collect, reuse, or redistribute personal data or third-party content.

Only collect data you are authorized to access. Do not use results for harassment, surveillance, spam, discrimination, or other abusive purposes.