> ## 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 API > Search TikTok videos and users. Call the TikTok search API and get JSON back in one request. 1 credit per call. Failed calls cost nothing. Searches TikTok videos and users. ## Request `query` is required. ```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.search({ query: "street food" }); console.log(result.data.results); ``` ```python Python icon="python" theme={null} from stophy import Stophy stophy = Stophy() # reads STOPHY_API_KEY result = stophy.tiktok.search(query="street food") print(result["data"]["results"]) ``` ```bash cURL icon="terminal" theme={null} 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"}' ``` ```bash CLI icon="square-terminal" theme={null} 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. ```json theme={null} { "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. ## Related methods * [TikTok profile](/api-reference/endpoint/tiktok-profile): Accepts `userUrl`. Returns a profile's bio, stats and a page of its videos. * [TikTok video](/api-reference/endpoint/tiktok-video): Accepts `videoUrl`. Returns a video's caption, stats and music. * [TikTok sound](/api-reference/endpoint/tiktok-sound): Accepts `audioId`. Returns a sound and a page of videos that use it. * [TikTok comments](/api-reference/endpoint/tiktok-comments): Accepts `videoUrl`. Returns a video's comments, or the replies to one comment. ## OpenAPI ````yaml api-reference/openapi.json POST /v1/tiktok/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/search: post: summary: Search TikTok videos and users description: Costs 1 credit per call. Pages with cursor. operationId: tiktokSearch requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: query: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 type: default: videos type: string enum: - videos - users sort: description: TikTok's Sort by, for videos. Leave out for Relevance. type: string enum: - relevance - mostLiked - datePosted datePosted: description: TikTok's Date posted, for videos. Leave out for All time. type: string enum: - past24Hours - thisWeek - thisMonth - last3Months - last6Months cursor: type: string minLength: 1 description: The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is. required: - query additionalProperties: false example: query: street food 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: $ref: '#/components/headers/CacheAge' content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - success - data - creditsUsed - requestId properties: success: const: true data: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: results: type: array items: anyOf: - type: object additionalProperties: false properties: videoId: type: string videoUrl: type: string format: uri type: type: string enum: - video - photo text: type: string hashtags: type: array items: type: string mentions: type: array items: type: string publishedAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ durationSeconds: type: number thumbnailUrl: type: string format: uri imageUrls: type: array items: type: string format: uri views: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 likes: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 comments: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 shares: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 saves: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 authorId: type: string authorUsername: type: string authorName: type: string authorUrl: type: string format: uri authorAvatarUrl: type: string format: uri authorIsVerified: type: boolean audioId: type: string audioTitle: type: string audioArtist: type: string audioIsOriginal: type: boolean isAd: type: boolean isAiGenerated: type: boolean required: - videoUrl - type - authorUrl - authorIsVerified - isAd - isAiGenerated - type: object additionalProperties: false properties: userId: type: string username: type: string userUrl: type: string format: uri name: type: string bio: type: string avatarUrl: type: string format: uri isVerified: type: boolean followers: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 likes: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 required: - userUrl - isVerified 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.