TikTok Post API

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Returns a public TikTok video or photo post: caption, hashtags, tagged accounts, author, publish time, a cookie-free video link or every slideshow photo, cover, sound, tagged place, ad and AI labels, and view, like, comment, share and save counts, from a post or share link or a numeric ID.

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Price
From 1 credit per request$0.75–$1.45 per 1,000 requests
Request
GET /v1/tiktok/postOne API key, one JSON schema
Input
urle.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@niinoclock/video/7673108027645414678
Failed requests
Free: 0 credits

Use cases

What teams build with it. From one request.

  • Track engagement on creator and brand videos
  • Monitor competitors' campaigns and ads
  • Collect captions, hashtags and sounds for trend research

What you get

Posts in one schema. The same on every platform.

platformstring
Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring
Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit without t3_).
urlstring
Canonical post URL.
typestring
Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring
The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring
Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring
Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring
BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.

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

Example request

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

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/post",
    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, meta = body["data"], 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/post?"+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"`
		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/post?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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/post")
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/post?" + 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/post?" + 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/post")
        .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": [
      "duration_ms",
      "media[].duration_ms",
      "metrics.view_count"
    ],
    "author": {
      "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast8-avt-0068-tx2/4cbe05e194623e3f19aef975d9fdf26c~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=1a7ec680&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
      "display_name": "Scout, Suki & Stella",
      "id": "53279706535428096",
      "is_verified": true,
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015",
      "username": "scout2015"
    },
    "coauthors": [],
    "duration_ms": 10000,
    "hashtags": [
      "foryoupage",
      "petsoftiktok",
      "aesthetic"
    ],
    "id": "6718335390845095173",
    "is_nsfw": false,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "language": "en",
    "media": [
      {
        "alt_text": null,
        "duration_ms": 10000,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "height": 1024,
        "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/2367c7d45cf54a1397abd0e72bf22eac~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
        "type": "video",
        "url": "https://v19.tiktokcdn-us.com/SCRUBBED/f2a52380/video/tos/useast5/tos-useast5-ve-0068c002-tx/15fbafb086324317bf77a649580b1f95/?a=1233&bti=ODszNWYuMDE6&&bt=2389&ft=aEKfuqT0mIoPD12Qd0iI3wUM0_AbMeF~O5&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=ODw1Z2gzZ2Q1ODo4aGdnZUBpM245aWhvZ3U4bjMzZzczM0AzNWA1MWJiNWEx…",
        "width": 576
      }
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "metrics": {
      "comment_count": 5716,
      "like_count": 35200,
      "quote_count": null,
      "repost_count": null,
      "save_count": 649,
      "share_count": 1518,
      "view_count": 159700
    },
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "platform_specific": {
      "tiktok": {
        "author_sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAAPZWNdkF_cmVSPCvV0Y6MCsH29mlAOlMOX3ikzGvlfMm3K6OMZv-JrRImpEHxdIMI",
        "country_code": "US",
        "is_ad": false,
        "is_ai_generated": false,
        "location": null,
        "music": {
          "author_name": "tiff",
          "cover_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/62c59c8c91226b51c36d2338519eb63e~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=ae9b518c&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
          "duration_ms": 10000,
          "id": "6689804660171082501",
          "is_original": true,
          "play_url": "https://v19.tiktokcdn-us.com/SCRUBBED/f2a52380/video/tos/useast5/tos-useast5-v-27dcd7-tx/fdec9588d6684e7d97da29739b9d0abf/?a=1233&bti=ODszNWYuMDE6&&bt=125&ft=GSDrKInz7ThMDnRGXq8Zmo&mime_type=audio_mpeg&rc=am48ZmQ6ZnFxNzMzNzU8M0Bpam48ZmQ6ZnFxNzMzNzU8M0BpNWRhcjRfaGBgLS1kMTZzYSNpNWR…",
          "title": "original sound"
        }
      }
    },
    "platform_type": "video",
    "published_at": "2019-07-27T13:32:38Z",
    "text": "Scramble up ur name & I’ll try to guess it😍❤️ #foryoupage #petsoftiktok #aesthetic",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/2367c7d45cf54a1397abd0e72bf22eac~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?dr=9636&x-expires=4070908800&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=81f88b70&shcp=43f4a2f9&idc=useast5",
    "title": null,
    "type": "video",
    "unknown_fields": [
      "coauthors"
    ],
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "source": "page",
    "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/@scout2015/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 request. Only when it succeeds.

SourcePrice per successful requestPer 1,000 requests
Public page page1 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 Post API cost?
1 credit for public page results (meta.source = page), charged only for successful requests. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.45 per 1,000 depending on the pack.
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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