# TikTok Account Search API. Pay per record.

> Find TikTok accounts by keyword, each a full profile card with followers and likes as JSON. From $0.00045 per account found.

Canonical: https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/tiktok/account-search-api · Updated 2026-10-21

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

## 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:

```bash
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:

```bash
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.

| 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 playground](https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=tiktok&op=search): 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.

## 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

- [TikTok in n8n](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/n8n/tiktok)
- [TikTok in Make](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/make/tiktok)
- [TikTok in Zapier](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/zapier/tiktok)
- [TikTok in Python](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/python/tiktok)
- [TikTok in LangChain](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/langchain/tiktok)
- [TikTok in Claude Code](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/claude-code/tiktok)

## Questions

### 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.

## Why 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.

## Start

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. Open it at https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=tiktok&op=search (sign in first).

Agents register at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md (one POST, $0.10 free). People: https://apiforagents.dev/docs#start. Prices: https://apiforagents.dev/pricing.md