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Username Existence Scraper

Check if a username exists on 400+ websites and social networks. Sherlock-style cross-platform username search via HTTP. Export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel. No login or API key required.

Pricing

Pay per event

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Developer

Stas Persiianenko

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Monthly active users

19 days ago

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You can access the Username Existence Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "usernames": ["johndoe123"],
10    "sites": [],
11    "maxConcurrency": 50,
12    "timeout": 10,
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("automation-lab/username-existence-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
17
18# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
19print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
20for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
21    print(item)
22
23# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Username Existence Checker - Search 400+ Social Networks API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Username Existence Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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