# Sonder APIs

> Data on public social posts across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube (long-form and Shorts), Facebook, X, Threads, Reddit and Snapchat, for developers and teams building their own tools.

Status: early access. The REST endpoints described here are the planned shape (versioned /v1) and are not open for self-serve use yet; request access at https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/access. Live today: the MCP server at https://sonderlabs.co.uk/mcp (connect Claude or ChatGPT) and the free dataset downloads at https://sonderlabs.co.uk/data.

Every page below is also available as markdown: append .md to its URL, or send the header `Accept: text/markdown`. The whole site in one file: https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/llms-full.txt

## Get started

- [Sonder APIs](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/index.md): Data on public social posts across every platform Sonder covers, so developers and teams can build their own tools.
- [Platform coverage](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/coverage.md): What Sonder APIs return on each platform, and why some data is limited.
- [Concepts](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/concepts.md): Earned and owned, AI-checked relevance, footage matching, as-of dates, and the post shape every platform shares.
- [Authentication and limits](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/authentication.md): API keys and rate limits for the REST API (planned), and how the live MCP server signs in.

## API

- [Endpoint reference](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/reference.md): The planned /v1 REST endpoints for posts, profiles, comments, campaigns and trends, built on Sonder's own data model.
- [Request API access](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/access.md): Sonder APIs are opening to a small group of teams. Tell us what you'd build.

## Live today

- [MCP for Claude and ChatGPT](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/mcp.md): Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client to your Sonder workspace at https://sonderlabs.co.uk/mcp. Live today.
- [Free datasets](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/datasets.md): Public-post datasets on how shows and campaigns travelled, free to download from sonderlabs.co.uk/data. Live today.

## Platforms

- [TikTok](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/tiktok.md): The deepest coverage: profiles, every post stat, keyword, hashtag and sound search, comments, transcripts, media, trends and footage matching.
- [Instagram](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/instagram.md): Profiles, Reels and posts with their stats, comments, media, trends and footage matching. Search and some view counts are limited by what Instagram makes public.
- [YouTube](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/youtube.md): Long-form videos and Shorts: channels, every video stat but shares, keyword and hashtag search, comments, transcripts, media, Shorts trends and footage matching.
- [Facebook](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/facebook.md): Public pages, their posts, videos and Reels with reactions, comments and shares, keyword search and comments.
- [X](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/x.md): Public posts with views, likes, replies and reposts, and keyword search. Account details come with each post.
- [Threads](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/threads.md): Public posts with likes, replies and reposts, keyword and hashtag search, and full comment threads. Threads does not publish views.
- [Reddit](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/reddit.md): Public posts with their score and comment count, keyword and subreddit search, and full comment threads. Reddit publishes votes, not views.
- [Snapchat](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/snapchat.md): Public Spotlight videos with views, shares and comments, keyword and hashtag search, and Spotlight transcripts.

## Elsewhere

- [Sonder website](https://sonderlabs.co.uk/): campaigns, Trend Lab and Scout.
- [Sonder llms.txt](https://sonderlabs.co.uk/llms.txt)
- [MCP server card](https://sonderlabs.co.uk/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)
- [API catalog](https://sonderlabs.co.uk/.well-known/api-catalog)