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Username Availability Checker

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Check usernames across supported public platforms in one run. Get per-platform available, taken, invalid, or unresolved results with profile links and reasons when available.

Pricing

$0.45 / 1,000 availability checks

Rating

0.0

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Developer

Maxime Dupré

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Total users

Monthly active users

5 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Developer tools

Business

You can access the Username Availability Checker 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 API & Integrations 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    "platformScope": "selected",
10    "platforms": [
11        "github",
12        "instagram",
13        "youtube",
14        "gmail",
15    ],
16    "candidates": ["octocat"],
17}
18
19# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20run = client.actor("maximedupre/username-availability-checker").call(run_input=run_input)
21
22# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
23print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
24for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
25    print(item)
26
27# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Username Availability Checker for Social Media API in Python

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

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$pip install apify-client

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