# TikTok Video Search API. Pay per record.

> Search TikTok posts by keyword, hashtag or sound, with views, likes, shares and saves as JSON. From $0.0018 per post.

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

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

## 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:

```bash
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:

```bash
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.

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

## 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=searchPosts (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