Extraction types

The extraction type is the third segment of the provider slug you send to /v1/extract (e.g. the profile.info in apify/linkedin/profile.info). It specifies what data to extract.

Query-driven services (currently place.search on Google Maps) live on the POST /v1/search endpoint instead. The slug grammar is identical; only the endpoint and the type segment differ.

Available types

Type	Description	Returns
`profile.info`	Profile metadata	Name, title, company, location, bio, followers count
`profile.posts`	Recent posts from a profile	Post content, engagement metrics, timestamps
`profile.reels`	Short-form videos on a profile	Video metadata, view/like counts
`profile.shorts`	YouTube Shorts on a channel	Short metadata, view counts
`profile.followers`	Followers of a profile	List of follower profiles
`post.info`	Single post metadata	Content, author, engagement metrics, timestamps
`post.likes`	People who liked/reacted to a post	Name, title, profile URL, reaction type
`post.comments`	People who commented on a post	Name, title, profile URL, comment text
`company.info`	Company/organization metadata	Name, size, industry, locations, funding
`company.reviews`	Reviews on a company page	Rating, review text, author
`group.posts`	Posts inside a community/group	Post content, author, engagement
`job.listings`	Job posts from a company or search	Title, company, location, description
`event.info`	Event metadata	Name, date, location, attendees
`marketplace.listings`	Items listed for sale	Title, price, description, seller
`video.info`	Video metadata	Title, views, description, channel
`video.transcript`	Video transcript / subtitles	Transcript text, language, timestamps
`channel.info`	Video-channel metadata	Subscribers, total videos, description
`playlist.posts`	Videos inside a playlist	Video list with metadata
`hashtag.posts`	Posts tagged with a hashtag	Post list with engagement metrics
`place.info`	Business/place metadata	Name, address, hours, rating
`place.reviews`	Reviews for a place	Rating, review text, author

Search-style types (used with POST /v1/search):

Type	Description
`place.search`	Search Google Maps for businesses or places by query
`video.search`	Search YouTube for videos by query

Platform coverage

Not every type is available on every platform, and coverage grows as new providers are added. Rather than baking a matrix here that drifts, query the live catalogue:

curl https://api.socialrouter.io/v1/providers

Each provider entry advertises its supported_platforms, supported_types, and supported_search_types. The browsable list with copy-ready slugs is at socialrouter.io/providers.

Normalized response

Regardless of the provider, every extraction record includes at minimum:

{
  "name": "string",
  "title": "string or null",
  "company": "string or null",
  "location": "string or null",
  "profile_url": "string",
  "source": "linkedin | instagram | x | reddit | facebook | tiktok | youtube | pinterest | bluesky | snapchat | googlemaps",
  "extracted_at": "ISO 8601 timestamp"
}

Some extraction types include additional fields (e.g., reaction_type for post.likes, experience and education arrays for profile.info).

Getting started

Concepts

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