TikTok search API

Search TikTok videos and users

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "street food"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'street food'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/search"

payload = { "query": "street food" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "videoUrl": "<string>",
        "type": "video",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "authorIsVerified": true,
        "isAd": true,
        "isAiGenerated": true,
        "videoId": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "hashtags": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "mentions": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "durationSeconds": 123,
        "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
        "imageUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "views": 0,
        "likes": 0,
        "comments": 0,
        "shares": 0,
        "saves": 0,
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorName": "<string>",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "audioId": "<string>",
        "audioTitle": "<string>",
        "audioArtist": "<string>",
        "audioIsOriginal": true
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

POST

tiktok

Search TikTok videos and users

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "street food"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'street food'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/search"

payload = { "query": "street food" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "videoUrl": "<string>",
        "type": "video",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "authorIsVerified": true,
        "isAd": true,
        "isAiGenerated": true,
        "videoId": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "hashtags": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "mentions": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "durationSeconds": 123,
        "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
        "imageUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "views": 0,
        "likes": 0,
        "comments": 0,
        "shares": 0,
        "saves": 0,
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorName": "<string>",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "audioId": "<string>",
        "audioTitle": "<string>",
        "audioArtist": "<string>",
        "audioIsOriginal": true
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

Searches TikTok videos and users.

Request

query is required.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.tiktok.search({ query: "street food" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.tiktok.search(query="street food")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/tiktok/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"street food"}'

stophy tiktok search "street food"

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data.results[] contains videos or users, depending on type. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "videoId": "7644673074440178966",
        "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@streetbiteloop/video/7644673074440178966",
        "type": "video",
        "text": "🌭 Russian-Style Street Hot Dogs Done Right! Loaded Sausages with Ultimate Street Food Vibes 🔥 #HotDog #StreetFood…",
        "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z",
        "durationSeconds": 46,
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-no1a-p-0037-no/o0khF1GVTEbtCVPFEq1gpWDfFRfAACZAAIuXAI~tplv-tiktokx-origin.…",
        "views": 25500,
        "likes": 463,
        "comments": 5,
        "shares": 20,
        "saves": 48,
        "authorId": "7643112992573244438",
        "authorUsername": "streetbiteloop",
        "authorName": "Street Bite Loop",
        "authorUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@streetbiteloop",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/8700cf00c8ce94e865b684ac9426ba1c~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:7…",
        "authorIsVerified": false,
        "audioId": "7310524134701090818",
        "audioTitle": "Winter in Russia",
        "audioArtist": "Ma1nyyx",
        "audioIsOriginal": false,
        "isAd": false,
        "isAiGenerated": false
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "12:20261005204718B58D77DDAC1301FF9BD8"
  },
  "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.
`type`	string	The kind of item: `video` or `photo`.
`publishedAt`	string (ISO 8601)	The publication time, in UTC.
`durationSeconds`	number	The duration, in seconds.
`likes`	integer	The number of likes.

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`type`	string	Videos or users. Acceptable values are `videos` and `users`. If unset, defaults to `videos`.
`sort`	string	Specifies the order of videos. Leave it out for relevance. Acceptable values are `relevance`, `mostLiked` and `datePosted`.
`datePosted`	string	Restricts results to videos from this period. Leave it out for all time. Acceptable values are `past24Hours`, `thisWeek`, `thisMonth`, `last3Months` and `last6Months`.
`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.

TikTok profile: Accepts userUrl. Returns a profile’s bio, stats and a page of its videos.
TikTok video: Accepts videoUrl. Returns a video’s caption, stats and music.
TikTok sound: Accepts audioId. Returns a sound and a page of videos that use it.
TikTok comments: Accepts videoUrl. Returns a video’s comments, or the replies to one comment.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

query

string

required

Required string length: 1 - 200

type

enum<string>

default:videos

Available options:

videos,

users

sort

enum<string>

TikTok's Sort by, for videos. Leave out for Relevance.

Available options:

relevance,

mostLiked,

datePosted

datePosted

enum<string>

TikTok's Date posted, for videos. Leave out for All time.

Available options:

past24Hours,

thisWeek,

thisMonth,

last3Months,

last6Months

cursor

string

The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is.

Minimum string length: 1

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success

any

required

data

object

required

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

requestId

string

required

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TikTok search API

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