TikTok User Search API: Accounts by keyword, niche or place

Returns the TikTok accounts a web search finds for your words, each with its username and profile link, a page at a time. Its display name, bio and follower, following and like counts come too, as the search index shows them. Add fill=true to also get each account's full live profile (user ID, exact counts, verification, avatar) in the same response.

GET /v1/tiktok/search_profiles

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1 credit per page, +1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
16 typed fields null when unknown
50 accounts per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first)
query is all it needs, e.g. barber

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$ npm install socialtap

query = barber

Open in playground

GET /v1/tiktok/search_profilesTry in

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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "profile.bio",
        "profile.metrics.follower_count",
        "profile.metrics.following_count"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@barberhouse03",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 0,
      "post": null,
      "profile": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "bio": "💈DEJA DE SER UN PRINCIPIANTE 💈 👌🏻COBRA LO QUE MERECES POR TU LABOR👌🏻 ↘️↘️ACCEDE CON EL 50% OFF AQUÍ ↙️↙️ · barberhousedigital.netlify.app/",
        "display_name": "BARBERHOUSE 💈",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "metrics": {
          "follower_count": 1400000,
          "following_count": 12,
          "post_count": null,
          "total_like_count": 9100000,
          "total_view_count": null
        },
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@barberhouse03",
        "username": "barberhouse03"
      },
      "snippet": "BARBERHOUSE 💈 · barberhouse03 · 12Following · 1.4MFollowers · 9.1MLikes · 💈DEJA DE SER UN PRINCIPIANTE 💈 👌🏻COBRA LO QUE MERECES POR TU LABOR👌🏻 ↘️↘️ACCEDE CON EL 50% OFF AQUÍ ↙️↙️ · barberhousedigital.netlify.app/",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "BARBERHOUSE 💈 (@barberhouse03)",
      "type": "profile",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@barberhouse03"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "profile.bio",
        "profile.metrics.follower_count",
        "profile.metrics.total_like_count"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@barbaros.barber",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 1,
      "post": null,
      "profile": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "bio": "Barbería en san Miguel 📍💈 Agenda tu hora con nosotros! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️",
        "display_name": "Bárbaros Barberia💈",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "metrics": {
          "follower_count": 11400,
          "following_count": null,
          "post_count": null,
          "total_like_count": 55100,
          "total_view_count": null
        },
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@barbaros.barber",
        "username": "barbaros.barber"
      },
      "snippet": "Bárbaros Barberia💈 (@barbaros.barber) on TikTok | 55.1K Likes. 11.4K Followers. Barbería en san Miguel 📍💈 Agenda tu hora con nosotros! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️.Watch Bárbaros Barberia💈's popular videos: \"Las risas en barbaro...\", \"Ayuden a etiquetarlo...\". Join 11.4K followers on TikTok for more…",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Bárbaros Barberia💈 (@barbaros.barber) | TikTok",
      "type": "profile",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@barbaros.barber"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "profile.bio",
        "profile.metrics.follower_count",
        "profile.metrics.following_count"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@sambarber_music",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 2,
      "post": null,
      "profile": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "bio": "Singer/Songwriter “Broken View” out now · bio.to/SamBarber",
        "display_name": "Sam Barber",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "metrics": {
          "follower_count": 1400000,
          "following_count": 202,
          "post_count": null,
          "total_like_count": 19800000,
          "total_view_count": null
        },
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@sambarber_music",
        "username": "sambarber_music"
      },
      "snippet": "Sam Barber · sambarber_music · 202Following · 1.4MFollowers · 19.8MLikes · Singer/Songwriter “Broken View” out now · bio.to/SamBarber · Log in",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Sam Barber (@sambarber_music)",
      "type": "profile",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@sambarber_music"
    }
  ],
  "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": "web_search",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 1280,
    "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.searchProfiles.list({ query: "barber" });
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("barber");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_profiles?" + 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("barber"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_profiles?" + 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_profiles")
        .query(&[("query", "barber")])
        .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_profilesLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 6 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
Words to find TikTok accounts by, as a web search reads them: a niche, a business type, a place, a name (barber, yoga studio austin, "wine bar").
Write one parser
TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and 3 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform the item is on.
typestring: The kind of item the result names, as the resource that describes it: profile (an account), post, hashtag, sound, place or community. The item's summary is the field of that name, and a filled result's record is details.<type>. A search that finds several kinds (a platform's top search) mixes them in one list. New values may be added as more kinds are searchable; treat unknown values as other.
positioninteger: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept.
urlstring: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post).
matched_urlstring: The page the index listed: the item's own page, or one of its pages that names it (a video of an account, for a profile found through it).
titlestring: The page's title as the index shows it: often the item's name, but not the item's own field. Null when the index shows none.
snippetstring: The index's excerpt of the page: often the item's description and counts as the page stated them when it was indexed, days or weeks ago. Null when the index shows none.
profileobject: The account the result names (type profile): what its link and the index's text say of it, completed from details when the result is filled. Null for every other type.

What teams build with the TikTok User Search API.

Find creators and influencers in a niche
Build lead lists of local businesses
Find an account from a person's name

Good to know before you build.

TikTok's account search needs a login, so results come from a web search engine's index of TikTok profiles and videos, in that engine's ranking.
An account found through one of its videos is listed once, by its profile link, with matched_url naming the video.
Without fill, an account's id, avatar_url and is_verified are null, and its counts, display name and bio are the index's copy of its page: rounded and possibly weeks old (listed in approximate_fields), and absent when it was found through a video.
With fill=true each result's details.profile is the account's live record from the TikTok Profile API, and its summary is updated from it.
A result the profile lookup couldn't fetch (a renamed or banned account) stays unfilled and costs nothing extra, and meta.warnings says how many.
The index goes only so deep: a search usually ends after two or three pages (page.end_reason end).
Case doesn't matter, and site: operators in your query are removed.

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Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
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TikTok User Search API. Accounts matching your search.

TikTok User Search API at a glance

Send one request. Get up to 50 accounts back.

One schema on 6 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the TikTok User Search API.

Find creators and influencers in a niche

Build lead lists of local businesses

Find an account from a person's name

Good to know before you build.

From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the TikTok User Search API.

Web results on 5 more platforms.

TikTok API. 31 endpoints, one key.

Try it with your own search.