TikTok Ad Library

TikTok Ad Library Search API

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

Try it

Example

cURL

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_ads?query=coffee' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

TypeScript SDK

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);

Node.js (fetch)

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);

Python (requests)

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"])

Go (net/http)

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"])
}

PHP

<?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;

Ruby

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"]

Java

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);
    }
}

.NET

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"));

Rust

// 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

{
  "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": []
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

Authorizations

x-api-keystringheaderrequired

Your API key. Authentication

Query parameters

querystringrequiredmax 200 chars

Keywords, a "quoted phrase", or (search_by=advertiser) an advertiser's name.

Examplecoffee

search_bystring

advertiser: the advertiser named exactly as query, else TikTok's first suggestion.

One ofkeywordadvertiser

advertiser_idstring

An advertiser's business ID (platform_specific.tiktok.advertiser_business_id), with query its name.

Example7413374016335134736

countrystringiso3166-1-alpha-2

Region: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code such as US or BR (case-insensitive).

ExampleUS

statusstring

Only items that are still running (active), only items that stopped (inactive), or both (all).

One ofactiveinactiveall

Exampleactive

sortstring

Order of the results. Keywords rank by relevance first.

One ofrelevancenewestoldestpopular

sincestringdate-time

Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged.

Example2026-10-01

untilstringdate-time

Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC).

Example2026-10-08

limitintegermin 1max 12

Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for.

Example12

cursorstring

page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page.

Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests). limit and cursor page through the list: see Pagination.

Parameters every endpoint accepts

max_ageintegermin 0

Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent.

fieldsstring

Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments[].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole.

Response

application/json

200

{data, page, meta}. data is an array of up to 12 ad objects, relevance (keywords) or newest; page says how to get the next page; meta describes the request (meta). Fields only TikTok Ad Library has are under platform_specific.tiktok.

platformstring

Library owner's platform ID (facebook for Meta's library, tiktok, google, linkedin).

idstring

Library ad ID (string).

urlstring uri

Public library page of the ad.

advertiserobject

The advertising page, business or account.

Show 6 child fields

idstringnullable

Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known.

usernamestringnullable

Handle without the @; null when the account has none.

display_namestringnullable

Display name shown on the profile.

urlstring urinullable

Canonical profile URL.

avatar_urlstring urinullable

Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

is_verifiedbooleannullable

Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.

paid_bystringnullable

Disclosed payer ("Paid for by").

is_activebooleannullable

True while the ad is running.

first_shown_atstring date-timenullable

First delivery, RFC 3339 UTC (often date-only: see approximate_fields).

last_shown_atstring date-timenullable

Last delivery, RFC 3339 UTC; null while active.

typestring

Creative shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.

One ofimagevideocarouseltextdynamicother

publisher_platformsstring[]

Where it ran, lowercase IDs (facebook, instagram, messenger, audience_network, youtube, …); [] if not disclosed.

creativesobject[]

The ad's creatives: one per card of a carousel and per variation of a dynamic or catalog ad, else one for the ad itself; [] if none are shown.

Show 6 child fields

titlestringnullable

Headline.

bodystringnullable

Primary text.

link_urlstring urinullable

Destination URL.

link_descriptionstringnullable

Link description text.

cta_textstringnullable

Call-to-action label (e.g. Shop now).

mediaobject[]

Images and videos of this creative; [] if none.

Show 8 child fields

typestring

Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.

One ofimagevideoaudiogif

urlstring urinullable

Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at.

expires_atstring date-timenullable

When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire.

thumbnail_urlstring urinullable

Poster or preview image URL.

widthintegernullable

Width in pixels.

heightintegernullable

Height in pixels.

duration_msintegernullable

Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only).

alt_textstringnullable

Accessibility text provided by the author or platform.

languagesstring[]

BCP-47 languages of the ad; [] if not disclosed.

country_codesstring[]

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 countries where it was shown; [] if not disclosed.

is_politicalbooleannullable

Categorized as a political or social-issue ad; false when the library files it under another category, null when it shows none.

impressionsobjectnullable

Impressions or times shown range; null when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

reachobjectnullable

Unique users reached range; null when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

audience_sizeobjectnullable

Estimated target audience size range; null when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

spendobjectnullable

Spend range; null when not disclosed.

Show 3 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound, in whole units of currency.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound in whole units of currency; null when open-ended.

currencystring

ISO 4217 currency code, uppercase (USD).

platform_specificobject

Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.

Show 1 child field

tiktokobjectnullable

A TikTok ad's own fields.

Show 12 child fields

is_removedbooleannullable

TikTok took the ad down (its rules or local law), in some or all regions.

removal_reasonsstring[]

TikTok's reasons for the takedown; [] when none (in unknown_fields when not shown).

categorystringnullable

The ad's topic as TikTok files it (Apps, Food & Beverage).

objectivestringnullable

The campaign objective (Reach, Traffic).

removal_country_codesstring[]

Countries where TikTok took the ad down (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2); [] when it was not taken down (in unknown_fields when not shown).

targetingobjectnullable

Whom the advertiser targeted and whom the ad reached, per country; null when not shown.

Show 11 child fields

countriesobject[]

Per country it ran in: the ages and genders targeted and the unique users reached.

