TikTok Hashtag Posts API

Returns the top public videos and photo posts under a TikTok hashtag, in TikTok's own order, from the hashtag's link, its name or its share link. Each post comes with its caption, hashtags, author username, play count, cover and a video link that plays without TikTok's cookies. A hashtag TikTok doesn't have returns not_found.

GET /v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts

Read the API reference

1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
22 typed fields null when unknown
10 top videos and photo posts per page, TikTok's ranking of the hashtag's top posts (the order its embed shows)
url is all it needs, e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking

Send one request. Get up to 10 top videos and photo posts back.

Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.

$ npm install socialtap

url = https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking

Open in playground

GET /v1/tiktok/hashtag_postsTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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/hashtag_posts",
    params={"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"},
    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/hashtag_posts")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking')
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([
    'url' => 'https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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("url", "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts?"+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 -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "published_at",
        "metrics.view_count"
      ],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": null,
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@simplefood4you",
        "username": "simplefood4you"
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hashtags": [
        "garlic",
        "recipe",
        "cooking"
      ],
      "id": "7125823187908070661",
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "language": null,
      "media": [
        {
          "alt_text": null,
          "duration_ms": null,
          "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
          "height": 1024,
          "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/d6b067679b524a399bb8e68f345882b6_1659110004~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
          "type": "video",
          "url": "https://v16m.tiktokcdn-us.com/SCRUBBED/f2a52380/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-pve-0068/ec65ddeb249343cfbb019992bd843314/?a=1233&bti=ODszNWYuMDE6&&bt=1538&ft=aEKfuqT0mIoPD12P~aII3wUDaFAbMeF~O5&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=NmRlZmg2OWk2NGg4PDc1ZkBpM3A5OzY6ZngzZTMzNzczM0BeYV9jXjEwNjExNDF…",
          "width": 576
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": null,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": 23500000
      },
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "author_follower_count": null,
          "author_sec_uid": null,
          "board": null,
          "country_code": null,
          "is_ad": null,
          "is_ai_generated": null,
          "location": null,
          "music": null
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "video",
      "published_at": "2022-07-29T15:53:19Z",
      "text": "I LOVE GARLIC 🙊🧄 #garlic #recipe #cooking #foodie #foodtiktok #food #foryou #fyp",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/d6b067679b524a399bb8e68f345882b6_1659110004~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
      "title": null,
      "type": "video",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "mentions"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@simplefood4you/video/7125823187908070661"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "published_at",
        "metrics.view_count"
      ],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": null,
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@simplefood4you",
        "username": "simplefood4you"
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hashtags": [
        "eggsalad",
        "recipe",
        "cooking"
      ],
      "id": "7138098745467587846",
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "language": null,
      "media": [
        {
          "alt_text": null,
          "duration_ms": null,
          "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
          "height": 1024,
          "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/926e8b4cd33449ef9e9307fb540dc5ca_1661968133~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
          "type": "video",
          "url": "https://v16m.tiktokcdn-us.com/SCRUBBED/f2a52380/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-ve-0068c001/236f04a83f694401b7ac0a6efb5eb85e/?a=1233&bti=ODszNWYuMDE6&&bt=1571&ft=aEKfuqT0mIoPD12P~aII3wUDaFAbMeF~O5&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=PDhnZWk1NDs2PDc6PGk8N0BpM2RlOzQ6ZndzZjMzNzczM0AzMGBiXzY0NS0x…",
          "width": 576
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": null,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": 12700000
      },
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "author_follower_count": null,
          "author_sec_uid": null,
          "board": null,
          "country_code": null,
          "is_ad": null,
          "is_ai_generated": null,
          "location": null,
          "music": null
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "video",
      "published_at": "2022-08-31T17:48:45Z",
      "text": "MY NEW OBSESSION 😋 #eggsalad #recipe #cooking #foodie #foodtiktok #food #foryou #fyp",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/926e8b4cd33449ef9e9307fb540dc5ca_1661968133~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
      "title": null,
      "type": "video",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "mentions"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@simplefood4you/video/7138098745467587846"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "published_at",
        "metrics.view_count"
      ],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": null,
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@simplefood4you",
        "username": "simplefood4you"
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hashtags": [
        "recipe",
        "cooking",
        "foodie"
      ],
      "id": "7140666669512297733",
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "language": null,
      "media": [
        {
          "alt_text": null,
          "duration_ms": null,
          "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
          "height": 1024,
          "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/e27fd71359da4b5c8141a0b5b35e2c9b_1662566028~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
          "type": "video",
          "url": "https://v16m.tiktokcdn-us.com/SCRUBBED/f2a52380/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-ve-0068c001/23eb70e48c2d4ecbb93c4400f231aa78/?a=1233&bti=ODszNWYuMDE6&&bt=1358&ft=aEKfuqT0mIoPD12P~aII3wUDaFAbMeF~O5&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=NDVnPDc7NjkzZGg5N2Q4NUBpanU2djQ6ZnhlZjMzNzczM0AuX2AuYWNgNS0x…",
          "width": 576
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": null,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": 47900000
      },
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "author_follower_count": null,
          "author_sec_uid": null,
          "board": null,
          "country_code": null,
          "is_ad": null,
          "is_ai_generated": null,
          "location": null,
          "music": null
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "video",
      "published_at": "2022-09-07T15:53:36Z",
      "text": "World famous tortilla wrap @SmakapåTrollhättan this Friday 💥 @citytrollhattan #recipe #cooking #foodie #foodtiktok #food #foryou #fyp",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/e27fd71359da4b5c8141a0b5b35e2c9b_1662566028~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
      "title": null,
      "type": "video",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "mentions"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@simplefood4you/video/7140666669512297733"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": false,
    "next_cursor": null,
    "next_cursor_expires_at": null,
    "end_reason": "platform_limit"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 0,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "hashtag",
      "id": "18973",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"
    },
    "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.hashtagPosts.list({ url: "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking" });
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 = "url=" + encode("https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts?" + 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("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts?" + 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/hashtag_posts")
        .query(&[("url", "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking")])
        .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/hashtag_postsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 21 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
A TikTok hashtag page link (tiktok.com/tag/cooking), the hashtag itself with or without the # (cooking, #cooking), or the app's share link of a hashtag by its ID (m.tiktok.com/h5/share/tag/18973.html).
Write one parser
TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring: Canonical post URL.
typestring: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring: Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.

What teams build with the TikTok Hashtag Posts API.

See which posts lead a hashtag right now
Find creators posting under a campaign hashtag
Monitor a branded or trending hashtag's top posts

Good to know before you build.

Logged out, TikTok shows a hashtag's posts only in its embed: one page of its top posts, so the page ends at platform_limit. TikTok's own hashtag page asks visitors to sign in to see more.
TikTok's US servers fail some real hashtags, popular ones included, so those are read from its servers in Asia, whose last few top posts can differ. A few fail there too: those return upstream_error rather than an empty list, and aren't charged. The TikTok Hashtag API still returns their counts.
Posts come in TikTok's order for the hashtag, not by date: since and until filter the page.
published_at is when the post was uploaded, read from its ID, and TikTok rounds play counts: both are listed in approximate_fields.
Each post names its author by username only, and has no like, comment or share counts: the TikTok Post API returns every field for a post's url.
A hashtag TikTok doesn't have, or one it hides (banned tags), returns not_found.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.

Plans and packs How this endpoint is priced How credits work

Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Any source	1 credit	$0.75–$1.97

Cache hits are free.
Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.

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TikTok Hashtag Posts API. Top videos and photo posts, page by page.