TikTok tools

Sizing a creator or a brand on TikTok, checking a handle is real, reading a bio before outreach.

• The account's videos, use tiktok_get_videos.
• Where its audience is, use tiktok_get_audience.
• Finding accounts by topic, use tiktok_search_videos and read the authors.

One record. The account's handle, name, bio, verified, followers, following, posts_count, likes, views, website (the link in bio) and links, with other profile fields where TikTok fills them. null or empty = the platform does not publish it.

1 credit. Cached 24 hours.

"what has this creator posted", judging how often a brand posts, pulling a creator's recent work before a partnership.

• One video in full, use tiktok_get_video.
• What was said in it, use tiktok_get_transcript.
• Videos by topic rather than by account, use tiktok_search_videos.

A list. Each row has videos with author and author_followers, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, saves, views, media, duration_s, links, transcript and top_comments[]. saves is how many people saved it; music is the sound and collaborators the branded-content partners. null or empty = the platform does not publish it.

1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

A row from a search or a listing is worth the detail, or you have a URL and nothing else.

• What was said in it, use tiktok_get_transcript.
• The replies, use tiktok_get_comments.

One record with Each row has the one video, with author and author_followers, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, saves, views, media, duration_s, links, transcript and top_comments[]. saves is how many people saved it; music is the sound and collaborators the branded-content partners. null or empty = the platform does not publish it.

10 credits when the vendor has to fetch the media, 1 when it does not. The estimate is the higher one, so max_credits never surprises you. Cached 6 hours.

Reading what an audience actually said, finding objections and questions under a creator's post.

• Comments across many videos (there is no such search on TikTok).
• The video itself, use tiktok_get_video.

A list. Each row has one comment each: author, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, replies, and parent_id and depth for a reply.

1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

"what is TikTok saying about X", finding creators in a category, watching a product or a brand name.

• One account's own videos, use tiktok_get_videos.
• A complete window of everything posted (TikTok search is ranked and never complete).

A list, ranked. Each row has videos with author and author_followers, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, saves, views, media, duration_s, links, transcript and top_comments[]. saves is how many people saved it, music the sound, and author_followers sizes each creator without another call. null or empty = the platform does not publish it.

1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

Reading a video without watching it, pulling the claims or the hook out of an ad or a review.

• The video's numbers, use tiktok_get_video.
• The written caption, which tiktok_get_video already returns as text.

One record with platform, url, language, text (the full transcript, uncut). NoData when the video carries no speech the platform kept.

1 credit, or 11 with ai_fallback. Cached 30 days.

Judging whether a creator's audience is real, looking for the notable accounts in a following.

• Where an audience is in the world, use tiktok_get_audience.
• How big the account is, use tiktok_get_profile.

A list. Each row has handle, name, url, followers, following, country (the account's region code), bio.

1 credit per page. Cached 7 days.

Checking a creator reaches the market you sell in, before paying for a partnership.

• Who the followers are, use tiktok_get_followers.
• The account's size, use tiktok_get_profile.

A list, largest share first. Each row has country, country_code, share (percent, a decimal), count. The split comes from a sample of followers, a few hundred for an account of millions: count is followers in that sample, not in the account, so read share and ignore count as a size.

26 credits, because the vendor charges 26 for this one call. Check the handle with tiktok_get_profile first. Cached 7 days.