TikTok Live API · SocialTap

Returns whether a TikTok account is LIVE now, with its viewer count, title and stream links, from a username, profile or LIVE link, or user ID. A room on air has its current viewers, total entries, title, cover and start time, and HLS, DASH and HTTP-FLV links for every quality TikTok serves, with when each expires. Otherwise you get the latest room, ended. The host comes with its ID, secUid, display name, verified badge and follower count.

GET /v1/tiktok/live

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17 typed fields null when unknown
handle is all it needs, e.g. aljazeeraenglish
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$ npm install socialtap

handle = aljazeeraenglish

Open in playground

GET /v1/tiktok/liveTry in

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

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/live",
    params={"handle": "aljazeeraenglish"},
    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, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/live")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'aljazeeraenglish')
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' => 'aljazeeraenglish',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/live?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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", "aljazeeraenglish")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/live?"+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"`
		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/live?handle=aljazeeraenglish' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "category": null,
    "ended_at": null,
    "host": {
      "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast8-avt-0068-tx2/f569c9cd13cf1ccee624a4ae1b0b4c4e~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.webp?dr=9640&refresh_token=b70569e5&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=fdd36af4&idc=useast5",
      "display_name": "Al Jazeera English",
      "id": "7074562477175424046",
      "is_verified": true,
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish",
      "username": "aljazeeraenglish"
    },
    "id": "7703236637299444493",
    "metrics": {
      "concurrent_viewer_count": 4935,
      "like_count": null,
      "view_count": 926646
    },
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "platform_specific": {
      "tiktok": {
        "host_follower_count": 16752217,
        "host_sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAAtS2tPZtfESngqzjzrwwUu0M1LUlx1MjODxCDecgBvwBcyquIg56vBb_2I0BaW574",
        "is_age_restricted": null,
        "is_subscriber_only": false,
        "stream_id": "3579127593564111804"
      }
    },
    "post_id": null,
    "scheduled_start_at": null,
    "started_at": "2026-11-01T16:14:18Z",
    "status": "live",
    "streams": [
      {
        "bitrate_kbps": 10671,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "format": "hls",
        "height": 1080,
        "is_audio_only": false,
        "quality": "Original",
        "url": "https://pull-hls-f16-tt01.tiktokcdn-us.com/game/stream-3579127593564111804/index.m3u8?expire=4070908800&sign=SCRUBBED",
        "video_codec": "h264",
        "width": 1920
      },
      {
        "bitrate_kbps": 10671,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "format": "dash",
        "height": 1080,
        "is_audio_only": false,
        "quality": "Original",
        "url": "https://pull-f5-tt01.tiktokcdn-us.com/game/stream-3579127593564111804/index.mpd?auth_mode=2&expire=4070908800&sign=SCRUBBED",
        "video_codec": "h264",
        "width": 1920
      },
      {
        "bitrate_kbps": 10671,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "format": "flv",
        "height": 1080,
        "is_audio_only": false,
        "quality": "Original",
        "url": "https://pull-f5-tt01.tiktokcdn-us.com/game/stream-3579127593564111804.flv?expire=4070908800&sign=SCRUBBED",
        "video_codec": "h264",
        "width": 1920
      }
    ],
    "text": null,
    "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-webcast.tiktokcdn-us.com/webcast-oci-tx/7628418490097126158~tplv-obj.image",
    "title": "Al Jazeera English TikTok LIVE",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish/live"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 476,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "profile",
      "id": "7703236637299444493",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish/live"
    },
    "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.live.get({ handle: "aljazeeraenglish" });
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("aljazeeraenglish");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/live?" + 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("aljazeeraenglish"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/live?" + 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/live")
        .query(&[("handle", "aljazeeraenglish")])
        .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/liveLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 2 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 @ (aljazeeraenglish, @aljazeeraenglish), a profile or LIVE page URL (tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish, tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish/live), or a numeric user ID (tiktok.com/share/user/<id> or the bare ID).
Write one parser
TikTok and Twitch answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native ID of the broadcast (string; TikTok room ID, YouTube video ID).
urlstring: Public page of the broadcast (TikTok: the host's LIVE page, tiktok.com/@<username>/live).
statusstring: live: on air now; scheduled: announced, not started; ended: over. New values may be added; treat an unknown value as not live.
titlestring: The broadcast's title as the host set it.
textstring: Description as plain text; null where the platform has none.
categorystring: The topic or game the broadcast is filed under, as the platform names it.
hostobject: The broadcasting account.

What teams build with the TikTok Live API.

Check whether a creator is LIVE now
Track a broadcast's viewers over time
Record or monitor a TikTok LIVE stream
Alert when an account goes LIVE

Good to know before you build.

An account that isn't LIVE returns its latest room with status ended, its start time and entries, and no viewers or links.
An account TikTok shows no room for returns no_live.
Stream links are signed by TikTok and expire at expires_at, so fetch the room again for fresh ones.
Logged out, TikTok shows no like count, end time or topic for a room, so those fields are null.

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TikTok Live API. Send a handle or profile link.

TikTok Live API at a glance

Send one request. Get 17 fields back.

One schema on 2 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the TikTok Live API.

Check whether a creator is LIVE now

Track a broadcast's viewers over time

Record or monitor a TikTok LIVE stream

Alert when an account goes LIVE

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the TikTok Live API.

Livestreams on 1 more platform.

TikTok API. 31 endpoints, one key.

Try it on an account you know.