TikTok Post API · SocialTap

Returns a public TikTok video or photo post from its link, share link or ID, with its view, like, comment, share and save counts. It also has the caption, author, publish time, hashtags, tagged accounts, a direct video file link or every slideshow photo, the cover, sound, tagged place, and ad and AI labels.

GET /v1/tiktok/post

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22 typed fields null when unknown
url is all it needs, e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@niinoclock/video/7673108027645414678
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$ npm install socialtap

url = https://www.tiktok.com/@niinoclock/video/7673108027645414678

Open in playground

GET /v1/tiktok/postTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/post?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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/post",
    params={"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"},
    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/post")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173')
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/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/post?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/post?"+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 -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/post' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [
      "duration_ms",
      "media[].duration_ms",
      "metrics.view_count"
    ],
    "author": {
      "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast8-avt-0068-tx2/4cbe05e194623e3f19aef975d9fdf26c~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=1a7ec680&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
      "display_name": "Scout, Suki & Stella",
      "id": "53279706535428096",
      "is_verified": true,
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015",
      "username": "scout2015"
    },
    "coauthors": [],
    "duration_ms": 10000,
    "hashtags": [
      "foryoupage",
      "petsoftiktok",
      "aesthetic"
    ],
    "id": "6718335390845095173",
    "is_nsfw": false,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "language": "en",
    "media": [
      {
        "alt_text": null,
        "duration_ms": 10000,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "height": 1024,
        "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/2367c7d45cf54a1397abd0e72bf22eac~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://v19.tiktokcdn-us.com/SCRUBBED/f2a52380/video/tos/useast5/tos-useast5-ve-0068c002-tx/15fbafb086324317bf77a649580b1f95/?a=1233&bti=ODszNWYuMDE6&&bt=2389&ft=aEKfuqT0mIoPD12Qd0iI3wUM0_AbMeF~O5&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=ODw1Z2gzZ2Q1ODo4aGdnZUBpM245aWhvZ3U4bjMzZzczM0AzNWA1MWJiNWEx…",
        "width": 576
      }
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "metrics": {
      "comment_count": 5716,
      "like_count": 35200,
      "quote_count": null,
      "repost_count": null,
      "save_count": 649,
      "share_count": 1518,
      "view_count": 159700
    },
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "platform_specific": {
      "tiktok": {
        "author_follower_count": null,
        "author_sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAAPZWNdkF_cmVSPCvV0Y6MCsH29mlAOlMOX3ikzGvlfMm3K6OMZv-JrRImpEHxdIMI",
        "board": null,
        "country_code": "US",
        "is_ad": false,
        "is_ai_generated": false,
        "location": null,
        "music": {
          "author_name": "tiff",
          "cover_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/62c59c8c91226b51c36d2338519eb63e~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=ae9b518c&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
          "duration_ms": 10000,
          "id": "6689804660171082501",
          "is_original": true,
          "play_url": "https://v19.tiktokcdn-us.com/SCRUBBED/f2a52380/video/tos/useast5/tos-useast5-v-27dcd7-tx/fdec9588d6684e7d97da29739b9d0abf/?a=1233&bti=ODszNWYuMDE6&&bt=125&ft=GSDrKInz7ThMDnRGXq8Zmo&mime_type=audio_mpeg&rc=am48ZmQ6ZnFxNzMzNzU8M0Bpam48ZmQ6ZnFxNzMzNzU8M0BpNWRhcjRfaGBgLS1kMTZzYSNpNWR…",
          "title": "original sound"
        }
      }
    },
    "platform_type": "video",
    "published_at": "2019-07-27T13:32:38Z",
    "text": "Scramble up ur name & I’ll try to guess it😍❤️ #foryoupage #petsoftiktok #aesthetic",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/2367c7d45cf54a1397abd0e72bf22eac~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": [
      "coauthors"
    ],
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 1140,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "video",
      "id": "6718335390845095173",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"
    },
    "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.post.get({ url: "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173" });
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/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/post?" + 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/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/post?" + 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/post")
        .query(&[("url", "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173")])
        .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/postLong 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
TikTok video or photo post link (web, mobile, embed or share link) or a numeric post ID.
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 Post API.

Track engagement on creator and brand videos
Monitor competitors' campaigns and ads
Collect captions, hashtags and sounds for trend research

Good to know before you build.

TikTok rounds large like and view counts, and approximate_fields lists them. Comment, share and save counts are exact.
When TikTok blocks the video page or changes its layout, the post comes from its embed page with save count, language, location, AI label and sound length null, and a partial_data warning names them.
is_sponsored is true for TikTok ads and null otherwise, because paid partnerships aren't public.

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TikTok Post API. Send a video or post link, or an ID.

TikTok Post API at a glance

Send one request. Get 22 fields back.

One schema on 21 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the TikTok Post API.

Track engagement on creator and brand videos

Monitor competitors' campaigns and ads

Collect captions, hashtags and sounds for trend research

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the TikTok Post API.

Posts on 20 more platforms.

TikTok API. 31 endpoints, one key.

Try it on a link you already have.