# TikTok Following API (tiktok.following)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/tiktok-api/following
- Endpoint: POST /api/v1/social with {"platform": "tiktok", "action": "following", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000639 per call ($0.64 per 1,000 requests); failed and empty results are not charged
- Returns: list, one page of up to 20 per call; the number of rows varies from page to page and a short page is not the end (limit is ignored; pass the top-level next_page_token from the response as page_token for the next page; no next_page_token means the end)
- Pagination: pass next_page_token back as page_token for the next page, other params unchanged; one call per page, tokens last 24 hours
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=tiktok&action=following

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| username | not declared | yes | not declared | The TikTok handle whose followed accounts you want, such as zachking; a leading @ is removed. A `sec_uid` works too. |
| page_token | not declared | no | not declared | 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. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| 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 | platform-native 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 | platform-native meaning |
| is_verified | Whether the platform verified the account. null means it cannot be determined. |
| verified_label | platform-native 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 | platform-native meaning |
| platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |

## Example

```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"
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "tiktok",
        "action": "following",
        "params": {
            "username": "nasa",
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

No real sample for these example parameters yet: structure only, every value is a placeholder (…).

```text
{
  "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": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=tiktok
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md