TikTok API

Video search

Search TikTok videos by keyword, newest-relevant first, with per-video engagement counts. Paged by cursor.

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Endpoint

GET/v1/tiktok/searchlive · proven4 credits
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Parameters

Query parameters

NameRequiredDescriptionExample
queryyesSearch term.coffee brewing
cursornoOpaque cursor from the previous page.
regionnoTwo-letter country code for the source request location. It can affect availability and ranking; it does not filter creators by residence or audience country. Keep it unchanged when continuing.US
sort_bynorelevance (default) or most-liked.
date_postednoRestrict by post date, e.g. past-week.
dry_runnoRead a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution.1
judgmentsnoAdd bounded AI labels to eligible returned records (default on). off preserves the original data shape. Unclassified records remain present; labels depend on evidence, time, capacity and the existing request budget. No label surcharge.on
labelnoSet none to disable labels; default enables the endpoint’s label set. Equivalent to judgments=off.none
label_evidencenoInclude exact supporting sentences and zero-based sentence indexes when a label has validated evidence. No extra charge or change to decisions.1
excludenoOptionally remove confidently labelled engagement bait. Uncertain and unclassified records stay; removed IDs and an owner-bound recall reference are returned.engagement_bait
fitnoUse goal to replace confidently irrelevant records with recall stubs. Keeps first, last, relevant and uncertain records; preserves order. Full evidence is stored for 24 hours when available.goal
goalnoRequired with fit=goal: describe the task in at most 600 characters. Supplied text is task context, never permission to act on posts.Find concrete product complaints
tokensnoOptional soft response target for fit=goal, 256–32000. Safety and evidence retention take priority, so the returned result may exceed it.4000
limitnoOptional requested distinct results, 1–120. Collection stops at the existing request spending and time limits, so fewer may be returned. Inspect partial, window_stop_reason and pages_fetched. Keep query, region, sort, dates and limit unchanged with the opaque cursor. Omit for one native page.120

Examples

Make the request

curl
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/tiktok/search?query=coffee%20brewing" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
TypeScript
typescript
const key = process.env.MONOCRAWL_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error('Set MONOCRAWL_API_KEY on your server.');
const res = await fetch(
  "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/tiktok/search?query=coffee%20brewing",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": key } },
);
const body = await res.json();

if (!body.success) {
  // one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
  throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message}`);
}

console.log(body.data, "credits left:", body.credits_remaining);
Python
python
import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/tiktok/search?query=coffee%20brewing",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["MONOCRAWL_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()

if not body["success"]:
    # one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['type']}: {body['error']['message']}")

print(body["data"], "credits left:", body["credits_remaining"])

Response

Response fields and example

This example is illustrative, not a captured live response. Variable-cost operations may settle a charge different from the list price below. A successful response puts the platform payload in data and reports the exact credits used, remaining balance, request id and cache status beside it.

200 · application/json
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "endpoint": "/v1/tiktok/search",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "7350000000000000002",
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example_creator/video/7350000000000000002",
        "caption": "A desk setup",
        "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z",
        "duration_s": 15,
        "stats": {
          "plays": 1200,
          "likes": 100,
          "comments": 12,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": 8
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": null,
    "has_more": null
  },
  "credits_used": 4,
  "credits_remaining": 99,
  "request_id": "req_…",
  "cached": false
}

The example uses fictional values and shows a documented subset of data. The fields below are optional across supported sources; nullable fields can also be absent. Preserve unknown values and accept additional fields.

Download the data JSON Schema. Validate response.data, not the whole envelope. A valid shape does not establish that every field or source record was returned.

Field inside dataTypeMeaning
itemsarrayRecords in this response page.
items[].idstring | nullSource identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
items[].urlstring | nullOriginal source URL when supplied.
items[].captionstring | nullVideo caption; spoken words require a transcript request.
items[].created_atstring | nullSource publication time, normalized to an ISO date-time when available.
items[].duration_snumber | nullVideo duration in seconds.
items[].regionstring | nullSource-reported content region, not audience geography or proof of residence.
items[].authorobjectNested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
items[].author.idstring | nullSource identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
items[].author.handlestring | nullPublic account username.
items[].author.namestring | nullDisplay name.
items[].author.urlstring | nullOriginal source URL when supplied.
items[].author.followersnumber | nullFollower count supplied with this video; null when absent. No profile-enrichment call is made.
items[].author.regionstring | nullSource-reported account region, not audience geography or proof of residence.
items[].statsobjectNested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
items[].stats.playsnumber | nullplays reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
items[].stats.likesnumber | nulllikes reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
items[].stats.commentsnumber | nullcomments reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
items[].stats.sharesnumber | nullshares reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
items[].stats.savesnumber | nullsaves reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
countnumber | nullReturned row count when supplied; not the full source total.
cursorstring | nullOpaque next-page token. A missing token does not prove full history was retrieved.
has_moreboolean | nullSource continuation indicator; null means unknown.
requested_limitnumber | nullRequested distinct rows when limit is supplied; 1–120.
pages_fetchednumber | nullSuccessful native pages fetched by this request. Zero can mean previously fetched overflow was served.
partialboolean | nullCollection was interrupted by funding, time, receipt or source limits.
window_stop_reasonstring | nullrequested_limit, source_exhausted, funding_limit, receipt_pending, deadline, source_unavailable, invalid_source_page, continuation_unavailable, repeated_cursor or page_limit.
_warningsarrayCollection limitations or component warnings. Read before interpreting coverage.

Failures use the typed error envelope. A confirmed uncharged or refunded failure reports zero; a pending reconciliation can report an unknown charge. Read credits_used and error.details.billing_status, and keep request_id for recovery. Response contract · Error reference

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