TikTok Search Suggestions API. Suggestions matching your search.
Search box autocomplete for a partial query. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
TikTok Search Suggestions API at a glance
Returns the searches TikTok's search box completes a partial query to, in TikTok's order, from a word, part of a word or a name. Each suggestion has its text, rank, language, TikTok's predicted click rate and a link to its results. An account TikTok proposes comes with its user ID, username, display name, picture and verified badge. Set country to get what people there search.
GET /v1/tiktok/search_suggestions
- 1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
- 9 typed fields null when unknown
- 20 suggestions per page, TikTok's search box order (most likely search first)
queryis all it needs, e.g.cook
Send one request. Get up to 20 suggestions back.
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$ npm install socialtapquery = cookconst params = new URLSearchParams({
query: "cook",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_suggestions?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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_suggestions",
params={"query": "cook"},
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_suggestions")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'cook')
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' => 'cook',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_suggestions?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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", "cook")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_suggestions?"+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_suggestions?query=cook' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": [
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"hashtag": null,
"platform": "tiktok",
"platform_specific": {
"tiktok": {
"language": "en",
"score": 0.0033766124
}
},
"position": 0,
"profile": null,
"text": "cooking big hyatt",
"type": "query",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=cooking+big+hyatt"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"hashtag": null,
"platform": "tiktok",
"platform_specific": {
"tiktok": {
"language": "en",
"score": 0.025226826
}
},
"position": 1,
"profile": null,
"text": "cooking with kya",
"type": "query",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=cooking+with+kya"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"hashtag": null,
"platform": "tiktok",
"platform_specific": {
"tiktok": {
"language": "en",
"score": 0.0131212715
}
},
"position": 2,
"profile": null,
"text": "cooking food videos",
"type": "query",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=cooking+food+videos"
}
],
"page": {
"has_more": false,
"next_cursor": null,
"next_cursor_expires_at": null,
"end_reason": "platform_limit"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "tiktok",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 0,
"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.searchSuggestions.list({ query: "cook" });
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("cook");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_suggestions?" + 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("cook"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_suggestions?" + 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_suggestions")
.query(&[("query", "cook")])
.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_suggestionsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 3 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
The start of a search, as typed into TikTok's search box: a word, part of a word, a name or a username, in any language (cook, taylor sw, 料理).
Write one parser
TikTok, Instagram and Google Ads Transparency Center answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform whose search box offers the suggestion.
textstring- The suggestion as the platform shows it, whitespace-trimmed: the completed search for a query suggestion, the account's name for a profile one, the domain for a website one.
typestring- query = a completed search to run; profile = an account (or community) the platform proposes, described in profile; hashtag = a hashtag, described in hashtag; website = a website the platform proposes: text is its domain (nike.com), as the platform's searches by website take it. New values may be added.
positioninteger- Zero-based rank of the suggestion in the list, counting every type: the platform's order (each endpoint's notes say how a list combining several of the platform's searches is ordered).
urlstring- Where the suggestion leads on the platform: the search results page for a query, the account's page for a profile, the hashtag's page for a hashtag, the platform's page for the website for a website.
profileobject- The account a profile suggestion names; null for every other type.
hashtagobject- The hashtag a hashtag suggestion names, keyed as the platform's hashtag endpoints key it; null for every other type.
approximate_fieldsstring[]- JSON paths of values rounded or capped by the platform (hashtag.metrics.post_count at Instagram's ceiling). [] when all exact.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the TikTok Search Suggestions API.
Find the long-tail keywords people search on TikTok
Build keyword lists for TikTok SEO and ads
Compare what each country searches for a word
Resolve a creator's name to their account
Add TikTok autocomplete to your own search box
Good to know before you build.
- TikTok serves one list per query. A full list ends with page.end_reason platform_limit, a shorter one with end.
- An account suggestion has type profile and the account in profile. Its text is what the search box shows, which can be a display name instead of the username.
- platform_specific.tiktok.score is TikTok's predicted click rate, not the order of the list. position is the rank.
- Suggestions are the ones TikTok offers people in the country you ask for (the United States by default), in whatever language you type.
- country takes the countries where TikTok's answers were checked to be that country's own. Any other code is invalid_input.
- The answer carries no country, so a list can in rare cases be another country's.
- Capitals and a leading # or @ are sent as typed and can change the order.
- A query made only of punctuation, or one TikTok withholds suggestions for (a sensitive term), returns an empty page. A query with no visible character is invalid_input.
- profile.avatar_url is a CDN link that expires.
1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| 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.
Questions about the TikTok Search Suggestions API.
More in the API reference.
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