TikTok data API · Search

TikTok Account Search API. Pay per record.

Search TikTok accounts by keyword. Every hit comes back as a full profile card: display name, bio, verification, followers, following, total likes and video count.

Price: $0.00045 / profile
Billed: Per record
Free to start: $0.10
Endpoint: POST /v1/tiktok

Updated 21 October 2026

What people build with the TikTok Account Search API

Build a creator list

Search a niche and get the accounts with their size, in one call.

Find the right handle

Turn a brand or a topic into real TikTok handles before you look anything else up.

Ground an agent

Let your agent find the account from a search instead of guessing the handle.

Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/tiktok \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"home cooking","limit":10,"estimateOnly":true}'

2. the same call, run

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/tiktok \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"home cooking","limit":10}'

Inputs

Everything you can send in one search call. Required inputs first.

Input	Type	What it does
query *	string	≤300 chars
limit	integer	1-100

What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

Show all 20 rows

Field	Type
handle	string
tiktokId	string
displayName	string
profileUrl	string
avatar	string
bio	string
bioLink	string
verified	boolean
private	boolean
businessAccount	boolean
businessCategory	string
tiktokSeller	boolean
followers	integer
following	integer
totalLikes	integer
likesGiven	integer
videos	integer
mutualFollows	integer
accountCreated	string
details	object

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

handle	displayName	bio	verified	followers	following
@latteart.lou	Lou \| Latte Art	Pouring hearts daily	false	312000	140
@brewlab	Brewlab Coffee	Coffee nerds from Austin	false	52100	88
@homebarista	Home Barista	Espresso at home, explained	true	1080000	60

Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

Request	Records	At the list price
One profile	1	$0.00045
10 profiles	10	$0.0045
A full page	100	$0.045

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

Try it without writing code

Open the TikTok Account Search API in the playgroundThe playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

No login, no TikTok account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

Use it from your tools

Questions people ask.

What does it return?

One row per account: handle, display name, bio, verified flag, followers, following, total likes, video count, business account flag, TikTok id, profile URL, bio link and account creation date.

What do I pass in?

A query (up to 300 characters) and a limit from 1 to 100.

How much does it cost?

$0.00045 per account at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

Try it in a minute. $0.10 free.

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Try this endpoint in the playground

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Why people pick API for Agents

One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
$0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

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