Show 5 child fields

country_codestring

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

reachobjectnullable

Unique users the ad reached there (rounded: approximate_fields); null when not shown.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

age_rangesstring[]

Age ranges targeted (13-17, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+); [] when not shown.

gendersstring[]

Genders targeted (female, male, unknown); [] when not shown.

breakdownobject[]

Unique users reached there by age range and gender, the segments TikTok shows a number for; [] when none.

Show 3 child fields

age_rangestring

Age range (18-24, 55+).

genderstring

female, male or unknown.

reachobject

Unique users reached (rounded: approximate_fields).

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

interestsstring[]

Interest categories targeted; [] when none.

video_interactionsstring[]

Video interaction categories targeted; [] when none.

creator_interactionsstring[]

Creator interaction categories targeted; [] when none.

provincesstring[]

Provinces or states targeted within the countries; [] when none.

citiesstring[]

Cities targeted; [] when none.

device_modelsstring[]

Device models targeted; [] when any.

operating_systemsstring[]

Operating systems targeted; [] when any.

is_custom_audiencebooleannullable

The advertiser targeted a custom audience (its own customer list or a lookalike).

is_audience_excludedbooleannullable

The advertiser excluded a custom audience.

is_high_spending_powerbooleannullable

Targeted at users TikTok rates as high spenders.

advertiser_business_idstringnullable

The advertiser's TikTok business ID (search_ads advertiser_id).

advertiser_registry_locationstringnullable

Where the advertiser is registered (Italy).

rankintegernullable

Place on Creative Center's Top Ads board, 1 first; null off the board.

like_countintegernullable

Likes the ad drew, as Creative Center counts them; null off the board.

ctr_top_percentnumbernullable

Click-through rate rank: the ad is in the top this many percent of ads (4 = top 4%); null off the board.

budgetstringnullable

Creative Center's budget level; null off the board. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.

One oflowmediumhigh

approximate_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of values that are rounded, date-only or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. [] when all exact.

unknown_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of lists whose [] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. [] when every list is known.

not_found is item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

400

400 Bad Request: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

invalid_inputNo retry

A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.

Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.

invalid_cursorNo retry

The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it.

Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again.

401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

unauthorizedNo retry

The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired.

Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url.

402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

insufficient_creditsNo retry

The account does not have enough credits for this request.

Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically.

spend_limit_reachedNo retry

The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits.

Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically.

403

403 Forbidden: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

forbiddenNo retry

The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code.

Act on details.reason. suspended: contact support. scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP.

404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

not_foundNo retry

The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).

Check the link or ID. Do not retry.

429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

rate_limitedYes, later

The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it.

Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask support to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.

500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

internalYes, later

An unexpected error on SocialTap's side.

Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.

502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_errorYes, later

The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read.

Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free.

503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_blockedYes, later

The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.

Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.

overloadedYes, later

SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged.

Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free.

Pagination

Items come in pages, relevance (keywords) or newest. To get the next page, send the same request plus cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When page.has_more is false the walk is over, and page.end_reason says why: only end means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early).

Order: sort=relevance (the default): relevance (keywords) or newest; sort=newest: last shown, newest first; sort=oldest: last shown, oldest first; sort=popular: most unique users first
Page size: Up to 12 ads (the default; limit lowers it)
Cursor lifetime: 24 hours; don't store cursors
Price: Per page, 1 credit

The `page` object

has_moreboolean

True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end.

next_cursorstringnullable

Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end.

next_cursor_expires_atstring date-timenullable

When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors.

end_reasonstringnullable

Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.

One ofendplatform_limitmax_pages

cURL: next page

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_ads?query=coffee&cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever limit is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with has_more: true is not the end).
A limit below 12 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting limit is the cheapest way to walk the list.
Errors are free, including a rejected cursor.
Pages served from the cache are free.
An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with invalid_cursor (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again.

Pagination guide

Pricing

From 1 credit per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source.

Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Platform API `api`	1 credit	$0.75–$1.97

Balance, sources and what you were charged

Your balance must be at least 1 credit to start a request; with less, it is refused with insufficient_credits (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

meta.source	Source	What it means
`api`	Platform API	The platform's public, logged-out API.

meta.credits_charged and the x-credits-charged header show what you paid. How credits work · Packs

Endpoint ID tiktok.search_ads · operationId tiktok.search_ads.list · Product overview

cURL

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/search_ads?query=coffee' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

TypeScript SDK

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);

Node.js (fetch)

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);

Python (requests)

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"])

Go (net/http)

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"])
}

PHP

<?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;

Ruby

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"]

Java

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);
    }
}

.NET

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"));

Rust

// 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

200 OK

{
  "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": []
  }
}

404

404 not_found

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).",
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "status": 404,
    "retryable": false,
    "param": null,
    "remediation": "Check the link or ID. Do not retry.",
    "doc_url": "https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/#not_found",
    "details": {},
    "charged": false
  }
}

400

400 invalid_input

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_input",
    "message": "A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.",
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "status": 400,
    "retryable": false,
    "param": null,
    "remediation": "Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.",
    "doc_url": "https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/#invalid_input",
    "details": {},
    "charged": false
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

Example

Authorizations

Query parameters

Response

200

400

401

402

403

404

429

500

502

503

Pagination

The page object

Next page

Pricing

The `page` object