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Honest, practical notes on giving agents social-post metrics. Every number in these posts is a real, live API response.

Get a Stack Overflow question's views, score, and answer count from its URL

One GET request returns a Stack Overflow question's view count, score, answers, and date as JSON — no key. The same normalized call works for Hacker News and every platform Pulse supports.

2026-06-26

Get a Hacker News story's score and comment count from its URL

One GET request returns a Hacker News story's points, comments, author, and date as JSON — no key. The same normalized call works for Stack Overflow and every platform Pulse supports.

2026-06-26

I built a social-post metrics API that works from a URL, no API keys, no OAuth

Residential IP moat, 7 platforms, Playwright headless for LinkedIn, agent-first design with x402 and MCP. The technical story.

2026-06-11

Threads follower count without OAuth — profile metrics from any public URL

One GET request returns Threads follower count and verified status for any public profile. No Meta OAuth, no app review, no token management.

2026-06-11

Instagram follower count without OAuth — profile metrics from any public URL

One GET request returns Instagram follower count, following count, post count, and verified status. No Business Account, no OAuth, no token management.

2026-06-11

LinkedIn post metrics without OAuth — likes, comments from any public post URL

One GET request returns LinkedIn post likes, comments, and estimated reach. No OAuth, no API partner application, no page admin access required.

2026-06-11

Mastodon post metrics from a URL — likes, boosts, replies across any instance

One GET request returns Mastodon likes, boosts, and replies for posts on any public Mastodon instance. No auth or instance registration. Remote profiles work too.

2026-06-10

Social media monitoring without an API — free, multi-platform

Track views, likes, follower counts across YouTube, X, TikTok, Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram with one HTTP call. No API keys, no OAuth, no $500/mo monitoring tool.

2026-06-11

Detect viral posts via API — velocity monitoring for YouTube, X, TikTok, Bluesky

Use /history to monitor post velocity (views/hr, likes/hr) across multiple platforms. Detect viral posts automatically with one polling loop. No database, no cron job.

2026-06-11

Calculate social media engagement rate via API — YouTube, X, TikTok, Bluesky

Get views, likes, and comments for any public post with one GET request, then compute engagement rate in one line of code. No OAuth, no API key, free.

2026-06-11

Live follower count badge for GitHub READMEs — any platform, one URL

Embed a live social media follower count badge in any GitHub README. Works for X, Bluesky, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads — no token, no refresh.

2026-06-11

Mastodon follower count from any instance — no OAuth, no registration

One GET request returns Mastodon follower count, following count, and post count for any public account on any Mastodon instance. No OAuth, works across all servers.

2026-06-11

TikTok follower count without an API — profile metrics from any URL

One GET request returns TikTok follower count, following count, post count, and total likes for any public profile. No TikTok for Developers, no OAuth.

2026-06-11

Instagram follower count without the Graph API — profile metrics from any URL

One GET request returns any public Instagram account's follower count, following count, and post count. No Graph API, no business account, no access token.

2026-06-26

Track follower count over time — a free follower-growth API

Track any public account's follower growth over time with one free API: the recorded series plus computed velocity (followers/hour). No database, no cron. YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, Mastodon.

2026-06-26

Compare follower counts across accounts and platforms — one bulk API call

Get follower counts for up to 50 accounts across YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, and Mastodon in one API call — as a CSV table. No per-platform token, no stitching.

2026-06-26

Live view-count badge for your GitHub README — any post, one URL

Embed a live view, like, or comment count for any public post (YouTube, Hacker News, Stack Overflow…) as a flat SVG badge. One image URL, auto-updating, no token, free.

2026-06-26

YouTube subscriber count without an API key — channel metrics from any URL

One GET request returns YouTube subscriber count and video count for any public channel. No YouTube Data API key, no project setup, no 10,000-unit daily quota.

2026-06-11

X / Twitter follower count without the API — free profile metrics from any URL

One GET request returns X/Twitter follower count, following count, post count, and verified status. No X API key, no $100/mo fee, no OAuth.

2026-06-11

Bluesky follower count without OAuth — profile metrics from any public URL

One GET request returns Bluesky follower count, following count, and post count for any public profile. No AT Protocol, no OAuth, no DID resolution.

2026-06-11

Bluesky post metrics from a URL — likes, reposts, replies without the AT Protocol

One GET request returns Bluesky likes, reposts, replies, and quotes. No AT Protocol knowledge, no authentication. Custom domains and DID handles both work.

2026-06-10

X / Twitter post metrics without the API — likes, comments, shares from a URL

One GET request returns X/Twitter likes, comments, shares, quotes, and bookmarks. No $100/mo API key. Works with x.com and twitter.com URLs.

2026-06-10

TikTok video metrics without an API — views, likes, comments from a URL

One GET request returns TikTok view count, likes, comments, and shares. No invite-only API, no OAuth. Short links resolve automatically.

2026-06-10

YouTube video metrics without an API key — views, likes, publish date

One GET request returns YouTube view count, likes, publish date, and channel subscriber count. No API key, no OAuth, no quota management.

2026-06-10

Get social media metrics with one HTTP call — no API key, no auth

curl /metrics?url= returns views, likes, comments, shares for YouTube, X, TikTok, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Instagram. Real numbers, no OAuth.

2026-06-10

Give Claude (or Cursor) social-post metrics — one line, no API key

The one-JSON-block install of pulse-mcp, the five tools it adds, and the one-sentence test that proves it works.

2026-06-10

Give your AI agent social-post metrics — from just a URL, free

The URL→numbers problem, the residential-IP reason, the one-call curl, batch, and the one-line MCP install.

2026-06-10

Track a social post's growth curve — no cron job, no database

How /history turns repeat reads into a growth curve: snapshots at the cache boundary, since= delta polling, one series per post.

2026-06-10

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