Snapchat Hashtag Scraper

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Collect Snapchat Spotlight videos by hashtag or topic — no login, no API key, no browser automation needed. Supply any hashtag, topic name, or topic URL and get video metadata, direct download URLs, engagement stats (views, likes, shares, comments), creator profiles, and AI-generated descriptions in seconds.

Perfect for trend research, content discovery, influencer identification, social listening, and competitive analysis on Snapchat.

What You Get

• Up to 32 Spotlight videos per hashtag from Snapchat's public server-rendered pages
• Direct video download URLs (watermarked and unwatermarked)
• Full engagement metrics: view count, like count, share count, comment count, remix count
• Creator profile info: username, display name, and profile URL
• AI-generated title, description, and keywords for each video (via Snapchat's LLM metadata)
• Related topic tags and scene-to-interest (S2I) tags
• Thumbnail URLs, video dimensions, duration, and upload timestamps
• Works without a Snapchat account or cookies

Input

Example Input

{
"hashtags":["food","#travel","humor"],
"resultsPerHashtag":30,
"includeVideoUrls":true,
"includeRelatedTopics":true,
"includeLlmMetadata":true
}

Output

One record is produced per Spotlight video. All fields use snake_case. Fields with no data are omitted from the record.

Core Video Fields

Creator Fields

Engagement Stats

Content Fields

Story Metadata Fields

AI Metadata Fields

Present when includeLlmMetadata is true.

Scene & Topic Tags

Related Topics

Present when includeRelatedTopics is true. These fields are added to every record from the same hashtag search.

Example Output

{
"snap_id":"AbCdEf1234567890",
"story_id":"story-xyz-001",
"snap_url":"https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/AbCdEf1234567890",
"video_url":"https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/video/watermarked.mp4?token=abc",
"video_url_unwatermarked":"https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/video/clean.mp4?token=xyz",
"thumbnail_url":"https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/thumb/food-snap.jpg",
"encoding_format":"video/mp4",
"duration_seconds":12.6,
"width":1080,
"height":1920,
"creator_username":"foodiequeen",
"creator_display_name":"Foodie Queen",
"creator_profile_url":"https://www.snapchat.com/@foodiequeen",
"view_count":248000,
"like_count":14300,
"share_count":3200,
"comment_count":870,
"remix_count":45,
"description":"Best tacos in LA — you have to try this!",
"keywords":["tacos","food","LA","streetfood"],
"upload_date":"2026-06-25T14:10:00+00:00",
"searched_hashtag":"food",
"llm_title":"Delicious street tacos in Los Angeles",
"llm_description":"A creator shows off their favourite taco spot in LA with vivid close-up shots.",
"llm_keywords":["tacos","streetfood","losangeles","foodie"],
"s2i_tags":["food","mexican_cuisine","street_food"],
"related_topics":[
{"tagName":"cooking","score":0.87,"level":1},
{"tagName":"recipe","score":0.74,"level":2}
],
"related_s2i_tags":[
{"tagName":"restaurant","score":0.91,"level":1}
],
"scraped_at":"2026-06-28T12:00:00+00:00"
}

FAQ

Do I need a Snapchat account or cookies? No. The scraper fetches public Snapchat topic pages over HTTP without any credentials or browser automation.

How many results can I get per hashtag? Snapchat's server-rendered pages contain at most 32 Spotlight results per hashtag. Set resultsPerHashtag to any value between 1 and 32.

Can I use topic names without a # symbol? Yes. You can pass bare words like food, hash-prefixed like #travel, or full topic URLs like https://www.snapchat.com/topic/humor. The scraper normalises all formats automatically.

How long are the video download URLs valid? Video URLs contain signed CDN tokens that expire after a period set by Snapchat (typically hours to a few days). Download or proxy the media as soon as possible after scraping.

What is the difference between video_url and video_url_unwatermarked? video_url is the watermarked version Snapchat displays to end users. video_url_unwatermarked is a clean version without the Snapchat overlay, when available in the page data.

What are S2I tags? Scene-to-interest (S2I) tags are Snapchat's internal content classification labels derived from visual analysis of the video. They are useful for categorising content beyond user-supplied hashtags.

What does includeLlmMetadata add? When enabled, three extra fields are added to each record: llm_title (a concise title generated by Snapchat's AI), llm_description (a sentence or two describing the video), and llm_keywords (keyword tags). These are embedded by Snapchat in the page metadata and require no additional API calls.

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