# TikTok Profile API

TikTok · Profile Beta

Returns a public TikTok account: user ID, username, display name, bio, bio link, avatar, verification badge, whether the account is private, its business category, join date and exact follower, following, video and total like counts. Accepts a username with or without the @, a tiktok.com profile URL, or a numeric user ID.

GET `https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/profile`

[Try it in the playground](https://staging.socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=tiktok.profile) · [Quickstart](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/index.md)

- From **1 credit** per request
- Sources: Public page

## Use cases

- Track creator growth over time
- Vet influencers before a campaign
- Enrich CRM or lead lists with TikTok accounts
- Resolve a post author's ID to a full profile

## Good to know

- Private accounts return their profile with is_private true; their videos are not public.
- type is organization for accounts TikTok marks as organizations and unknown otherwise: TikTok does not label people.
- category is set only for business accounts. location, country_code, banner_url and metrics.total_view_count are always null: public TikTok profiles do not show them.
- When the profile page is unavailable the answer comes from TikTok's embed profile: follower and like counts are then rounded (listed in approximate_fields), and the join date, bio link, category, type and video count are unknown.
- Share links (vm.tiktok.com) are not accepted: pass the username or the profile URL.

## Example request

Send a `GET` request with your key in the `x-api-key` header.

cURL:

```shell
curl -G 'https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/profile' \
  --data-urlencode 'handle=nasa' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
```

TypeScript:

```typescript
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "nasa",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
```

Python:

```python
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/profile",
    params={"handle": "nasa"},
    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:

```go
package main

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

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("handle", "nasa")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/profile?"+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"])
}
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` required | `string`<br>max 2,048 chars | TikTok username with or without the @ (nasa, @nasa), a profile URL (tiktok.com/@nasa, m.tiktok.com/@nasa, with or without query parameters), or a numeric user ID (tiktok.com/share/user/\<id> or the bare ID). Usernames are case-insensitive. | `nasa` |

`handle` takes TikTok profile links. A link of another kind or platform fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input), naming the endpoint that takes it. Parameters not listed here are rejected (with a suggestion for a likely typo), so a misspelled one never silently changes nothing: see [Requests](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md).

Every endpoint also accepts [`max_age`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md#param-max_age), [`fields`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md#param-fields).

## Example response

A `200` response is `{data, meta}`: `data` is a [profile](https://staging.socialtap.dev/resources/profile/index.md) object, `meta` describes the request ([meta fields](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/index.md#response)).

