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Prove a campaign post went live

Confirm a creator posted what they were paid for: read the post by URL, capture public metrics with a timestamp, and re-check it later.

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A free skill for your AI assistant: it reads every post URL, records the public metrics and saves a snapshot to compare next time. API calls use credits.

A delivery check, as the report records it Illustrative example: fictional accounts and numbers, in the shape the real result takes.
PostStatusViewsLikesRead at
@northpeak.coffee · TikTok videoLive48,2103,9047 Oct, 09:12 UTC
@northpeak.coffee · Instagram reelLive12,8771,1207 Oct, 09:12 UTC
@lena.brews · TikTok videoPrivate——7 Oct, 09:13 UTC

The problem

A creator sends a link and a screenshot. The screenshot is not evidence, and by the time anyone checks, the post may have been edited, made private or deleted. What a reconciliation needs is a number with a timestamp on it, taken by something other than the person being paid.

How it works

  1. TikTok Video Stats /v1/tiktok/stats

    Read views, likes, comments, shares and collects for the delivered post. The response carries fetchedAt, so the number is dated.

  2. Instagram Post Stats /v1/instagram/stats

    Same job on Instagram posts and reels. Fields Instagram does not publish are absent rather than zero, so a missing view count never reads as no views.

  3. TikTok Profile /v1/tiktok/profile

    Capture the account’s follower count on the same day, so reach claims can be checked against the audience that existed at the time.

What this does not do

  • A deleted or private post returns a typed availability status, not a number. That is the answer, and it is charged like any lookup.
  • Metrics are what the platform publishes publicly. There is no impressions or reach figure, because those live behind the creator’s own analytics login.
  • Nothing here proves who was paid, only what the public post shows.

Billing

Each step above costs that API's credit price on every call, including a link that turns out to be deleted or private. A read we could not complete is never charged, and a dead link comes back as a typed status rather than a stale number. How billing works →

APIs used

TikTok Video Stats API /v1/tiktok/stats 1 credit a call Instagram Post Stats API /v1/instagram/stats 2 credits a call TikTok Profile API /v1/tiktok/profile 1 credit a call

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Check the views on a TikTok video TikTok · free with an account Check the stats on an Instagram post Instagram · free with an account
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