Get Monitor Details - API Reference

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Returns monitor details

GET https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/{monitor_id}

Headers

Authorization string required

Authorization Bearer header containing your SocialData API key

Example: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Path Parameters

monitor_id string required

Target monitor ID

Example: 01jeg76qa91b095gttamsbwa6q

Code Examples

curl

curl "https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/01jeg76qa91b095gttamsbwa6q"
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
    -H 'Accept: application/json'

JavaScript

const monitorId = '01jeg76qa91b095gttamsbwa6q';
const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';

fetch(`https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/${monitorId}`, {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`,
        'Accept': 'application/json'
    }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(response => console.log(response))
.catch(err => console.error(err));

Python

import requests

monitor_id = '01jeg76qa91b095gttamsbwa6q'
API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

url = f'https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/{monitor_id}'

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {API_KEY}',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
    print(response.text)

PHP

$monitor_id = '01jeg76qa91b095gttamsbwa6q';
$API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';

$url = "https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/{$monitor_id}";

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY",
        "Accept: application/json"
    ]
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);

curl_close($ch);

Example Responses

200

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "01jkf3zgfwt8gnpgevxf9w6h58",
    "created_at": "2025-02-07T02:31:47.000000Z",
    "monitor_type": "user_following",
    "webhook_url": null,
    "parameters": {
      "user_screen_name": "elonmusk",
      "user_name": "Elon Musk",
      "user_id_str": "44196397"
    }
  }
}

404

{
    "status": "error",
    "message": "Not found"
}

Response Codes

• 200 OK - request succeeded
• 404 Not Found - requested monitor does not exist
• 500 Internal Error - API internal error, typically means that SocialData API failed to obtain the requested information and you should try again later