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Couchsurfing API

Couchsurfing Scraper API for Hosts, Travelers and Events

Search destinations, find hosts and travelers in a city, list its events by date and read member profiles and event details.

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WHAT YOU CAN BUILD / 06 ENDPOINTS

Put Couchsurfing data to work.

Find your use case, then explore the request and response.

Get a Couchsurfing profile

GET/v1/couchsurfing/profile

Build traveler profile previews from public identity, biography, travel interests and profile information.

Get a Couchsurfing event

GET/v1/couchsurfing/event

Build an event detail page from a Couchsurfing event URL, including its description, location and schedule.

List Couchsurfing events by location

GET/v1/couchsurfing/events

Build a “this weekend in the city” guide: filter a location’s Couchsurfing events by date window and page through them with the returned cursor, keeping schedule, venue and attendance counts.

Search Couchsurfing locations

GET/v1/couchsurfing/locations

Build a destination picker that turns a typed city name into Couchsurfing location slugs, with country codes and region names to disambiguate places that share a name.

Search Couchsurfing hosts by location

GET/v1/couchsurfing/hosts

Build a host shortlist for a destination, filtered by sleeping arrangement, pets or wheelchair access, using each host’s languages, interests, reference count and verification status.

List Couchsurfing travelers by location

GET/v1/couchsurfing/travelers

Build an arrivals board for a city that shows which members have a public trip planned there, with trip dates, traveler count and each member’s languages and interests.

HOW IT WORKS

From API key to Couchsurfing data in four steps.

Run a sample below without a key.

  1. 01

    Get your API key

    Create a free account and copy your key. You start with 100 free credits; no card needed.

  2. 02

    Choose an endpoint

    Pick one of the 6 Couchsurfing endpoints and add its input, such as a public handle.

  3. 03

    Send one request

    Call it with your key in the x-api-key header. ScrapeAtlas reads the public Couchsurfing data and retries when a read fails.

  4. 04

    Use the JSON

    Get structured JSON with a coverage status. Only successful requests use a credit.

TRY IT HERE / LIVE SAMPLE

Try a sample request.

Try the Couchsurfing API right here. This sample uses the Get a Couchsurfing profile endpoint and returns live JSON. No API key needed.

  1. 01
    Choose a sample value

    Start with casey-fenton, or change the handle field to your own value.

  2. 02
    Select Run sample

    Execute the sample code and see the response in the JSON response tab.

  3. 03
    Build on the result

    Open the full playground to try more parameters and copy code for your app.

Open this endpoint in the playground Request and response fields
LIVE SAMPLE / Get a Couchsurfing profileNo API key needed

Preparing the sample…

// Run this sample here — no API key needed.
const value = "casey-fenton";
const url = new URL("/website/demo/couchsurfing",
  "https://api.scrapeatlas.com");
url.searchParams.set("value", value);

const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
GET/v1/couchsurfing/profile

A live example from our playground. Change the value above, then select Run sample.

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Couchsurfing API

Frequently Asked Questions

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Couchsurfing API and scraping

What public data does the Couchsurfing API return?

Retrieve public member profiles, individual community events, upcoming events by location, the hosts and travelers of a city, and location search that resolves place names to the slugs these endpoints accept. List endpoints return a cursor for the next page.

How do I scrape a Couchsurfing profile by handle?

Pass the member handle to Profile. The response includes identity, about text, home and travel locations, languages, interests, photos, friend count and published profile answers.

Can the Couchsurfing API retrieve a member’s languages and interests?

Profile returns published languages, interests, about text and home or travel locations for a member handle. Use those fields to add context to a traveler profile or organize your own member research notes.

Couchsurfing: member profiles and local events

Can I find Couchsurfing events for a specific location?

Yes. Search Locations resolves a city name to its location slug. Events by Location returns that location’s upcoming events with its published summary and statistics, filtered by date window such as today or this weekend and paged with a cursor. Use an event URL with Event Details to retrieve its full description, schedule and venue information.

Which Couchsurfing event details can I use in a calendar?

Event Details includes the title, schedule, recurrence, activity, description, venue coordinates and map link. Organizer summaries and participation counters give your event preview additional context.

Can I retrieve Couchsurfing event organizers and participation counts?

Event Details includes organizer summaries and participation counters alongside the event description and schedule. These fields help your application explain who hosts an activity and add participation context to an event listing.

API access and integration

How do I get a ScrapeAtlas API key and authenticate requests?

Create a ScrapeAtlas account and generate an API key in the dashboard. Send the key in the x-api-key request header when calling https://api.scrapeatlas.com. The API playground lets you enter an endpoint’s parameters and inspect its JSON response.

Can I call the scraping API from Python, JavaScript or the CLI?

Yes. Send authenticated HTTP requests from Python, JavaScript or another language that supports HTTP. The endpoint reference includes request examples and response fields. Use the ScrapeAtlas CLI for terminal workflows and pass the returned pagination values when requesting additional result pages.

Can I connect an AI assistant to the ScrapeAtlas MCP server?

Yes. Connect an MCP-compatible assistant to the ScrapeAtlas MCP server to discover and call the public platform tools with your ScrapeAtlas account. The agent reference also gives coding assistants a readable guide to the endpoints and their request schemas.

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