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Sherlock Username Recon

Scan 400+ social networks for any username in minutes. Returns confirmed profile URLs with platform categories and metadata. Built for OSINT, digital footprint mapping, brand monitoring, and background research.

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You can access the Sherlock Username Recon 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.

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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": ["johndoe"],
10    "siteList": [],
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("datacach/userrecon").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Sherlock Username Recon API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Sherlock Username Recon API in JavaScript

Sherlock Username Recon API through CLI

Sherlock Username Recon OpenAPI definition

Sherlock Username Recon API

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