Snapchat Public Profile Scraper

Snapchat Public Profile Scraper extracts bounded, normalized records from public Snapchat profile pages. Supply usernames or public profile URLs to collect identity, biography, subscriber count, images, category, related accounts, public highlights, Spotlight metadata, active-story metadata, and lenses when Snapchat exposes them.

The Actor reads only public server-rendered page state. It does not log in, access viewer-private data or private APIs, download media, solve CAPTCHAs, or bypass access controls. Direct public HTTPS is used by default; standard Apify Proxy can be enabled as a transparent request transport when justified.

Input

Field	Default	Limits
usernames	["brentrivera"]	1–100 usernames or public HTTPS Snapchat profile URLs
maxItems	5	1–100 unique profiles
maxRelatedAccounts	5	1–25 per profile
maxHighlightsPerProfile	5	1–25 per public section
maxSnapsPerHighlight	5	1–25 per highlight
includeHighlights	true	Include bounded Curated and Spotlight highlights
includeSpotlightMetadata	true	Include bounded public Spotlight metadata
includeActiveStory	true	Include an active public story when available
includeLenses	true	Include bounded public lens metadata
requestDelayMs	250	0–30,000 ms before each request
timeoutSecs	45	5–60 seconds per request
maxResponseBytes	5000000	100,000–10,000,000 bytes
proxyConfiguration	Direct (useApifyProxy: false)	Optional standard Apify proxy configuration

{
  "usernames": ["brentrivera", "@science"],
  "maxItems": 2,
  "maxRelatedAccounts": 3,
  "maxHighlightsPerProfile": 2,
  "maxSnapsPerHighlight": 2,
  "includeHighlights": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Output

The default dataset contains successful snapchat-profile records only. Each row includes a stable ID, profile identity and URL, normalized public fields, bounded nested collections, source provenance, HTTP evidence, transport metadata, and scrape time. Optional fields are omitted when Snapchat does not expose them; values are not fabricated.

Run diagnostics and errors are kept in OUTPUT_SUMMARY and its OUTPUT compatibility alias so failed targets never masquerade as scraped data. SOURCE_METADATA describes access policy, transport, and public-source capabilities. A blocked or unavailable target can therefore produce an empty valid dataset alongside an explicit run status and diagnostic details.

Requests use one attempt with library retries disabled. The Actor follows at most three safe redirects and accepts redirects only to Snapchat HTTPS hosts.

Local verification

npm test
npm run lint
apify validate-schema
apify run --purge --input-file qa-inputs/local.json
npm run validate

Public Snapchat payloads, media availability, and access controls can change. Use this Actor only for lawful collection of public information and respect platform terms, privacy rights, content ownership, rate limits, and applicable data-protection requirements.