TikTok Following API

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List the accounts a TikTok user follows, by handle. Each account has user ID, handle, display name, sec_uid, bio, follower, following, like and video counts, verification, avatar and country. 20 per page; page on with next_page_token. A user who hides the list returns an empty list.

Price $0.64 per 1,000 requests ($0.000639 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

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Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra TikTok Following endpoint (tiktok/following).

How the endpoint works:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to tiktok and action to following, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
- username: The TikTok handle whose followed accounts you want, such as zachking; a leading @ is removed. A sec_uid works too.
- Optional parameters:
- page_token: Page token for TikTok list actions such as hashtag_search, user_search, following and shop_products.
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: user_id, username, display_name, url, sec_uid, bio, follower_count, following_count, like_count, video_count, is_verified, verified_label; 15 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=tiktok.
- Example request body:
{
"platform": "tiktok",
"action": "following",
"params": {
"username": "nasa"
}
}
- Price: $0.64 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Default	Description
`Authorization`	header	`string`	Yes	-	Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
`platform`	body	`string`	Yes	`tiktok`	Platform identifier, fixed value.
`action`	body	`string`	Yes	`following`	Capability identifier, fixed value.
`username`	body.params	`string`	Yes	-	The TikTok handle whose followed accounts you want, such as zachking; a leading @ is removed. A `sec_uid` works too.
`page_token`	body.params	`string`	No	-	Page token for TikTok list actions such as `hashtag_search`, `user_search`, `following` and `shop_products`. Leave it out for the first page, then pass back the previous response's `next_page_token` exactly as received, with the other parameters unchanged; the last page has none.

Code samples

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "action": "following",
  "params": {
    "username": "nasa"
  }
}'

OpenAPI definition (JSON)Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Field preview

No sample response is available for these parameters yet. This preview shows the response shape and fields from the API definition, with … as placeholders; it is not the result of a live call.

json

{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "action": "following",
  "results": [
    {
      "user_id": …,
      "username": …,
      "display_name": …,
      "url": …,
      "sec_uid": …,
      "bio": …,
      "follower_count": …,
      "following_count": …,
      "like_count": …,
      "video_count": …,
      "is_verified": …,
      "verified_label": …,
      "avatar_url": …,
      "country": …,
      "next_page_token": …,
      "platform": …
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": …,
  "pagination": { … },
  "count": …,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

Field	Meaning
`user_id`	User's unique ID on the platform.
`username`	Username (@handle).
`display_name`	Display name; can differ from username.
`url`	Link to the record on the platform.
`sec_uid`	Keeps the platform's own meaning
`bio`	Profile bio written by the account; may contain line breaks and emoji.
`follower_count`	Followers. null means not disclosed, not 0.
`following_count`	Accounts followed. null means not disclosed, not 0.
`like_count`	Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
`video_count`	Keeps the platform's own meaning
`is_verified`	Whether the platform verified the account. null means it cannot be determined.
`verified_label`	Keeps the platform's own meaning
`avatar_url`	Avatar image link. Some platforms return sized CDN links that can expire.
`country`	Country or region: a full name or an ISO code depending on the platform, not normalized.
`next_page_token`	Keeps the platform's own meaning
`platform`	Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401: Missing or invalid key.
402: Insufficient balance. Top up first.
422: Invalid parameter name or value. Fix it using the suggestions in the error. No charge.
429: Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After, then try again.
503: Could not complete. The held charge is returned to your balance. If the outcome is unknown, verify it before you retry.
200 empty: No data. No charge.

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