200 OK:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/e5143212a59c09a008bf50f487d54d1f~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=9341391e&x-expires=SCRUBBED&x-signature=SCRUBBED&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
    "banner_url": null,
    "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible.✨",
    "category": null,
    "country_code": null,
    "created_at": "2026-07-20T15:55:49Z",
    "display_name": "NASA",
    "external_links": [
      {
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-ii-preliminary-lunar-science-report"
      }
    ],
    "id": "7664638705177150477",
    "is_private": false,
    "is_verified": true,
    "location": null,
    "metrics": {
      "follower_count": 2140425,
      "following_count": 23,
      "post_count": 60,
      "total_like_count": 11385816,
      "total_view_count": null
    },
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "type": "organization",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa",
    "username": "nasa"
  },
  "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": "profile",
      "id": "7664638705177150477",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": [],
    "mode": "live"
  }
}
```

## Response fields

`data` follows the shared [Profile schema](https://staging.socialtap.dev/resources/profile/index.md), identical on every platform.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `data.platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). |
| `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit without t2_). |
| `data.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed. |
| `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.type` | `string` | Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.<br>One of `person`, `organization`, `community`, `unknown` |
| `data.bio` | `string` or `null` | Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed. |
| `data.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.banner_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Header or cover image URL. |
| `data.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.is_private` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the account's posts are not public. |
| `data.category` | `string` or `null` | Platform category label (e.g. Musician, Media & Entertainment), as shown; not normalized. Often set only for business or creator accounts. |
| `data.external_links` | `object[]` | Links in the bio or channel links; \[\] if none or not exposed. |
| `data.external_links[].url` | `string` (uri) | Link target, absolute (https:// is added where the platform stores the link without a scheme). |
| `data.external_links[].title` | `string` or `null` | Link label shown by the platform. |
| `data.location` | `string` or `null` | Self-declared location text. |
| `data.country_code` | `string` or `null` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country the platform states for the account. |
| `data.created_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | Account creation or join date, RFC 3339 UTC (some platforms give only the day: see approximate_fields). |
| `data.metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. |
| `data.metrics.follower_count` | `integer` or `null` | Followers or subscribers. |
| `data.metrics.following_count` | `integer` or `null` | Accounts this profile follows. |
| `data.metrics.post_count` | `integer` or `null` | Posts or videos as the platform counts them on the profile (for a private account, posts the caller cannot see). |
| `data.metrics.total_like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes received across all of the profile's posts (not likes given). |
| `data.metrics.total_view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Lifetime views across all of the profile's posts. |
| `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text (e.g. metrics.follower_count); \[\] when all exact. |

## Pricing

You pay only for successful requests. The price depends on which source produced the result, reported as `meta.source`.

| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Public page `page` | 1 credit | $0.50–$0.80 |

| meta.source | Source | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `page` | Public page | Data embedded in the platform's public web page. |

Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

`meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://staging.socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md)

## Errors

Errors cost nothing. Codes marked “Yes, later” under Retry can succeed on a later attempt; the others return the same answer every time.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | No | The request parameters are missing or malformed, or the URL is not a supported link for this endpoint. | Fix the parameter named in param (the message says how); for a link of the wrong kind, call the endpoint the message names. |
| `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, unknown or revoked (or, on the dashboard's routes, the session cookie is missing or expired). | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header; without one, get a key at details.signup_url (AI agents: POST details.agent_signup_url). |
| `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request: its account is suspended, its scopes do not include the route, it is waiting for its owner's email confirmation, it is past its expiry, or the request came from an IP its allowlist does not include. | Do what details.reason says: if suspended, contact support; otherwise use a key whose scopes cover the route (details.required_scope), have the owner confirm the emailed link, create a new key, or call from an allowed IP. |
| `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Buy a credit pack, then repeat the request; do not retry automatically. |
| `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for the current period; the account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}); do not retry automatically. |
| `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account exceeded its runaway-protection ceiling: plans do not limit request rate, but a high per-account safety ceiling stops broken client loops. Support raises it on request. | Wait for the number of seconds in the retry-after header, then retry; ask support to raise the ceiling if your sustained traffic needs more. |
| `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. | Check the URL or ID; do not retry. |
| `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is private, age- or region-gated, or requires a login to view. | Only public items can be fetched; do not retry. |
| `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt. | Retry later with backoff; failed requests are free. |
| `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed or returned something unexpected. | Retry with backoff; failed requests are free. |
| `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was momentarily at capacity and did not start the request: nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the number of seconds in the retry-after header; failed requests are free. |
| `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | Unexpected SocialTap error. | Retry with backoff; contact support with the request_id if it persists. |

not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

## Test mode

A key starting with `st_test_` gets recorded responses, free and the same every time ([test mode](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/test-mode/index.md)). These inputs return their recording; any other input returns the example above.

| Input | Answer |
| --- | --- |
| `qq7x2nouser0z` | 404 [`not_found`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#not_found) |
| `scout2015` | 200 OK |
| `duolingo` | 200 OK |
| `@khaby.lame` | 200 OK |
| `bts_official_bighit` | 200 OK |
| `zzq9x81nouser` | 404 [`not_found`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#not_found) |
| `https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa` Default | 200 OK |
| `7000000000000000001` | 404 [`not_found`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#not_found) |
| `https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/107955` | 200 OK |

Magic inputs: send one of these as `handle` to get that error.

| Error | Value |
| --- | --- |
| [`invalid_input`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input) | `socialtap_test_invalid_input` |
| [`insufficient_credits`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) | `socialtap_test_insufficient_credits` |
| [`spend_limit_reached`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#spend_limit_reached) | `socialtap_test_spend_limit_reached` |
| [`rate_limited`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#rate_limited) | `socialtap_test_rate_limited` |
| [`not_found`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#not_found) | `socialtap_test_not_found` |
| [`private_or_unavailable`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#private_or_unavailable) | `socialtap_test_private_or_unavailable` |
| [`upstream_blocked`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#upstream_blocked) | `socialtap_test_upstream_blocked` |
| [`upstream_error`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#upstream_error) | `socialtap_test_upstream_error` |
| [`overloaded`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#overloaded) | `socialtap_test_overloaded` |
| [`internal`](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#internal) | `socialtap_test_internal` |

## FAQ

**How much does the TikTok Profile API cost?**

1 credit for public page results (meta.source = page), charged only for successful requests. SocialTap credits cost $0.50–$0.80 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.

## Related

### More TikTok endpoints

- [TikTok Transcript API](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/transcript/index.md): TikTok video transcript (From 1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/transcript`)

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