API reference · Runs

Influencer Search

Creators on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube who post about a kind of app, each vetted by a model against their own posts, with reach and contact routes. A search run in the last day is answered from it and costs nothing.

POST/api/v1/creators
Costs
250 credits · Find more 100
MCP tool
start_creator_search
Answers
A job, at once (202)
curl "https://appleak.app/api/v1/creators" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APPLEAK_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "fitness creators",
    "platforms": [
      "tiktok",
      "instagram"
    ]
  }'
Response202 Accepted
{
  "id": "6f1c2b9e-1d0a-4c55-9a51-2b7f0c3e8d41",
  "object": "job",
  "kind": "creators",
  "status": "queued",
  "credits": 250,
  "refunded": false,
  "progress": null,
  "createdAt": "2026-10-19T12:00:00.000Z",
  "startedAt": null,
  "finishedAt": null,
  "error": null,
  "result": null,
  "links": {
    "self": "/api/v1/jobs/6f1c2b9e-1d0a-4c55-9a51-2b7f0c3e8d41"
  }
}

#Parameters

Body parameters

  • querystringrequired

    What the creators should post about ("fitness creators", "budgeting apps"). 2–300 characters

  • platforms"tiktok" | "instagram" | "youtube"[]optional

    1–3 items

  • moreuuidoptional

    Find more: the id of an earlier creators job of yours, to vet the creators it found and did not reach.

  • forcebooleanoptional

    Start a new run even when the same one is already queued or running for you.

#Returns

A job, straight away, with status queued. Follow it with GET /jobs/{id} until it is done; the finished job carries the result.

MCP: start_creator_search — Start an Appleak Influencer Search: TikTok, Instagram and YouTube creators who post about a kind of app, vetted against their posts, with reach. Free if searched in the last day, else spends many credits; returns a job id for get_job.