TikTok Search API
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Search TikTok by keyword across the video, account or top tab. Get caption, author and like, comment, share and view counts. Choose the tab with content_type. Results are not a complete sample, and the ranking is not explained.
Send POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with platform set to tiktok and action set to search. Price $0.56 per 1,000 requests ($0.000556 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.
TikTok Search finds public videos by keyword and returns each video's caption, the author's display name and username, like, comment, share and view counts, and the publish time. Use it to see which videos are spreading around a topic and who posted them, for trend and content research, tracking brand mentions or finding creators in a new market.
Pick the search tab with content_type: video for videos, profile for accounts or top for the overall tab. It cannot target one author, one video or one hashtag; those have their own capabilities. author_username is the author's @handle, which builds the profile link. This searches video content; TikTok Shop products are a separate dataset with their own search.
AI prompt
#Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra TikTok Search endpoint (tiktok/search).
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 search, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
- keyword: Specifies the search query string for public video searches in the search action. In shop_search, this searches TikTok Shop products instead, which draw from a distinct dataset.
- Optional parameters:
- content_type: Filters results by tab in the search action. Allowed values are video for videos, profile for users, and top for top content. (allowed: profile / top / video)
- limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 200. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. (default: 10)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, url, text, author_name, author_username, like_count, comment_count, share_count, view_count, posted_at, collect_count, repost_count; 35 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=tiktok.
- Example request body:
{
"platform": "tiktok",
"action": "search",
"params": {
"keyword": "urban gardening"
}
}
- Price: $0.56 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 | search | Capability identifier, fixed value. |
keyword | body.params | string | Yes | - | Specifies the search query string for public video searches in the search action. In shop_search, this searches TikTok Shop products instead, which draw from a distinct dataset. |
content_type | body.params | string (enum) | No | - | Filters results by tab in the search action. Allowed values are video for videos, profile for users, and top for top content. Providing this parameter in fixed author, video, or hashtag actions does not guarantee that filtering will take effect, so verify returned response objects and fields after changing tabs.Allowed valuesprofiletopvideo |
limit | body.params | integer (1–200) | No | 10 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 200. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |
Code samples
#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": "search",
"params": {
"keyword": "urban gardening"
}
}'OpenAPI definition (JSON)Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.
Response example
#{ "id": "req_…", "platform": "tiktok", "action": "search", "results": [ { "id": "•••", "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@•••/video/7647269061931355409", "text": "Get yourself vertical farms and grow your own vegetables year round! Right here in Ghana 🇬🇭💚\n#Hydroponics #UrbanFarming #FarmToTable #FarmToTable #gardening ", "author_name": "•••", "author_username": "•••", "like_count": 2403, "comment_count": 69, "share_count": 265, "view_count": 27200, "posted_at": "2026-06-03T20:30:34+00:00", "platform": "tiktok" }, { "id": "•••", "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@•••/video/7644708493252939022", "text": "Replying to @••• please watch to the end to literally have your jaw on the floor! Let me know if you have any questions- it’s a lot to cover in one video 💚👩🏻🌾 #gardentok #gardentour #urbanfarm ", "author_name": "•••", "author_username": "•••", "like_count": 6408, "comment_count": 181, "share_count": 145, "view_count": 50800, "posted_at": "2026-05-27T22:53:50+00:00", "platform": "tiktok" } ], "count": 10, "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 |
|---|---|
id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
url | Link to the record on the platform. |
text | Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so). |
author_name | Author's display name. |
author_username | Author's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs. |
like_count | Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0. |
comment_count | Comments. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
share_count | Shares. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
view_count | Views or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
posted_at | Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it. |
collect_count | Saves or favorites. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
repost_count | Reposts (as distinct from quote posts). null means not disclosed. |
duration_sec | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
duration_seconds | Duration in seconds. null for content that is not video or audio. |
cover_image_url | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
language | Content language code (for example zh, en) as judged by the platform; it can be wrong. |
country | Country or region: a full name or an ISO code depending on the platform, not normalized. |
hashtags | Hashtags in the text, in order of appearance; absent when there are none. |
music | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_ad | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_pinned | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_sponsored | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_slideshow | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
has_shop_product | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_id | Author's unique ID on the platform. |
author_url | Link to the author's profile on the platform. |
author_avatar_url | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_bio | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_is_verified | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_is_private | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_is_seller | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_follower_count | Author's follower count. null means not disclosed. |
author_following_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_like_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_video_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |
FAQ
#What do the content_type values do?
#video searches videos, profile searches accounts and top matches TikTok's overall tab. The setting only picks the tab; it cannot target a specific author, video, comment thread or hashtag.
How do I get from a result to the author's profile?
#author_username is the author's @handle, which also builds the profile link https://www.tiktok.com/@username. To read the profile or the author's videos, pass the handle itself, with or without the @, to the TikTok Details or Videos by user capability, not the full link.
Can I search TikTok Shop products here?
#No. This capability searches public videos only. TikTok Shop product search is a separate capability that returns product data from a different dataset, so use it when you need listings and prices.
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.