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TikTok API

Everything public on TikTok, through one API call.

Creator profiles, video feeds, single videos, comments, followers, search, sounds and hashtags.

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17
Endpoints
$0.50
Per 1,000 results
$5.00
Smallest top-up
1,000
Free credits

Coverage

17 endpoints on TikTok

Grouped by what you get back rather than by the page it is read from. Every one links to its own reference, with parameters and an example request.

01

Profiles and channels

02

Posts, reels, videos and shorts

03

Comments and replies

04

Followers, following and subscriptions

05

Stories and highlights

06

Hashtags, sounds, places and search

The response

Parsed, typed, and whole.

TikTok results come back as the same JSON shape every time, with the fields already pulled out. Nothing to parse and nothing truncated.

POST /api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/hashtag
Response 200 
{
  "videos": [
    {
      "id": "7212345678901234567",
      "caption": "Starship static fire",
      "taken_at": "2026-08-26T09:12:44Z",
      "duration": 27,
      "play_count": 4820113,
      "like_count": 612940,
      "comment_count": 8104,
      "author": {
        "username": "spacex",
        "is_verified": true,
      },
      …
    },
    …
  ]
}

Cost

$20 buys 40,000 TikTok results.

Credits are bought up front and spent per result delivered. A run that falls short costs less; a run that returns nothing costs nothing. They do not expire and there is no monthly minimum.

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What this platform costs
All 17 endpoints $0.50 / 1,000

One rate, whatever the endpoint answers with. A profile costs what a comment costs.

Blog

Guides

  • The cheapest TikTok API (2026)

    TikTok has a free official route for approved researchers and none for everyone else. Where the rest of the market prices, and the sums for three real jobs.

  • The cheapest social media data APIs, ranked

    Ranked on real cost per thousand results rather than headline rate — which moves several providers a long way from where their pricing page puts them.

  • TikTok data API pricing compared (2026)

    What TikTok data costs across five providers, and why TikTok specifically punishes per-request billing harder than any other platform.

Questions

TikTok, specifically

Still unsure? The docs are public and complete — read what the API does before deciding.

Is this only public data?
Yes. Everything reachable through the API is a page or a profile that any logged-out visitor can already see. Nothing private, nothing behind a follow request, and no credentials of yours are involved.
How fresh are the results?
Read at the moment you ask. There is no cache and no stored copy served back to you — a run goes out when you call, which is why you get a run id back rather than the data in the same breath.
Do I need a TikTok account or an app review?
No. No account, no app registration, no review cycle and no keys of yours to manage. We open the account, you take an API key, and call it.
What does it cost at volume?
$0.50 per thousand results, the same at a thousand as at a million. Above a million results a month there is a rate worth agreeing in writing; below it the published rate is already the better deal.

See it run on your own targets

Tell us which platforms and endpoints you need. We point the API at the accounts, hashtags or links you name and send you what comes back.

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