# Threads Profile discovery API (threads.discover_profiles)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/threads-api/discover_profiles
- Endpoint: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with {"platform": "threads", "action": "discover_profiles", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000556 per call ($0.56 per 1,000 requests); failed calls and empty results are not charged
- Returns: list, default 10, max 50 per call
- Mode: async by default (202 + job_id, poll GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id})

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=threads&action=discover_profiles

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| keyword | not declared | yes | not declared | Specifies the search query to find public posts using search or creator profiles using discover_profiles. The discover_profiles action operates asynchronously, so the initial task status response must not be parsed as the final creator list. |
| since | not declared | no | not declared | Provides a shared lower date bound parameter for discover_profiles. It is not guaranteed to filter discovered profiles, and it does not filter account creation dates. |
| until | not declared | no | not declared | Provides a shared upper date bound parameter for discover_profiles. It does not guarantee complete coverage of creators from that period and search has no date filter. |
| limit | integer (1–50) | no | 10 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 50. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| username | Username (@handle). |
| display_name | Display name; can differ from username. |
| bio | Profile bio written by the account; may contain line breaks and emoji. |
| follower_count | Followers. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| is_verified | Whether the platform verified the account. null means it cannot be determined. |
| url | Link to the record on the platform. |
| avatar_url | Avatar image link. Some platforms return sized CDN links that can expire. |
| platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |
| emails | Contact email addresses (a record can have several), passed through as is with duplicates removed. |
| phones | platform-native meaning |
| external_links | platform-native meaning |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "threads",
  "action": "discover_profiles",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "coffee"
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "threads",
        "action": "discover_profiles",
        "params": {
            "keyword": "coffee",
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

Real response to the example request above, captured 2026-10-24T18:28:34Z. `results` and `count` are real with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2 of 10. `id`, `billing` and `quota` differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

```text
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "threads",
  "action": "discover_profiles",
  "results": [
    {
      "username": "•••",
      "display_name": "•••",
      "bio": "•••",
      "follower_count": 99866,
      "is_verified": true,
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/•••",
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/•••",
      "platform": "threads"
    },
    {
      "username": "•••",
      "display_name": "•••",
      "bio": "•••",
      "follower_count": 7680,
      "is_verified": false,
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/•••",
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/•••",
      "platform": "threads",
      "external_links": [
        "https://lin.ee/•••"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=threads
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md