TikTok API

A TikTok API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no login and no app review. Use when the user wants to search TikTok posts by keyword and sort by most-liked or most recent within a date range, look up a post by its share URL or ID, scrape a TikTok profile by @username, pull a user's posts, followers, or followings, fetch a hashtag's posts, pull posts using a specific sound/music track, get posts from a location, or read a post's comments and comment replies. Also covers TikTok trend tracking, hashtag monitoring, influencer discovery, competitor content analysis, and TikTok data pipelines without official TikTok API access or a scraping browser.

TikTok data on demand: keyword post search with sort/date filters, profile lookup by handle, followers and followings, hashtag and music/sound feeds, location-based posts, and comment threads — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. No login, no session cookies, no browser automation, no TikTok developer app review.

Base URL: https://tiktok.fetcher.sh

Quick reference

Base URL	https://tiktok.fetcher.sh
Auth	Authorization: Bearer bby_live_... or x402 (USDC)
Price	$0.004/call (flat)
Endpoints	13, all GET
MCP	https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/mcp
Machine-readable	/openapi.json · /llms.txt · /skill.md

Which endpoint do I need?

I want to...	Call
Search posts by keyword (optionally most-liked/recent)	GET /api/post/search
Look up a post by its share URL	GET /api/post?url=...
Look up a profile by @username	GET /api/user/handle/{username}
Get a user's posts, followers, or followings	GET /api/user/{id}/posts / /followers / /followings
Get a post's comments	GET /api/post/{id}/comments
Find posts under a hashtag	GET /api/hashtag/{id}/posts
Find posts using a specific sound	GET /api/music/{id}/posts

Full param details for every row: references/endpoints.md.

Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the fetcher skill:

bash

# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
#    or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/search?keyword=hello"

# 2. x402 pay-per-call — omit the header; a GET with no payment returns 402
#    with machine-readable payment requirements (USDC on Base, Polygon,
#    Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana). @x402/fetch signs and retries automatically.

Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }; the HTTP status mirrors status.

Endpoints (13 — all GET, $0.004/call)

Endpoint	What it returns
/api/post/search	Posts matching a keyword; sort and date-range filters
/api/post	A single post resolved from its share URL
/api/post/{id}	A single post by ID
/api/post/{id}/comments	A post's comments
/api/post/{id}/comments/{commentId}/replies	Replies to a comment
/api/user/handle/{username}	Profile by @username
/api/user/{id}/posts	A user's posts
/api/user/{id}/followers	A user's followers
/api/user/{id}/followings	Accounts a user follows
/api/hashtag/handle/{name}	Hashtag metadata by name
/api/hashtag/{id}/posts	Posts under a hashtag
/api/music/{id}/posts	Posts using a sound/music track
/api/location/{locationId}/posts	Posts tagged at a location

{id} / {username} / {name} are path parameters. Optional query params (cursor, region) paginate or geo-scope results; keyword (search) and url (post lookup) are required where they appear.

Scenarios

Most liked posts this month:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "keyword=ai agent" -G \
  --data-urlencode "sortType=MOST_LIKED" \
  --data-urlencode "dateRange=THIS_MONTH" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/search"

Posted yesterday, most recent first:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "keyword=crypto payments" -G \
  --data-urlencode "sortType=DATE_POSTED" \
  --data-urlencode "dateRange=YESTERDAY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/search"

Other sortType values: RELEVANCE. Other dateRange values: ALL_TIME, THIS_WEEK, LAST_THREE_MONTHS, LAST_SIX_MONTHS.

Look up a post by its share URL, or directly by ID:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" -G \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/1234567890123456789" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/1234567890123456789"

A post's comments and comment replies:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/1234567890123456789/comments"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/1234567890123456789/comments/9876543210/replies"

A profile by @handle, then its posts, followers, and followings:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/user/handle/khaby.lame"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/user/6935741396776976390/posts"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/user/6935741396776976390/followers"

A hashtag's metadata, then its posts:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/hashtag/handle/fyp"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/hashtag/1234567890/posts"

Posts using a specific sound, and posts from a location:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/music/1234567890123456789/posts"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/location/1234567890123456789/posts"

MCP

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiktok": {
      "url": "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer bby_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Free: search_endpoints, describe_endpoint, check_balance. Paid: fetch_data (any endpoint above), topup_credits, plus the named shortcut tiktok_post_search. Drop the headers block to pay per call with x402 instead — see the fetcher skill for the full flow.

Errors

• 400 — missing/invalid parameter (message names it)
• 401 — unknown or rotated key
• 402 — payment required (x402 challenge) or topup_required (credits exhausted)
• 404 — not a priced path
• No rate limits; no refunds on upstream failures (settlement precedes delivery)

Reference

• Deep dives: references/endpoints.md (every param) · references/scenarios.md (one curl per endpoint) · references/faq.md · references/comparison.md (vs. the official TikTok API and a browser scraper)
• Task guides: viral post search · profile and followers
• Slash command: /tiktok-search
• Full agent setup: https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/skill.md
• OpenAPI 3.1 contract: https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/openapi.json
• Condensed catalog: https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/llms.txt
• Payment, credits, and MCP deep dive: fetcher skill
• Site: https://tiktok.fetcher.sh