HootCodes

HootCodes, operating as FetchLayer, provides a multi‑platform social media scraping API suite. It enables developers to programmatically access content, profiles, comments, and analytics across Reddit, X/Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Weibo, and more. The service offers endpoints for ad libraries, app store reviews, and various other data sources, targeting SaaS applications that need scalable social data extraction.

HootCodes is listed with 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including FetchLayer API, Airbnb API, Bing API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Company, Social Media, Data Extraction, and Software-as-a-Service.

The HootCodes catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

HootCodes’ developer surface includes sandbox, getting-started guide, API reference, documentation, pricing, engineering blog, support, and 23 more developer resources.

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35.5/100 thin ▼ -10.7 Agent 37/100 agent ready Heartbeat 74/100 alive Full breakdown ↓
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8 APIs

Company Social Media Data Extraction Software-as-a-Service

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 4.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 15

Access Clarity 8.1 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 10

Contract Governance 2.0 / 9

Discoverability 4.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 26.3 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 28.6 — up to +14.3 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 21.1 — up to +10.3 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

FetchLayer API

Social media scraping API suite providing programmatic access to content, profiles, comments, and analytics across multiple platforms.

HootCodes Airbnb API

The Airbnb API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for airbnb.

HootCodes Bing API

The Bing API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for bing.

HootCodes Douyin API

The Douyin API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for douyin.

HootCodes Duckduckgo API

The Duckduckgo API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for duckduckgo.

HootCodes eBay API

The Ebay API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for ebay.

HootCodes Temu API

The Temu API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for temu.

HootCodes Weibo API

The Weibo API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for weibo.

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HootCodes API pricing

Prices published by HootCodes, read 2026-10-16 from fetchlayer.dev/pricing.

Plan	Price
Free	$0
Pay as you go	$1.99 per 1,000
Starter	$25 per month
Enterprise	$900/mo

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Fetchlayer Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Fetchlayer Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

HootCodes

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Fetchlayer Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Fetchlayer Context

13 classes · 30 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

HootCodes API Rules

14 rules · 12 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

PostBingBingidResponse

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PostDouyinDouyinidResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PostDuckduckgoSearchResponse

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PostEbayEbayidResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PostTemuTemuidRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PostTemuTemuidResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Fetchlayer Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Fetchlayer Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

Login

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SDKs

SDKs

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

Security

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: fetchlayer
name: HootCodes
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  probe_state: unreadable
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://fetchlayer.dev/og.png?p=%2F&t=Multi-Platform+Social+Media+Scraping+API+%7C+FetchLayer&s=Access+structured+data+from+social+platforms+and+popular+websites+through+one+web+scraping+API.+Clean+JSON+with+no+scrapers+or+proxies+to+maintain.
description: HootCodes, operating as FetchLayer, provides a multi‑platform social media scraping API suite. It enables developers
  to programmatically access content, profiles, comments, and analytics across Reddit, X/Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram,
  Weibo, and more. The service offers endpoints for ad libraries, app store reviews, and various other data sources, targeting
  SaaS applications that need scalable social data extraction.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fetchlayer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:g2-catalog
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-16 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-16'
modified: '2026-10-16'
tags:
- Company
- Social Media
- Data Extraction
- Software-as-a-Service
tags_raw:
- Company
- Social Media
- Data Extraction
- API
- SaaS
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/fetchlayer-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/fetchlayer-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/fetchlayer-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/fetchlayer-vocabulary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/fetchlayer-data-model.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/fetchlayer-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/fetchlayer-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/fetchlayer-llms.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/fetchlayer-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/fetchlayer-api-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/fetchlayer-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/fetchlayer-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/fetchlayer-vendors.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/fetchlayer-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/fetchlayer-packages.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/terms
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.fetchlayer.dev
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/playground
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/privacy
- type: Login
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/signin
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/fetchlayer-dev
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/signin?callbackUrl=/get-started
- type: APIReference
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/llms-full.txt
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/fetchlayer-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/fetchlayer-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation/getting-started
- type: Pricing
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://fetchlayer.dev/enterprise
apis:
- name: FetchLayer API
  description: Social media scraping API suite providing programmatic access to content, profiles, comments, and analytics
    across multiple platforms.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: null
  aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-api
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/_ae-authored/fetchlayer-openapi-generated.yml
    x-provenance: generated
- aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-airbnb-api
  name: HootCodes Airbnb API
  description: The Airbnb API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for airbnb.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.fetchlayer.dev
  tags:
  - Airbnb
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fetchlayer-airbnb-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-bing-bingid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-duckduckgo-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-douyin-douyinid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-ebay-ebayid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-request-schema.json
- aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-bing-api
  name: HootCodes Bing API
  description: The Bing API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for bing.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.fetchlayer.dev
  tags:
  - Bing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fetchlayer-bing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-bing-bingid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-duckduckgo-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-douyin-douyinid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-ebay-ebayid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-request-schema.json
- aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-douyin-api
  name: HootCodes Douyin API
  description: The Douyin API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for douyin.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.fetchlayer.dev
  tags:
  - Douyin
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fetchlayer-douyin-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-bing-bingid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-duckduckgo-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-douyin-douyinid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-ebay-ebayid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-request-schema.json
- aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-duckduckgo-api
  name: HootCodes Duckduckgo API
  description: The Duckduckgo API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for duckduckgo.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.fetchlayer.dev
  tags:
  - DuckDuckGo
  tags_raw:
  - Duckduckgo
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fetchlayer-duckduckgo-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-bing-bingid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-duckduckgo-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-douyin-douyinid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-ebay-ebayid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-request-schema.json
- aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-ebay-api
  name: HootCodes eBay API
  description: The Ebay API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for ebay.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.fetchlayer.dev
  tags:
  - eBay
  tags_raw:
  - Ebay
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fetchlayer-ebay-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-bing-bingid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-duckduckgo-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-douyin-douyinid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-ebay-ebayid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-request-schema.json
- aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-temu-api
  name: HootCodes Temu API
  description: The Temu API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for temu.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.fetchlayer.dev
  tags:
  - Temu
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fetchlayer-temu-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-bing-bingid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-duckduckgo-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-douyin-douyinid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-ebay-ebayid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-request-schema.json
- aid: fetchlayer:fetchlayer-weibo-api
  name: HootCodes Weibo API
  description: The Weibo API from HootCodes — 1 operation(s) for weibo.
  humanURL: https://fetchlayer.dev/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.fetchlayer.dev
  tags:
  - Weibo
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fetchlayer-weibo-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-bing-bingid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-duckduckgo-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-douyin-douyinid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-ebay-ebayid-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fetchlayer-post-temu-temuid-request-schema.json
x-coverage:
  state: unreadable
  reason: no-machine-readable-spec
  detail: No OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, or WSDL spec found on API host or docs.
  evidence:
  - url: https://api.fetchlayer.dev/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://api.fetchlayer.dev/openapi.yaml
    status: 404
  checked: '2026-10-16'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-16'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 32
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

HootCodes API — frequently asked questions

Does HootCodes have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from HootCodes, including FetchLayer API, HootCodes Airbnb API and HootCodes Bing API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the HootCodes API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for HootCodes, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the HootCodes API cost?

HootCodes publishes its prices; its Free plan is $0 as of 2026-10-16. APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for HootCodes, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the HootCodes API ready for AI agents?

HootCodes has a Kin Score of 35.5 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 36.6 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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