# FetchFox

> Public YouTube transcript, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook data through REST and MCP. For developers building apps, research workflows and agents.

FetchFox retrieves data; scheduling, AI generation and historical storage run in your own tools. There is no published uptime or latency SLA.

## Start here

- [Documentation](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs): Authentication, credit rates, limits and errors.
- [Pricing](https://fetchfox.net/pricing): Free allowance and current plan information.
- [Complete Markdown documentation](https://fetchfox.net/llms-full.txt)

## Endpoint guides and workflows

- [FetchFox agent skills](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/integrations/agent-skills): Download five FetchFox agent skills for transcripts, creator research, discovery and comments, with offline fixtures and bounded REST workflows.
- [YouTube comments viewer API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/youtube-comments-api): Read available public YouTube comments and export the current batch as CSV or JSON. Learn request limits, response fields and credit costs.
- [TikTok comments viewer API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/tiktok-comments-api): Read available public TikTok comments and export the current batch as CSV or JSON. Learn request limits, response fields and credit costs.
- [YouTube video stats checker API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/youtube-video-stats-api): Read available views, likes, comment counts and metadata for a public YouTube video. Learn request limits, response fields and credit costs.
- [YouTube channel stats checker API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/youtube-channel-stats-api): Look up available public subscriber counts, video counts and channel metadata. Learn request limits, response fields and credit costs.
- [YouTube keyword search API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/youtube-search-api): Find up to 20 public YouTube videos matching a keyword. Learn request limits, response fields and credit costs.
- [YouTube channel and playlist videos API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/youtube-videos-api): List up to 20 available videos from a YouTube channel or playlist. Learn request limits, response fields and credit costs.
- [Bulk YouTube transcript extractor API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/bulk-youtube-transcripts-api): Extract available captions from a pasted list of up to 20 YouTube videos. Learn request limits, response fields and credit costs.
- [Connect FetchFox to Claude web and Desktop](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/integrations/claude): Set up a Claude remote MCP connector with a FetchFox Bearer key. Discover tools and try a single transcript request without writing code.
- [Use FetchFox in Make with the HTTP module](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/integrations/make): Configure Make HTTP to fetch a YouTube transcript with a protected API key, then map the JSON into your own workflow.
- [Use FetchFox transcripts as a LangChain tool](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/integrations/langchain): Wrap the FetchFox REST API in a Python LangChain tool with a server-side key, explicit timeout and timestamped output.
- [FetchFox vs Apify for social data workflows](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/compare/fetchfox-vs-apify): Compare FetchFox’s seventeen REST/MCP operations with Apify Actor runs, datasets and actor-specific inputs before choosing a social data workflow.
- [FetchFox vs YouTubeTranscript.dev](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/compare/fetchfox-vs-youtubetranscript-dev): Compare caption retrieval, speech-to-text, batch jobs and supported platforms in FetchFox and YouTubeTranscript.dev.
- [Export Instagram comments to CSV and Excel](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/guides/export-instagram-comments-csv): Export an available Instagram comment batch to CSV, import it into Excel or Google Sheets, and preserve comment IDs and missing counts. Includes a dated example.
- [Export Facebook comments to CSV and Excel](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/guides/export-facebook-comments-csv): Save available public Facebook comments as CSV, open them in Excel, and interpret partial batches, reply counts and opaque IDs. Includes a real recorded excerpt.
- [Export Instagram and Facebook comments with Python](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/guides/comments-pagination-python): Download a tested Python CSV exporter with bounded pagination, opaque cursors, duplicate detection, partial-result preservation and spreadsheet-safe identifiers.
- [Instagram and Facebook comments to CSV with n8n](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/integrations/comments-to-csv): Download manual n8n starters for a single comment batch and a spreadsheet-safe CSV. Includes credential setup, credit limits and a captioned example walkthrough.
- [Instagram comments API and CSV export](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/instagram-comments-api): Retrieve available public Instagram comments with text, author fields, counts and opaque pagination. See credit pricing and collection limits.
