TikTok Top Search API. Accounts, videos, hashtags and sounds matching your search.

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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": {
        "description": null,
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "post_count": null
        },
        "name": "cooking",
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"
      },
      "matched_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 0,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "Everyone is cooking rice like this after seeing this genius idea #cooking #recipe #easyrecipe #quickrecipes #cook #chocolate #cake #dessert #viral #viraltiktok",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "cooking",
      "type": "hashtag",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@cookinginthemidwest",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 1,
      "post": null,
      "profile": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "bio": null,
        "display_name": "Luke Brown",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "metrics": {
          "follower_count": null,
          "following_count": null,
          "post_count": null,
          "total_like_count": null,
          "total_view_count": null
        },
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@cookinginthemidwest",
        "username": "cookinginthemidwest"
      },
      "snippet": null,
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Luke Brown (@cookinginthemidwest)",
      "type": "profile",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@cookinginthemidwest"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "post.published_at",
        "post.text"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@cookinginthemidwest/video/7580894604610850078",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 2,
      "post": {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": null,
          "display_name": "Cooking in the Midwest",
          "id": null,
          "is_verified": null,
          "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@cookinginthemidwest",
          "username": "cookinginthemidwest"
        },
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "comment_count": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "quote_count": null,
          "repost_count": null,
          "save_count": null,
          "share_count": null,
          "view_count": null
        },
        "published_at": "2025-12-06T23:42:50Z",
        "text": "Our go to when we don’t feel like cooking or know what to make for dinner! INGREDIENTS Hoagie Rolls Ham Salami Pepperoni Provolone 1/2 cup of mayo 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar 1/2 tsp of salt and pepper 1 tsp of dried oregano, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder 1/2 tsp of red pep…",
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@cookinginthemidwest/video/7580894604610850078"
      },
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "TikTok video from Cooking in the Midwest (@cookinginthemidwest)",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Our go to when we don’t feel like cooking or know what to make for dinner! INGREDIENTS Hoagie Rolls Ham Salami Pepperoni Provolone 1/2 cup of mayo 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar 1/2 tsp of salt and pepper 1 tsp of dried oregano, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder 1/2 tsp of red pep…",
      "type": "post",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@cookinginthemidwest/video/7580894604610850078"
    }
  ],
  "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": 1331,
    "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.searchTop.list({ query: "cooking" });
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("cooking");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_top?" + 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("cooking"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_top?" + 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_top")
        .query(&[("query", "cooking")])
        .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(())
}