Sherlock
Pricing
Pay per usage
Sherlock
🔎 Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks using open-source project https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock
3.9 (5)
Pricing
Pay per usage
17
Monthly users
177
Runs succeeded
96%
Response time
2.7 days
Last modified
7 days ago
Sherlock Actor on Apify
This Actor wraps the Sherlock Project to provide serverless username reconnaissance across social networks in the cloud. It helps you find usernames across multiple social media platforms without installing and running the tool locally.
Usage
Apify Console
- Go to the Apify Actor page
- Click "Run"
- In the input form, fill in Username(s) to search for
- The Actor will run and produce its outputs in the default datastore
Apify CLI
1apify call YOUR_USERNAME/sherlock --input='{ 2 "usernames": ["johndoe", "janedoe"] 3}'
Using Apify API
1curl --request POST \ 2 --url "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~sherlock/run" \ 3 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 4 --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \ 5 --data '{ 6 "usernames": ["johndoe", "janedoe"], 7 } 8}'
Input Parameters
The Actor accepts a JSON schema with the following structure:
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
usernames | array | Yes | - | List of usernames to search for |
usernames[] | string | Yes | "json" | Username to search for |
Example Input
1{ 2 "usernames": ["techuser", "designuser"], 3}
Output
The Actor provides three types of outputs:
Dataset Record*
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
username | string | Yes | Username the search was conducted for |
links | arrray | Yes | Array with found links to the social media |
links[] | string | No | URL to the account |
Example Dataset Item (JSON)
1{ 2 "username": "johndoe", 3 "links": [ 4 "https://github.com/johndoe" 5 ] 6}
Performance & Resources
- Memory Requirements:
- Minimum: 512 MB RAM
- Recommended: 1 GB RAM for multiple usernames
- Processing Time:
- Single username: ~1-2 minutes
- Multiple usernames: 2-5 minutes
- Varies based on number of sites checked and response times
For more help, check the Sherlock Project documentation or raise an issue in the Actor's repository.
Pricing
Pricing model
Pay per usageThis Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage.
