TikTok Comments API

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Returns the public top-level comments of a TikTok video or photo post, a page at a time, in TikTok's own ranking: text, exact posting time, exact like and reply counts, the commenter's username, name, ID and verified badge, the comment's language, and whether it is pinned, liked by the creator or written by the creator. Follow page.next_cursor for more. Accepts tiktok.com video and photo links, mobile, embed and player URLs, vm./vt./t/ share links, or a numeric video ID.

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Price
From 1 credit per page$0.75–$1.45 per 1,000 pages
Request
GET /v1/tiktok/commentsOne API key, one JSON schema
Input
urle.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173
Page size
Up to 50 comments

Use cases

What teams build with it. From one request.

  • Track audience sentiment on your videos and competitors'
  • Find questions and purchase intent in comments
  • Measure engagement beyond likes and views
  • Build datasets of public comments for research

What you get

Comments in one schema. The same on every platform.

platformstring
Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring
Platform-native comment ID (string; Reddit without t1_).
post_idstring
ID of the post commented on (equals post.id).
parent_idstring
ID of the comment this replies to; null for top-level comments.
urlstring
Permalink, when the platform has one.
textstring
Comment body as plain text.
authorobject
The commenting account.
published_atstring
When the comment was posted, RFC 3339 UTC. Where the platform shows only a relative time ("3 weeks ago"), the latest time that label allows (the fetch time minus the stated amount), listed in approximate_fields.

Every field, its type and when it is null: the response reference and the comment schema.

Example request

cURL
curl -G 'https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
Node.js
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments?${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
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments",
    params={"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"},
    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
package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments?"+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([
    'url' => 'https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173')
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 = "url=" + encode("https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments?" + 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("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments?" + 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://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/comments")
        .query(&[("url", "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173")])
        .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": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/7336370956674203653~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:100:100.jpg?dr=9640&refresh_token=8c568077&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=30310797&shcp=ff37627b&idc=useast5",
        "display_name": "flamigoo",
        "id": "6650133637952618502",
        "is_verified": false,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@flamigo_kisses",
        "username": "flamigo_kisses"
      },
      "edited_at": null,
      "id": "6718335906996502534",
      "is_by_post_author": false,
      "is_edited": null,
      "is_liked_by_author": false,
      "is_pinned": false,
      "metrics": {
        "like_count": 166,
        "reply_count": 49
      },
      "parent_id": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "language": null
        }
      },
      "post_id": "6718335390845095173",
      "published_at": "2019-07-27T13:34:35Z",
      "text": "ok ;)\nodoreta\nhave fun~\n(it's a Serbian name)",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://m.tiktok.com/v/6718335390845095173.html?share_comment_id=6718335906996502534&share_item_id=6718335390845095173"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/7331407432645509126~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:100:100.jpg?dr=9640&refresh_token=0687ce2b&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=30310797&shcp=ff37627b&idc=useast5",
        "display_name": "vsco_room_xx",
        "id": "6718326650415203333",
        "is_verified": false,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@vsco_room_xx",
        "username": "vsco_room_xx"
      },
      "edited_at": null,
      "id": "6722043930156417030",
      "is_by_post_author": false,
      "is_edited": null,
      "is_liked_by_author": false,
      "is_pinned": false,
      "metrics": {
        "like_count": 53,
        "reply_count": 44
      },
      "parent_id": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "language": null
        }
      },
      "post_id": "6718335390845095173",
      "published_at": "2019-08-06T13:23:37Z",
      "text": "srii good luck",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://m.tiktok.com/v/6718335390845095173.html?share_comment_id=6722043930156417030&share_item_id=6718335390845095173"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/7328085019259748357~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:100:100.jpg?dr=9640&refresh_token=50158ea6&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=30310797&shcp=ff37627b&idc=useast5",
        "display_name": "Quit",
        "id": "6627564337508761605",
        "is_verified": false,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@pretzelsticks0",
        "username": "pretzelsticks0"
      },
      "edited_at": null,
      "id": "6718336105873702917",
      "is_by_post_author": false,
      "is_edited": null,
      "is_liked_by_author": true,
      "is_pinned": false,
      "metrics": {
        "like_count": 345,
        "reply_count": 20
      },
      "parent_id": null,
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "platform_specific": {
        "tiktok": {
          "language": null
        }
      },
      "post_id": "6718335390845095173",
      "published_at": "2019-07-27T13:35:22Z",
      "text": "Well it’s pretty easy...and obvious 😂 hlysa",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://m.tiktok.com/v/6718335390845095173.html?share_comment_id=6718336105873702917&share_item_id=6718335390845095173"
    }
  ],
  "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": 0,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "video",
      "id": "6718335390845095173",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@/video/6718335390845095173"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": [],
    "mode": "live"
  }
}

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

Pricing

Pay per page. Only when it succeeds.

SourcePrice per successful pagePer 1,000 pages
Platform API api1 credit$0.75–$1.45
  • Failed requests are free: errors cost 0 credits.
  • Cache hits are free: responses served from the cache cost 0 credits.
  • Credits never expire.
  • One credit balance for every endpoint and platform.

Credit packs · How this endpoint is priced · How credits work

FAQ

Questions, answered.

How much does the TikTok Comments API cost?
1 credit for platform api results (meta.source = api) per page of up to 50 items, charged for every successful page, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.45 per 1,000 depending on the pack.
How do I get the next page?
Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more items. Cursors expire after 24 hours.
Am I charged for failed requests?
No. Requests that return an error cost 0 credits. Responses served from the cache are free too.

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