How to scrape Threads Search with JavaScript

Search by Keyword This tutorial gets it with a short JavaScript program and the Threads Search API. Each successful call costs 1 credit; errors and not-found answers are free.

1. Get an API key

Sign in to get a key and 100 free credits, no card. Then put the key in an environment variable so it stays out of your code:

export SCRAPEIO_API_KEY="your_key_here"

2. Set up JavaScript

npm install axios

3. Write the code

Save this as scrape.js.

const axios = require("axios");

async function main() {
  const params = { "query": "coffee" };
  const headers = { "x-api-key": process.env.SCRAPEIO_API_KEY };
  const { data: body } = await axios.get("https://scrapeio.com/v1/threads/search", { params, headers });
  console.log(body.data);
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error(err.response ? err.response.status : err.message);
  process.exit(1);
});

4. Run it

node scrape.js

The response has the same envelope on every endpoint: success, cached, credits_used, credits_remaining and data. Shared fields such as handle, followers, plays, likes and created_at have the same names on every platform.

Parameters

Errors and what you pay

Same endpoint in other languages

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Prefer no code?

Connect the MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and ask in plain English. The agent uses call_endpoint with path /v1/threads/search for you.

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