# Snapchat Spotlight Video

Returns a Spotlight video: title, description, view/share/comment/boost counts, duration, thumbnail, content URL, creator info, hashtags, keywords, transcript, comments, and related stories.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/snapchat-api/snapchat_spotlight](https://scrappa.co/docs/snapchat-api/snapchat_spotlight)
- **API group:** Snapchat API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/snapchat/spotlight`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `username` | string | Yes | Creator username |
| `story_id` | string | Yes | Base64url spotlight story ID (~64 chars) |
| `locale` | string | No | Locale override. Default: en-US. |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/snapchat/spotlight?username=truss_hair&story_id=W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYaGlrbGh2YWRyAY_uezdJAY_uemXNAAAAAw"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "success": true,
    "story_id": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYaGlrbGh2YWRyAY_uezdJAY_uemXNAAAAAw",
    "view_count": 98474079,
    "share_count": 54030
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Missing required username or story_id parameter |  |
|  | Story not found |  |
|  | Upstream request failed |  |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)