Snapchat Spotlight Comment & Reaction Scraper

What it returns

52 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.

• recordTypeRow type: comment or error
• commentIdUnique comment ID (highBits-lowBits)
• snapIdSpotlight snap ID this comment belongs to
• snapUrlCanonical Spotlight video URL
• sourceUsernameCreator username (byUsername mode)
• inputUrlInput Spotlight URL (bySpotlightUrls mode)
• topicHashtag or topic slug (byTopic mode)
• topicUrlTag, explore or topic page used for discovery
• feedCountryISO country code of the trending feed (byFeed mode)
• parentCommentIdParent comment ID for reply rows
• depth0 for root comments, 1 for replies
• replyTextComment or reply text
• postedAtISO 8601 UTC time the comment was posted
• updatedAtISO 8601 UTC time the comment state last changed
• threadedReplyCountNumber of direct replies
• commenterDisplayNameCommenter display name
• commenterBitmojiAvatarIdCommenter Bitmoji avatar ID
• commenterBitmojiSelfieIdCommenter Bitmoji selfie ID
• commenterProfileLogoUrlCommenter profile logo URL
• commenterIdCommenter account UUID pair
• commenterProfileIdCommenter business profile UUID pair
• commenterUsernameCommenter username when Snapchat exposes it
• commenterProfileUrlCommenter profile URL when a username is available
• commenterIsPostAuthorWhether the commenter is the video creator
• reactionCountsReaction breakdown [{reactTypeId, count}]
• likeCountSum of all reaction counts
• reportCountNumber of times the comment was reported
• approvalStateModeration state (3 = approved)
• rankingScoreSnapchat ranking score when present
• creatorUsernameVideo creator username

Not in the schema among the core Snapchat fields: author, created_at. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.

How it differs from the other Snapchat Actors

Among the 9 catalogue Actors for Snapchat with a published schema, only this one returns replyText, threadedReplyCount, commenterIsPostAuthor, reactionCounts, reportCount, approvalState, videoBoostCount.

Pick another Actor if you need

Input

Example input

Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.

{
  "mode": "byUsername",
  "usernames": [
    "brentrivera"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "food"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "maxVideosPerSource": 1,
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 3,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "maxItems": 3
}

Run it from code or an AI agent

The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
    "mode": "byUsername",
    "usernames": [
        "brentrivera"
    ],
    "topics": [
        "food"
    ],
    "country": "US",
    "maxVideosPerSource": 1,
    "maxCommentsPerVideo": 3,
    "includeReplies": False,
    "maxItems": 3
}

run = client.actor("dataspryva/snapchat-spotlight-comment-and-reaction-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
    raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
    "mode": "byUsername",
    "usernames": [
        "brentrivera"
    ],
    "topics": [
        "food"
    ],
    "country": "US",
    "maxVideosPerSource": 1,
    "maxCommentsPerVideo": 3,
    "includeReplies": false,
    "maxItems": 3
};

const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/snapchat-spotlight-comment-and-reaction-scraper").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~snapchat-spotlight-comment-and-reaction-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items"   -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"mode":"byUsername","usernames":["brentrivera"],"topics":["food"],"country":"US","maxVideosPerSource":1,"maxCommentsPerVideo":3,"includeReplies":false,"maxItems":3}'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dataspryva/snapchat-spotlight-comment-and-reaction-scraper",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What a run costs

The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.

• Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
• The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
• Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
• Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.

Where it fits among Snapchat routes

It ranks 5 of 13 catalogue Actors for Snapchat on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.

What people use it for

• Collect comment threads
• Analyze comment reactions
• Extract video context

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Questions people ask

Sources

• Snapchat Spotlight Comment & Reaction Scraper on Apify Store
• Published build with input and output schema (JSON)
• Snapchat APIs documentation