TikTok Ad Library Search API. Ads matching your search.

Ads by keyword or advertiser, with reach. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Searches TikTok's public ad library, which holds ads shown in Europe, by keyword, exact phrase or advertiser, a page at a time. Each ad has its advertiser, text, media, the days it ran, reach, topic and any takedown. Filter by country, active or inactive and date, and sort by relevance, newest, oldest or popularity.

GET /v1/tiktok/search_ads

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20 typed fields null when unknown
12 ads per page, relevance (keywords) or newest
query is all it needs, e.g. coffee

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$ npm install socialtap

query = coffee

Open in playground

GET /v1/tiktok/search_adsTry in

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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "raisedinluxury",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": null,
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "first_shown_at",
        "last_shown_at",
        "reach"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "creatives": [
        {
          "body": "Mushroom coffee #coffee",
          "cta_text": null,
          "link_description": null,
          "link_url": null,
          "media": [
            {
              "alt_text": null,
              "duration_ms": null,
              "expires_at": null,
              "height": null,
              "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn.com/tos-alisg-p-37c799-sg/o8UknFBVVDq0iQCOhAzGAS2tQfwxmfEEd3QRkE~tplv-noop.image?dr=18692&refresh_token=d75541c5&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=9276707c&ps=14f1eb3e&shp=9e36835a&shcp=0c75dd76&idc=sg1&VideoID=v15025gf0000da547cfog65jp…",
              "type": "video",
              "url": "https://library.tiktok.com/api/v1/cdn/1793574003/video/aHR0cHM6Ly92NzcudGlrdG9rY2RuLmNvbS8yNzFmNGQ5MDI5ZjE0Y2M0M2IxYTU4MWNlNGZjN2EyZi82YWU4MThlNy92aWRlby90b3MvYWxpc2cvdG9zLWFsaXNnLXZlLTM3Yzc5OS1zZy9vWUlyUktBMVJSS1FIaVdvelNxQjlBUUJxNGlmQVl6VUlFRURpUy8=/e4ffaaa5-2a8f-4350-8715-b93e…",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2026-08-23T00:00:00Z",
      "id": "1874320211952658",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-08-23T00:00:00Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "advertiser_business_id": null,
          "advertiser_registry_location": null,
          "budget": null,
          "category": null,
          "ctr_top_percent": null,
          "is_removed": false,
          "like_count": null,
          "objective": null,
          "rank": null,
          "removal_country_codes": [],
          "removal_reasons": [],
          "targeting": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [
        "tiktok"
      ],
      "reach": {
        "lower_bound": 0,
        "upper_bound": 1000
      },
      "spend": null,
      "type": "video",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes"
      ],
      "url": "https://library.tiktok.com/ads/detail/?ad_id=1874320211952658"
    },
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "Manea Coffee",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": null,
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "first_shown_at",
        "last_shown_at",
        "reach"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "creatives": [
        {
          "body": "Caja de muestras | Manea Coffee",
          "cta_text": null,
          "link_description": null,
          "link_url": null,
          "media": [
            {
              "alt_text": null,
              "duration_ms": null,
              "expires_at": null,
              "height": null,
              "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn.com/tos-alisg-p-0051c001-sg/o0QMomDeZefhMFgshsbGeqxAQBA4NRQIDA8W2C~tplv-tiktokx-origin.jpeg?dr=14582&refresh_token=3d9c5080&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=0c75dd76&shcp=9b759fb9&idc=sg1",
              "type": "video",
              "url": "https://library.tiktok.com/api/v1/cdn/1793574003/video/aHR0cHM6Ly92NzcudGlrdG9rY2RuLmNvbS84NjM5ZjgxN2VlZTkzMzk2N2U2YjgzNjY3YzE3ZGNlNy82YWU4MThmNi92aWRlby90b3MvdXNlYXN0MmEvdG9zLXVzZWFzdDJhLXZlLTAwNTFjNzk5LWV1dHRwL293VEF3Q0VRZDRERWJGQUl0V0xWRnNtRGZ2Z1FnVUVHaGZJZkI3Lw==/2683c39b-6f1…",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2026-06-08T00:00:00Z",
      "id": "1867421334452290",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-06-19T00:00:00Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "advertiser_business_id": null,
          "advertiser_registry_location": null,
          "budget": null,
          "category": null,
          "ctr_top_percent": null,
          "is_removed": false,
          "like_count": null,
          "objective": null,
          "rank": null,
          "removal_country_codes": [],
          "removal_reasons": [],
          "targeting": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [
        "tiktok"
      ],
      "reach": {
        "lower_bound": 1000,
        "upper_bound": 10000
      },
      "spend": null,
      "type": "video",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes"
      ],
      "url": "https://library.tiktok.com/ads/detail/?ad_id=1867421334452290"
    },
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "Manea Coffee",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": null,
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "first_shown_at",
        "last_shown_at",
        "reach"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "creatives": [
        {
          "body": "Caja de muestras | Manea Coffee",
          "cta_text": null,
          "link_description": null,
          "link_url": null,
          "media": [],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2026-06-08T00:00:00Z",
      "id": "1867423264630914",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "advertiser_business_id": null,
          "advertiser_registry_location": null,
          "budget": null,
          "category": null,
          "ctr_top_percent": null,
          "is_removed": false,
          "like_count": null,
          "objective": null,
          "rank": null,
          "removal_country_codes": [],
          "removal_reasons": [],
          "targeting": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [
        "tiktok"
      ],
      "reach": {
        "lower_bound": 0,
        "upper_bound": 1000
      },
      "spend": null,
      "type": "image",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes"
      ],
      "url": "https://library.tiktok.com/ads/detail/?ad_id=1867423264630914"
    }
  ],
  "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": 2510,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "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.searchAds.list({ query: "coffee" });
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 = "query=" + encode("coffee");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_ads?" + 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("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("coffee"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_ads?" + 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/search_ads")
        .query(&[("query", "coffee")])
        .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/search_adsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 4 platforms.

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

Null means unknown
A field TikTok Ad Library doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
Keywords, a "quoted phrase", or (search_by=advertiser) an advertiser's name.
Write one parser
TikTok Ad Library, Facebook Ad Library, Google Ads Transparency Center and LinkedIn Ad Library answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Library owner's platform ID (facebook for Meta's library, tiktok, google, linkedin).
idstring: Library ad ID (string).
urlstring: Public library page of the ad.
advertiserobject: The advertising page, business or account.
paid_bystring: Disclosed payer ("Paid for by").
is_activeboolean: True while the ad is running.
first_shown_atstring: First delivery, RFC 3339 UTC (often date-only: see approximate_fields).
last_shown_atstring: Last delivery, RFC 3339 UTC; null while active.

What teams build with the TikTok Ad Library Search API.

Monitor competitors' TikTok ads
List an advertiser's ads in Europe
Find ads TikTok took down

Good to know before you build.

The library holds only ads shown in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or UK, and shows no spend or impressions.
is_active is set only when you filter by status active or inactive, and is null otherwise.
A page can hold fewer ads than limit while more follow, and ads TikTok ranks equally can be skipped or repeated across pages.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

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Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Platform API `api`	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 Ad Library Search API. Ads matching your search.

TikTok Ad Library Search API at a glance

Send one request. Get up to 12 ads back.

One schema on 4 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the TikTok Ad Library Search API.

Monitor competitors' TikTok ads

List an advertiser's ads in Europe

Find ads TikTok took down

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the TikTok Ad Library Search API.

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