# TikTok User Search API. Accounts matching your search. Accounts by keyword, niche or place. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes. [Get API key](https://socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Dtiktok.search_profiles) ## TikTok User Search API at a glance 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` [Read the API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/tiktok/search_profiles/index.md) - **1 credit** per page, +1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages - **16 typed fields** null when unknown - **50** accounts per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first) - **`query`** is all it needs, e.g. `barber` ## Send one request. Get up to 50 accounts back. Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free. `$ npm install socialtap` `query = barber` [Open in playground](https://socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=tiktok.search_profiles) cURL: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_profiles?query=barber' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.tiktok.searchProfiles.list({ query: "barber" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "barber", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_profiles?${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); ``` Python (requests): ```python 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"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go 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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "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": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete. ## One schema on 6 platforms. The [response reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/tiktok/search_profiles/index.md#response) lists every field, its type and when it is `null`. [See the full schema](https://socialtap.dev/resources/web_result/index.md). - ### 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. - **`platform`string**: Platform the item is on. - **`type`string**: 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.\. 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. - **`position`integer**: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept. - **`url`string**: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post). - **`matched_url`string**: 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). - **`title`string**: 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. - **`snippet`string**: 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. - **`profile`object**: 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. Live data from 33 platforms. [TikTok](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/index.md) · [Instagram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/index.md) · [Facebook](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/index.md) · [YouTube](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/index.md) · [Reddit](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/index.md) · [Threads](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/index.md) · [Spotify](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/index.md) · [Amazon](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/index.md) · [Apple Music](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/index.md) · [Pinterest](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/index.md) · [Rumble](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/index.md) · [X](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/index.md) · [Bluesky](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/index.md) · [Twitch](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/index.md) · [LinkedIn](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/index.md) · [Telegram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/index.md) · [TikTok Shop](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktokshop/index.md) · [Kwai](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/index.md) · [Snapchat](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/index.md) · [SoundCloud](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/index.md) · [Truth Social](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/index.md) · [Kick](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/index.md) · [Komi](https://socialtap.dev/apis/komi/index.md) · [Lnk.Bio](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkbio/index.md) · [Linkme](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkme/index.md) · [Linktree](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linktree/index.md) · [Pillar](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pillar/index.md) · [TikTok Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Events](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-events/index.md) · [Facebook Marketplace](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-marketplace/index.md) · [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://socialtap.dev/apis/google-ads-transparency/index.md) · [LinkedIn Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin-ad-library/index.md) ## 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. ## From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free. Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform. [Plans and packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) · [How this endpoint is priced](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/tiktok/search_profiles/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Any source | 1 credit + 1 per result filled in
up to 51 credits (50 results filled in) | $0.75–$1.97 + $0.75–$1.97 per result filled in | - 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. ## Questions about the TikTok User Search API. More in the [API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/tiktok/search_profiles/index.md). **How much does the TikTok User Search API cost?** A page of up to 50 accounts costs 1 credit + 1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits (50 results filled in). Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack. **How do I get the next page?** Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 24 hours. Other platforms ## Web results on 5 more platforms. - [Instagram User Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_profiles`) - [Facebook Page and People Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/facebook/search_profiles`) - [X (Twitter) User Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/x/search_profiles`) - [LinkedIn Company and People Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/linkedin/search_profiles`) - [Telegram Channel Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/search_channels/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/telegram/search_channels`) More TikTok ## TikTok API. 31 endpoints, one key. - [TikTok Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/post`) - [TikTok Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/posts`) - [TikTok Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_posts`) - [TikTok Top Videos API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/top_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/top_posts`) - [TikTok Liked Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/liked_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/liked_posts`) - [TikTok Place Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/place_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/place_posts`) - [TikTok Sound Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/sound_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/sound_posts`) - [TikTok Effect Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/effect_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/effect_posts`) - [TikTok Hashtag Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/hashtag_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/hashtag_posts`) - [TikTok Playlist Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/playlist_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/playlist_posts`) - [TikTok Trending Videos API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/trending_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/trending_posts`) - [TikTok Profile API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/profile/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/profile`) - [TikTok Followers API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/followers/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/followers`) - [TikTok Following API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/following/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/following`) - [TikTok Comment API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/comment/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/comment`) - [TikTok Comments API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/comments/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/comments`) - [TikTok Comment Replies API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/replies/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/replies`) - [TikTok Transcript API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/transcript/index.md) (From 1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/transcript`) - [TikTok Hashtag API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/hashtag/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/hashtag`) - [TikTok Trending Hashtags API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/trending_hashtags/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/trending_hashtags`) - [TikTok Top Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_top/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_top`) - [TikTok Sound Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_sounds/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_sounds`) - [TikTok Hashtag Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_hashtags/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_hashtags`) - [TikTok Playlists API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/playlists/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/playlists`) - [TikTok Engagement API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/engagement/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/engagement`) - [TikTok Search Suggestions API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_suggestions/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_suggestions`) - [TikTok Live API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/live/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/live`) - [TikTok Sound API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/sound/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/sound`) - [TikTok Download API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/download/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/download`) - [TikTok Effect API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/effect/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/effect`) ## Try it with your own search. Type it in the playground, or copy the request into your code. 100free credits - No credit card - Failed requests are free - Works on all 218 endpoints [Start for free](https://socialtap.dev/signup/) [Read the docs](https://socialtap.dev/docs/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_profiles/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)