DataLikers MCP Server

MCP server for DataLikers — access Instagram & TikTok data directly from Claude, Cursor, and other AI assistants. Available on npm: datalikers-mcp.

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What is DataLikers?

DataLikers is an Instagram & TikTok data API platform. Search users by demographics, analyze engagement, explore hashtags, and more — all through a simple API. From $0.0003 per request.

Available Tools (29)

Users (10 tools)

Tool	Description
`get_user_by_username`	Get user profile by Instagram username
`get_user_by_id`	Get user profile by Instagram ID
`search_users`	Search for users by query
`get_users_by_hashtag`	Find users associated with a hashtag
`get_users_by_location`	Find users by location
`get_top_users`	Get top users by followers
`get_business_users`	Get business accounts by category
`search_users_by_demographics`	Search by gender, age, race, emotion, country, city, and more
`get_user_photo`	Get user profile photo (returns actual image)
`get_user_engagement`	Get average likes/comments per post

Media & Posts (4 tools)

Tool	Description
`get_user_medias`	Get user's posts and reels
`get_top_medias`	Get top posts by likes or comments
`search_media_captions`	Search posts by caption text
`get_media_by_code`	Get post by Instagram shortcode

Comments (2 tools)

Tool	Description
`get_comments_by_user`	Get comments left by a user
`search_comments`	Search comments by text

Hashtags (3 tools)

Tool	Description
`get_hashtag_info`	Get hashtag details and post count
`search_hashtags`	Search hashtags by query
`get_top_hashtags`	Get trending hashtags

Locations (2 tools)

Tool	Description
`get_location_info`	Get location details
`search_locations`	Search locations by name

Stories & Highlights (4 tools)

Tool	Description
`get_user_stories`	Get user's active stories
`get_story_by_id`	Get a specific story
`get_user_highlights`	Get user's highlights
`get_highlight_by_id`	Get a specific highlight

Music (3 tools)

Tool	Description
`search_tracks`	Search music tracks used in reels
`get_track_by_id`	Get track details
`get_top_tracks`	Get trending tracks

Analytics (1 tool)

Tool	Description
`get_stats`	Get database statistics (total users, posts, comments, etc.)

Quick Start

Get your API key at datalikers.com
Install in your AI assistant (see below)
Ask Claude: "Find Instagram users in New York with 10k+ followers"

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datalikers": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "datalikers-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DATALIKERS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add datalikers -- npx -y datalikers-mcp \
  --env DATALIKERS_API_KEY=your-api-key

Cursor

Add to Cursor MCP settings (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datalikers": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "datalikers-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DATALIKERS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datalikers": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "datalikers-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DATALIKERS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration

Environment Variable	Description	Required
`DATALIKERS_API_KEY`	Your DataLikers API key	Yes
`DATALIKERS_URL`	Custom server URL (for self-hosted instances)	No

Development

git clone https://github.com/subzeroid/datalikers-mcp.git
cd datalikers-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Run tests:

DATALIKERS_API_KEY=your-key npm test

Tests without DATALIKERS_API_KEY will skip integration tests and only run unit tests.

How It Works

This is a thin proxy that connects to the DataLikers remote MCP server and exposes all its tools locally via stdio transport. No data processing happens locally — all requests are forwarded to the DataLikers API.

AI Assistant ←stdio→ datalikers-mcp ←https→ DataLikers API

License

MIT

DataLikers MCP Server