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Username Search & Lookup — Sherlock OSINT on 400+ Sites

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Search a username across 400+ sites (Instagram, TikTok, GitHub, Reddit, X, Steam, Twitch) and get a profile URL for each hit. Open-source Sherlock engine (MIT). Free plan checks the top 100 sites; paid plans scan all 400+ at $0.02 per account found. No API keys.

Pricing

$20.00 / 1,000 account founds

Rating

5.0

(1)

Developer

daehwan kim

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You can access the Username Search & Lookup — Sherlock OSINT on 400+ Sites 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    "usernames": ["johnsmith"],
10    "timeout": 60,
11    "includeNsfw": False,
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("ntriqpro/sherlock-username-osint").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Username Search — Find Accounts on 400+ Sites (Sherlock) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Username Search & Lookup — Sherlock OSINT on 400+ Sites API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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