Pricing

Pay per event

Sherlock Username Scraper

Search for a username across 400+ social networks and websites. Enter one or more usernames and get back every platform where that username exists, with direct profile URLs.

Pricing

Pay per event

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

BowTiedRaccoon

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

5 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Lead generation

Social media

You can access the Sherlock Username 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    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
10    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
11    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
12    "usernames": ["elonmusk"],
13    "maxItems": 0,
14    "concurrency": 20,
15    "timeout": 10000,
16}
17
18# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
19run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/sherlock-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
20
21# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
22print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
23for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
24    print(item)
25
26# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Sherlock Username Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Sherlock Username Scraper 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 Scraper API in JavaScript

Sherlock Username Scraper API through CLI

Sherlock Username Scraper OpenAPI definition

Sherlock Username Scraper API

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