TikTok data API · Search posts

TikTok Video Search API. Pay per record.

Find TikTok posts by keyword, by hashtag, or by the sound they use. Each post comes back with its author, caption, views, likes, comments, shares, saves and hashtags.

Price: $0.0018 / post
Billed: Per record
Free to start: $0.10
Endpoint: POST /v1/tiktok

Updated 21 October 2026

What people build with the TikTok Video Search API

Social listening

See every recent post about your product or category, and how many people watched it.

Find creators by topic

The accounts behind the top posts on a hashtag are a ready list to vet.

Track a sound

List the posts made with one sound to see how far a trend or a campaign spread.

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":"searchPosts","hashtag":"booktok","limit":25,"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":"searchPosts","hashtag":"booktok","limit":25}'

Inputs

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

Input	Type	What it does
query	string	≤300 chars
hashtag	string	≤150 chars
soundUrl	string	A TikTok sound page URL (tiktok.com/music/…): posts made with that sound. ≤400 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 28 rows

Field	Type
postId	string
postUrl	string
authorHandle	string
caption	string
postedDate	string
views	integer
likes	integer
comments	integer
shares	integer
saves	integer
durationS	integer
language	string
isSlideshow	boolean
isSponsored	boolean
isAd	boolean
hashtags	list of string
mentions	list of string
sound	any
location	string
locationAddress	string
country	string
thumbnail	string
resolution	string
effects	list of string
slideshowImages	any
hashtagViews	integer
sourceQuery	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.

authorHandle	caption	postedDate	views	likes	comments
@homebarista	Espresso at home for under $300 #coffee	2026-10-13	3100000	402000	5200
@latteart.lou	Rosetta in slow motion #coffee	2026-10-12	880000	96000	1100
@brewlab	Cold brew ratio, finally settled #coffee	2026-10-09	152000	12100	230

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 post	1	$0.0018
10 posts	10	$0.018
A full page	100	$0.18

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 Video 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 post: author handle, caption, posted date, views, likes, comments, shares, saves, duration in seconds, hashtags, post id, post URL, and whether it is a slideshow, sponsored or an ad.

What do I pass in?

Exactly one of: a query (keywords), a hashtag, or a soundUrl (a tiktok.com/music/ page). Add a limit from 1 to 100.

How much does it cost?

$0.0018 per post 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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