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The following terms are listed to help you better understand frequently used terminologies while working with CreatorDB.

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General terms

  • Brands: A company or organization that sponsors a creator.
  • Creator: An individual who creates and uploads content on social media platforms, such as YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok.
  • Developer: An individual who builds apps or utilities with data fetched from CreatorDB’s database.
  • App: A mobile or web application.
  • Data: Public information aggregated by CreatorDB from social media platforms.

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Threads terms

  • Threads: The messaging app spun off from Instagram.
  • thread: A discussion topic.
  • Post: A text or media within a thread, reply, or repost.
  • Quote: The exact text referenced from another Thread user’s post.
  • Reply: A response to another Thread user’s post or thread.
  • Repost: A shared post from another Thread user’s profile.

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API technical terms

  • API key: The unique credential required to connect to CreatorDB’s APIs. For example, LE6DPZQkR3TQShxofXoD2j8qCBu1-f0jti665m1t50dwDD12W
  • Authentication: The process of verifying an entity is who they claim to be.
  • Authorization: The process of verifying an authenticated entity has permission to access data or perform requested tasks.
  • Dev server: The live production environment in CreatorDB, which should only be used to connect your app to our database. This environment connects to CreatorDB’s database and contains real data. If you use this environment to make changes or for tests, it might cause issues in data quality and result in additional costs.
CreatorDB does not provide a mock server or sandbox environment for testing our API. All API calls are made to the production environment and use API credits. Please see API Credit Usage for details about the number of API credits used per call.
Last modified on February 9, 2026