# StableSocial Lightreel Video Search

> StableSocial Lightreel Video Search is a paid API for AI agents from stablesocial.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches for videos across social media platforms (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) and returns a job ID for async result polling, with pay-per-request pricing via x402.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablesocial.dev/api/lightreel/video-search
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-lightreel-video-search-ec0ec622
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DkXYp-bNKlqIjJMM6_g1O

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability stablesocial-lightreel-video-search-ec0ec622 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search StableSocial's Lightreel video search for TikTok videos about 'matcha latte recipes' and give me the top results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search for videos across social media platforms (especially TikTok/Instagram) without committing to a subscription — ideal for one-off or low-frequency video discovery tasks where pay-per-request ($0.06 USDC) makes sense. Prefer this over scraping solutions when you need structured async results with a polling pattern.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or insufficient USDC — x402 payment required error
- Invalid or missing search query — 400 bad request
- Job ID not found when polling — 404 error on pollUrl
- Platform rate limiting or data unavailability — job may fail or return empty results
- Polling timeout if job takes too long to complete

## How this service works

Pay-per-request access to social media data from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and LinkedIn. No auth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing a jobId (unique async job identifier), a status field (initially 'pending'), a pollUrl to check for completed results, and a retryAfterSeconds value indicating how long to wait before polling again.

## Example request

```json
{
 "query": "artificial intelligence trends",
 "platform": "any",
 "timeframe": "this week",
 "max_videos": 10,
 "include_analysis": true
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 1000,
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Video search brief, account, URL, topic, trend, or criteria"
  },
  "platform": {
   "enum": [
    "any",
    "tiktok",
    "instagram",
    "twitter",
    "x",
    "youtube",
    "facebook",
    "reddit"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "default": "any",
   "description": "Social platform to focus on"
  },
  "timeframe": {
   "type": "string",
   "default": "this week",
   "maxLength": 120,
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Time window to focus on, e.g. this week, last 30 days"
  },
  "max_videos": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 10,
   "maximum": 50,
   "minimum": 1,
   "description": "Maximum number of videos to return"
  },
  "conversation_id": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Lightreel conversation ID returned by a prior chat response"
  },
  "include_analysis": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "default": true,
   "description": "Whether to explain why each video is relevant or working"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "jobId": "clx0000000000000000000000",
  "status": "pending",
  "pollUrl": "https://stablesocial.dev/api/jobs/clx0000000000000000000000",
  "retryAfterSeconds": 5
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-lightreel-video-search-ec0ec622/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from stablesocial.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stablesocial.dev/llms.txt)