- [Facebook comments API and CSV export](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/facebook-comments-api): Retrieve available public Facebook comments with text, author fields, counts and opaque pagination. See credit pricing and collection limits.
- [YouTube transcript API with timestamps](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/youtube-transcript-api): Fetch a YouTube transcript as JSON with text, start times, and segment durations. See Python, JavaScript, curl, response fields, and credit costs.
- [Instagram profile API for creator research](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/instagram-profile-api): Get public Instagram profile data as JSON: username, bio, follower counts, and post counts. See the request, response example, and limitations.
- [Instagram post & reel metrics API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/instagram-post-stats-api): Read public metrics and available metadata for one Instagram post or reel. Understand optional video views, strict view recovery, and credit charges.
- [Instagram profile posts API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/instagram-posts-api): Retrieve recent public Instagram posts for a profile. Learn URL and limit inputs, per-result credit costs, and how to use a bounded feed snapshot.
- [Instagram profile reels API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/instagram-reels-api): Get recent public reels from an Instagram profile as JSON. See request inputs, result limits, costs, and a workflow for comparing short-form content.
- [TikTok video metrics API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/tiktok-video-stats-api): Read public metrics and available metadata for a TikTok video URL. Build timestamped observations with the FetchFox REST API or MCP tools.
- [TikTok channel videos API with pagination](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/tiktok-channel-videos-api): List a public TikTok creator’s recent videos with a result limit and pagination cursor. Learn caching options, request costs, and safe pagination.
- [TikTok keyword search API](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/docs/tiktok-search-api): Search public TikTok videos by keyword with a JSON API. See query and limit inputs, credit reservation, result handling, and monitoring guidance.
- [Get a YouTube transcript with Python](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/guides/youtube-transcripts-python): Call the FetchFox YouTube transcript API from Python without an SDK. Save timestamped JSON, handle HTTP errors, and keep your API key in an environment variable.
- [YouTube transcripts for RAG with source timestamps](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/guides/youtube-transcripts-for-rag): Build a timestamp-aware retrieval dataset from YouTube transcripts. Preserve video links, chunk boundaries, and source context for cited AI answers.
- [Build an Instagram creator research workflow](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/guides/instagram-creator-research): Combine public Instagram profiles, posts, and reels into a creator shortlist. Preserve missing metrics and use a repeatable, credit-aware workflow.
- [Monitor TikTok keywords with a bounded API workflow](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/guides/tiktok-keyword-monitoring): Design a TikTok keyword monitor with JSON search results, deduplication, retrieval timestamps, and explicit request and credit budgets.
- [Connect FetchFox to n8n with HTTP Request](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/integrations/n8n): Download n8n workflows for YouTube transcripts and Instagram creator research. Import the JSON, add a header credential and run manually with an explicit credit budget.
- [Connect FetchFox MCP to Cursor](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/integrations/cursor): Add FetchFox as a remote MCP server in Cursor with your project API key. Discover social data tools and retrieve timestamped YouTube transcripts.
- [FetchFox vs youtube-transcript-api](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/compare/fetchfox-vs-youtube-transcript-api): Compare FetchFox’s hosted YouTube transcript API with the open-source Python library youtube-transcript-api. Choose based on control and maintenance needs.

## Tools and support

- [Free tools](https://fetchfox.net/tools): Seventeen account-based tools with free monthly credits. No credit card required.
- [Transcript formatter](https://fetchfox.net/tools/transcript-formatter): Convert existing JSON, SRT or VTT to SRT, WebVTT, CSV or text in the browser.
- [Transcript cleaner](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/tools/transcript-cleaner): Remove timestamps and tidy an existing transcript, with optional speaker-label and filler-word removal.
- [Video script timer](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/tools/video-script-timer): Estimate speaking time from your script and an adjustable words-per-minute setting.
- [YouTube title and description counter](https://fetchfox.net/markdown/tools/youtube-title-description-counter): Check title characters and description UTF-8 bytes before publishing a YouTube video.
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