Nextdoor Directory API

POST

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List the entries in a Nextdoor page's directory, such as the neighborhoods under a city page, with each entry's kind, area, description and member count where shown. Member counts are not guaranteed current, and the listing grants no access to the communities.

Nextdoor Directory reads the public directory entries listed on one Nextdoor page, given its full url: a city, neighborhood, business or directory page. Each row carries the entry's name, its kind, a short description, the area it belongs to, a member count where one applies, an image and a link. It answers which neighborhoods and local entries a page leads to, for local marketers planning neighborhood campaigns, retail and franchise teams mapping an area, and researchers building a list of communities in a city.

A city page such as https://nextdoor.com/city/san-francisco--ca/ is a natural starting point, while neighborhood and business pages may offer only limited data, such as titles, descriptions and images. Use kind to separate entry types before you count them, and read member_count as a community's member total. Only public pages are read: this is not a lookup of personal profiles, and nothing behind sign-in is returned.

Price $1.39 per 1,000 requests ($0.001389 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

AI prompt

Paste this into your AI assistant. It already holds this endpoint's parameters, response fields and an example request, so the assistant can ask what you need and then write the scraper.

Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra Nextdoor Directory endpoint (nextdoor/directory).

Endpoint contract:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to nextdoor and action to directory, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - url: Specifies the full URL of a public Nextdoor city, neighborhood, business, or directory page. The profile action parses local profile data from the page, while the directory action extracts public directory entries.
- Optional parameters:
  - limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 50. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. (default: 25)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: name, url, kind, description, member_count, image_url, area.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "nextdoor",
  "action": "directory",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://nextdoor.com/city/san-francisco--ca/"
  }
}
- Price: $1.39 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesnextdoorPlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYesdirectoryCapability identifier, fixed value.
urlbody.paramsNot declaredYes-Specifies the full URL of a public Nextdoor city, neighborhood, business, or directory page. The profile action parses local profile data from the page, while the directory action extracts public directory entries. It does not query personal user profiles or fetch private feeds requiring authentication. Neighborhood and business pages may expose only limited public data such as titles, descriptions, and photos.
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–50)No25The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 50. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge.

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "nextdoor",
  "action": "directory",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://nextdoor.com/city/san-francisco--ca/"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "nextdoor",
  "action": "directory",
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "400 Alemany Blvd",
      "url": "https://nextdoor.com/neighborhood/400alemanyblvd--san-francisco--ca/",
      "kind": "neighborhood",
      "area": "San Francisco",
      "platform": "nextdoor"
    },
    {
      "name": "4800 3rd Street",
      "url": "https://nextdoor.com/neighborhood/4800thirdstreet--san-francisco--ca/",
      "kind": "neighborhood",
      "area": "San Francisco",
      "platform": "nextdoor"
    }
  ],
  "count": 53,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

FieldMeaning
nameName of the object itself, for account, product and business capabilities.
urlLink to the record on the platform.
kindKeeps the platform's own meaning
descriptionSummary or description, usually shorter than text.
member_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
image_urlImage link. Capabilities with several images may return an image_urls array.
areaKeeps the platform's own meaning
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

FAQ

Which Nextdoor links can I pass as url?

The full URL of a public Nextdoor city, neighborhood, business or directory page, for example https://nextdoor.com/city/san-francisco--ca/. Nextdoor Directory is not a personal profile lookup and does not read posts or feeds that require signing in, so links to individual members or private content are not the right input.

How is Directory different from Nextdoor Details?

Nextdoor Directory and Nextdoor Details take the same kind of page link. Directory lists the entries a page leads to, one row per entry, while the Details capability summarizes the area described by the page itself in a single record. Use Directory to build a list of neighborhoods or listings, and Details to read the figures for one area.

Why does a page return few or no entries?

Some Nextdoor pages, especially neighborhood and business pages, carry only a title, a description and images, so there may be few directory entries to list. Check that the link is a public page of one of the supported kinds. A call that returns no rows is not charged, so you can move up to the city page and try again.

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
The account's per-minute request limit was reached (all of its API keys count together; a key's own lower limit applies first). Wait for Retry-After and try again; a rate package in the console raises the limit.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).

Official references

Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.

  • Nextdoor: Public Community Content and Neighborhood Visibility Boundaries ↗

    Nextdoor clarifies that cross-community browsing relies on content scoped for Anyone, and information outside a neighborhood remains subject to privacy restrictions. Public website capabilities to browse or join communities do not mean this API can read private posts, full names, resident lists, or join neighborhoods on a user's behalf.

    Checked 2026-09-04