> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stophy.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TikTok search ads API > Search ads in the TikTok ad library. Call the TikTok search ads API and get JSON back in one request. 1 credit per call. Failed calls cost nothing. Searches ads in the TikTok ad library. ## Request This method has no required parameters. ```typescript TypeScript icon="https://mintcdn.com/sirathic/7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc/images/icons/typescript.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc&q=85&s=d8272a85e64145620f1fbbfcf7932986" theme={null} import { Stophy } from "stophy"; const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY }); const result = await stophy.tiktok.ads.search({ query: "adidas" }); console.log(result.data.results); ``` ```python Python icon="python" theme={null} from stophy import Stophy stophy = Stophy() # reads STOPHY_API_KEY result = stophy.tiktok.ads.search(query="adidas") print(result["data"]["results"]) ``` ```bash cURL icon="terminal" theme={null} curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/ads/search \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \ -H "content-type: application/json" \ -d '{"query":"adidas"}' ``` ```bash CLI icon="square-terminal" theme={null} stophy tiktok ads search adidas ``` ## Response If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. `data.results[]` contains the ads, each with its advertiser and how many people it reached. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut. ```json theme={null} { "success": true, "data": { "results": [ { "adId": "1871322782235922", "adUrl": "https://library.tiktok.com/ads/detail/?ad_id=1871322782235922", "advertiserName": "adidas AG", "headline": "adidas Hyperboost Euphoria", "firstShownAt": "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z", "lastShownAt": "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z", "reachMin": 0, "reachMax": 1000, "videoUrl": "https://library.tiktok.com/api/v1/cdn/1791233250/video/aHR0cHM6Ly92NzcudGlrdG9rY2RuLmNvbS8yYjJmM2I1OTJlZDUzYWUyZTE5NDY1…", "thumbnailUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn.com/tos-alisg-p-0051c001-sg/ocWADVmTAmAiP6zVOz19NgNcBaIZEwYAlBniU~tplv-tiktokx-origin…", "imageUrls": ["https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn.com/tos-alisg-p-0051c001-sg/ocWADVmTAmAiP6zVOz19NgNcBaIZEwYAlBniU~tplv-tiktokx-origin…"] } ], "total": 5000, "cursor": "eyJsYXN0X3NvcnQiOlsyNy40MjgyOTcsMTc4MzgxNDQwMDAwMF0sIm5leHRfY3Vyc29yIjoxMn0=" }, "creditsUsed": 1, "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | | - | - | - | | `cursor` | string | The pagination token. Pass it as `cursor` to retrieve the next page. Omitted on the last page. | | `total` | integer | The total number of matching results, across all pages. | | `firstShownAt` | string (ISO 8601) | The first day the ad was shown. | | `lastShownAt` | string (ISO 8601) | The last day the ad was shown. | | `reachMin` | integer | With `reachMax`, the range for the number of people the ad reached. | For every field, see the response schema on this page. ## Optional parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | - | - | - | | `query` | string | Words to search for. | | `advertiser` | string | Restricts results to ads from this advertiser name. | | `country` | string | Two-letter code of a European country, such as `de`. TikTok shows ads for these countries only. | | `cursor` | string | The pagination token from the previous response. | ## Billing Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed. ## Pagination Results are paginated. To retrieve the next page, pass the value of `data.cursor` as `cursor` in a subsequent request. A response that omits `cursor` is the last page. ## Related methods * [TikTok ad details](/api-reference/endpoint/tiktok-ads-ad): Accepts `adUrl`. Returns a TikTok ad's details and reach. ## OpenAPI ````yaml api-reference/openapi.json POST /v1/tiktok/ads/search openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Stophy API version: '1' description: >- Every endpoint is a POST that takes its input as a JSON object body. Unknown fields are rejected with 400. Responses leave out empty values: null, empty strings, empty objects and empty nested lists are not sent. x-credits is what one call costs. Every call costs the same, whatever it returns, unless an operation's description says it costs per 10 results, or per second of audio. Then x-credits is the lowest price and x-credits-max the most one call can cost. Where an operation takes limit, send it to return fewer results and pay for fewer. When a response has a cursor, send it back unchanged with the same input to get the next page. When it has a page, send the next page number. servers: - url: https://api.stophy.dev security: - apiKey: [] paths: /v1/tiktok/ads/search: post: summary: Search ads in the TikTok ad library description: Costs 1 credit per call. Pages with cursor. operationId: tiktokAdsSearch requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: query: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 advertiser: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 country: type: string pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$ description: >- European country code like de. TikTok publishes ads for these countries only. Any case is accepted. cursor: type: string minLength: 1 description: The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is. additionalProperties: false example: query: adidas responses: '200': description: The data, and the credits this call used. headers: X-Request-ID: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' x-credits-used: $ref: '#/components/headers/CreditsUsed' X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitRemaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitReset' x-cache: $ref: '#/components/headers/Cache' x-cache-age: $ref: '#/components/headers/CacheAge' content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - success - data - creditsUsed - requestId properties: success: const: true data: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: advertiserId: type: string advertiserName: type: string total: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 results: type: array items: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: adId: type: string adUrl: type: string format: uri advertiserName: type: string headline: type: string firstShownAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ lastShownAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ reachMin: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 reachMax: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 videoUrl: type: string format: uri thumbnailUrl: type: string format: uri imageUrls: type: array items: type: string format: uri required: - adUrl cursor: type: string required: - results creditsUsed: type: integer requestId: type: string 4XX: $ref: '#/components/responses/Error' 5XX: $ref: '#/components/responses/Error' components: headers: RequestId: description: The request id. Quote it when you report a problem. schema: type: string CreditsUsed: description: Credits this call used. schema: type: integer RateLimitLimit: description: Requests allowed in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimitRemaining: description: Requests left in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimitReset: description: Unix time in seconds when the current window resets. schema: type: integer Cache: description: hit if this result came from the cache, miss if it was fetched live. schema: type: string CacheAge: description: Seconds since the returned result was written to the cache. schema: type: integer RetryAfter: description: Seconds to wait before retrying. schema: type: integer responses: Error: description: The request failed. retryable says whether trying again can help. headers: X-Request-ID: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' schemas: Error: type: object required: - success - error properties: success: const: false error: type: object required: - code - message - retryable - requestId properties: code: type: string enum: - cliSessionCompleted - cliSessionExists - cliSessionNotFound - forbidden - insufficientCredits - internalError - inviteClaimed - inviteDisabled - inviteExpired - inviteUsedUp - invalidCliSession - invalidCliVerifier - invalidRequest - notFound - rateLimited - sourceChanged - sourceRefused - sourceTimeout - sourceUnavailable - tooManyInFlight - unauthorized - unsupportedMediaType message: type: string retryable: type: boolean retryAfterSeconds: type: integer requestId: type: string requiredCredits: type: number availableCredits: type: number billingUrl: type: string const: https://stophy.dev/billing securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.