Social Recon

The Social Footprint module enables username correlation across multiple platforms to build a comprehensive profile of an online identity.

Features

Username Search

Submit a username to /api/osint/social to search for matching profiles across supported platforms.

Confidence Scoring

Each result includes a confidence score indicating the likelihood that the discovered profile belongs to the target identity.

Results Structure

The social OSINT stores results as structured JSON:

{
  "count": 5,
  "matches": [
    {
      "platform": "github",
      "url": "https://github.com/username",
      "confidence": 0.95
    },
    {
      "platform": "twitter",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/username",
      "confidence": 0.85
    }
  ]
}

Usage

1. Enter the target username in the Social Footprint search.
2. The system queries multiple platforms for matching usernames.
3. Results display with confidence indicators.
4. Click individual results to open profile pages.

API Endpoint

POST /api/osint/social
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "username": "target_username"
}

Credits

Each social footprint search consumes 1 investigation credit. Results are stored in search_history for future reference.

Supported Platforms

The social footprint module correlates usernames across various platforms including:

• GitHub
• Twitter/X
• Instagram
• Reddit
• LinkedIn
• And more...

Results are returned with platform-specific confidence scoring based on profile availability and matching criteria.