TikTok Following API

Returns the accounts a public TikTok account follows, most recently followed first, from a username, profile link, user ID or secUid. Each account comes with its username, display name, bio, avatar, verified and private flags, secUid, and exact follower, following, like and video counts. Page through the list with the cursor.

GET /v1/tiktok/following

Read the API reference

1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
19 typed fields null when unknown
30 accounts per page, most recently followed first
handle is all it needs, e.g. nasa

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$ npm install socialtap

handle = nasa

Open in playground

GET /v1/tiktok/followingTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "khaby.lame",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following",
    params={"handle": "khaby.lame"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'khaby.lame')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'handle' => 'khaby.lame',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("handle", "khaby.lame")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following?handle=khaby.lame' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast8-avt-0068-tx2/5f78661ab7569a41cae5e990d2316eee~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=1ed539ac&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": "Email: business@xeviuniverse.com\nPodcast ⬇️",
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": "Xevi",
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "6769661547985847302",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": 5336993,
        "following_count": 245,
        "post_count": 1165,
        "total_like_count": 241913385,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "display_name_changed_at": null,
          "friend_count": null,
          "is_business_account": null,
          "is_shop_seller": false,
          "language": null,
          "liked_post_count": null,
          "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAAFQ1MMGr1Up7yqeOGwW2icV4-OS0VP5uRcoKmY9QVGbXwDcyTXHpmpVJqdMpRXT24"
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@xeviuniverse",
      "username": "xeviuniverse"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast8-avt-0068-tx2/aa6a4e62bf2da5dca3593b5a0e5e476f~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=5e5b7775&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": null,
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": "user38180545530128",
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "7530943790661305399",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": 12925,
        "following_count": 0,
        "post_count": 279,
        "total_like_count": 84577,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "display_name_changed_at": null,
          "friend_count": null,
          "is_business_account": null,
          "is_shop_seller": false,
          "language": null,
          "liked_post_count": null,
          "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAAK7CNRYoImyzWUgPu9lbLy4whAuyIg5fcKd9sG3Sr8dL5-2xwIE1kmm6Tq6b5zKkf"
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@user38180545530128",
      "username": "user38180545530128"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast2a-avt-0068-euttp/d260685754e3ae8139f47e7ec9fda7e9~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=0914a1e0&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": "🏆 The official #FIFAWorldCup account on TikTok",
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": "FIFA World Cup",
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "7059636734342038534",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": true,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": 84168308,
        "following_count": 93,
        "post_count": 11388,
        "total_like_count": 3308612098,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "display_name_changed_at": null,
          "friend_count": null,
          "is_business_account": null,
          "is_shop_seller": false,
          "language": null,
          "liked_post_count": null,
          "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAApf8MKCE246Q60LYymhpec5wPGF-uaGZgzl7W19U-AxtzHzeydNdE8xZedO_gUWDL"
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@fifaworldcup",
      "username": "fifaworldcup"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 0,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "profile",
      "id": "127905465618821121",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.tiktok.following.list({ handle: "khaby.lame" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "handle=" + encode("khaby.lame");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "handle=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("khaby.lame"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/following")
        .query(&[("handle", "khaby.lame")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/followingLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 27 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field TikTok doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
TikTok username with or without the @, a profile URL (tiktok.com/@nasa), a numeric user ID or a secUid (MS4wLjABAAAA…).
Write one parser
TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring: Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring: Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring: Canonical profile URL.
typestring: Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring: Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring: Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

What teams build with the TikTok Following API.

See which creators a brand follows
Map who an influencer follows back
Find accounts a competitor started following
Build creator networks from follow graphs

Good to know before you build.

A private account answers private_or_unavailable, and so does a public account that hides the accounts it follows, with an error message that says which.
Listed accounts have no bio links, join date or country, and the TikTok Profile API returns them for any of them.

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Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Platform API `api`	1 credit	$0.75–$1.97

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Questions about the TikTok Following API.

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TikTok Following API. Accounts, page by page.