Platforms

Snapchat

Public Spotlight videos with views, shares and comments, keyword and hashtag search, and Spotlight transcripts.

What you can get

Data	Status	Notes
Profiles	Limited	A public profile's posts and follower count; no bio.
Posts and stats	Limited	Spotlights carry views and shares; stories and highlights have no public view counts.
Keyword search	Live	Public posts that match a word or phrase, in a date window.
Hashtag search	Live	Public posts under a hashtag.
Sound search	Limited	Give a Spotlight that uses the sound; there is no sound page to search.
Comments	Limited	Spotlights only.
Transcripts	Limited	Spotlights only.
On-screen text	Limited	Read from the post's cover image only.
Media files	Not available
Audience (estimated)	Limited	Estimated from commenters' names and comment text only; no profile lookups.
Trends	Not available
Footage matching	Limited	Matched by what is said in the clip only.

Post fields

Every platform returns the same post shape (all fields). On Snapchat:

likes is the Spotlight's boost count.
views is null on fresh Spotlights that hide their count, and on stories and highlights.

Search kinds: keyword, hashtag, sound.

Example post

A real public post found by Sonder's Graham Norton Show demo campaign (illustration, not a client result). Numbers as of 2026-10-29.

A Snapchat postjson

{
  "id": "2e498b39f726e29d25cba50de0c38ee3",
  "platform": "snapchat",
  "externalId": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYYmlld2txbGVrAaFyaAhZAaFyaAgyAAAAAA",
  "url": "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYYmlld2txbGVrAaFyaAhZAaFyaAgyAAAAAA",
  "creator": {
    "handle": "thesun_uk",
    "name": "The Sun",
    "followers": null
  },
  "caption": "Hilarious moment Prince William reveals he dreamt of being a DJ #PrinceWilliam #Royals #TV",
  "hashtags": [
    "princewilliam",
    "royals",
    "tv"
  ],
  "postedAt": "2026-10-25T09:33:02Z",
  "durationSec": 28,
  "views": 1186,
  "viewsEstimated": false,
  "likes": 7,
  "comments": 2,
  "shares": 1,
  "transcriptExcerpt": "In a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show, the Prince of Wales discussed what he wanted to …",
  "onscreenText": "The Graham Norton Show, BBC | Prince William reveals he dreamt of b…",
  "asOf": "2026-10-29T04:32:33Z"
}

Planned endpoints

Planned shapehttp

GET /v1/posts/search?platforms=snapchat&q=red+bull+rampage&kind=keyword&since=2026-10-01 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.sonderlabs.co.uk
Authorization: Bearer <your API key>