Toutiao Video details API

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Look up one Toutiao video by link or numeric ID. Get title, length, plays, likes, comments, shares, saves, publish time, cover, a signed video file link and the author's name; landscape videos add impressions, the author's profile token and follower count. Vertical short videos are covered too.

Price $0.81 per 1,000 requests ($0.000806 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 Toutiao Video details endpoint (toutiao/video).

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 toutiao and action to video, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - url: A Toutiao video link (https://www.toutiao.com/video/<ID>/; /item/<ID>/ and /group/<ID>/ links also work), or the numeric ID in it. An article ID returns an empty result.
- Returns one object. Main fields: id, url, video_type (Kind of video (video): video for a land…), title, duration_sec, duration_seconds, play_count, like_count, comment_count, share_count, collect_count (Times the video was saved (video)), impression_count (Times the video was shown in feeds (vid…); 21 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=toutiao.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "toutiao",
  "action": "video",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://www.toutiao.com/video/7702252318212817451/"
  }
}
- Price: $0.81 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	`toutiao`	Platform identifier, fixed value.
`action`	body	`string`	Yes	`video`	Capability identifier, fixed value.
`url`	body.params	`string`	Yes	-	A Toutiao video link (https://www.toutiao.com/video/<ID>/; /item/<ID>/ and /group/<ID>/ links also work), or the numeric ID in it. An article ID returns an empty result.

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": "toutiao",
  "action": "video",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://www.toutiao.com/video/7702252318212817451/"
  }
}'

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": "toutiao",
  "action": "video",
  "results": {
    "id": …,
    "url": …,
    "video_type": …,
    "title": …,
    "duration_sec": …,
    "duration_seconds": …,
    "play_count": …,
    "like_count": …,
    "comment_count": …,
    "share_count": …,
    "collect_count": …,
    "impression_count": …,
    "posted_at": …,
    "cover_url": …,
    "video_url": …,
    "author_id": …,
    "author_name": …,
    "author_avatar_url": …,
    "author_follower_count": …,
    "author_verified": …,
    "author_auth_info": …,
    "platform": …
  },
  "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.
`video_type`	Kind of video (video): `video` for a landscape video, `short_video` for a vertical one. Short videos have no author_id, impression_count or author_follower_count.
`title`	Title. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts).
`duration_sec`	Keeps the platform's own meaning
`duration_seconds`	Duration in seconds. null for content that is not video or audio.
`play_count`	Keeps the platform's own meaning
`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.
`collect_count`	Times the video was saved (video).
`impression_count`	Times the video was shown in feeds (video, landscape videos only); not plays.
`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.
`cover_url`	Keeps the platform's own meaning
`video_url`	Video file URL of the highest bitrate offered (video; signed, expires after a few hours).
`author_id`	The author's MS4w profile token (video, landscape videos only); pass it as `user_id` to profile or user_posts.
`author_name`	Author's display name.
`author_avatar_url`	The commenter's avatar link (comments); on video, the author's.
`author_follower_count`	The author's follower count (video, landscape videos only).
`author_verified`	Whether the author is verified; on comments, the commenter.
`author_auth_info`	Verification description, such as a field creator; on comments, the commenter's, such as an official account. Absent when there is none.
`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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