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Web-scraping API for public social media & ad libraries (like Scrape Creators)

A credit-based, pay-as-you-go API that scrapes public social media and ad-library data for developers and analytics tools.

Summary

Build a micro-SaaS that provides reliable, production-grade scraping endpoints for Instagram, YouTube, X/Twitter, Facebook/LinkedIn ad libraries and similar public sources. Offer credit-based pricing tiers and handle proxy rotation, infrastructure, and scraper maintenance so customers don't have to.

Problem

Scraping social platforms is brittle, requires proxy management and frequent maintenance — many dev teams lack the resources or expertise.

Target customer

Developer teams, link/bio tools, analytics providers and companies tracking short-form content or ad libraries.

Solution

Expose stable, documented HTTP endpoints that return cleaned public social/ad-library data, manage proxies/rotation, maintain scrapers, and sell credits.

Business model

credit-based pay-as-you-go apitiered pricing with volume discountsenterprise slas and private plans

Distribution

seo (developer and how-to content)twitter/x and developer communitiesdirect outreach to analytics/link-tool companiesproduct hunt / niche marketplaces

Required skills

node.js / backend developmentweb scraping techniquesproxy integration and scalingapi design and docsbasic devops (serverless, hosting)

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