TikTok Search API

Q: What do the content_type values do?

video searches videos, profile searches accounts and top matches TikTok's overall tab. The setting only picks the tab; it cannot target a specific author, video, comment thread or hashtag.

Q: How do I get from a result to the author's profile?

author_username is the author's @handle, which also builds the profile link https://www.tiktok.com/@username. To read the profile or the author's videos, pass the handle itself, with or without the @, to the TikTok Details or Videos by user capability, not the full link.

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Search TikTok by keyword across the video, account or top tab, with caption, author and like, comment, share and view counts. Choose the tab with content_type; results are not a complete sample, and the ranking is not explained.

TikTok Search finds public videos by keyword and returns each video's caption, the author's display name and username, like, comment, share and view counts, and the publish time. Use it to see which videos are spreading around a topic and who posted them, for trend and content research, tracking brand mentions or finding creators in a new market.

Pick the search tab with content_type: video for videos, profile for accounts or top for the overall tab. It cannot target one author, one video or one hashtag; those have their own capabilities. author_username is the author's @handle, which builds the profile link. This searches video content; TikTok Shop products are a separate dataset with their own search.

Price $0.56 per 1,000 requests ($0.000556 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

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Paste this into your AI assistant. It already holds this endpoint's parameters, response fields and an example request, so the assistant can ask what you need and then write the scraper.

Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra TikTok Search endpoint (tiktok/search).

Endpoint contract:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to tiktok and action to search, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - keyword: Specifies the search query string for public video searches in the search action. In shop_search, this searches TikTok Shop products instead, which draw from a distinct dataset.
- Optional parameters:
  - content_type: Filters results by tab in the search action. Allowed values are video for videos, profile for users, and top for top content. (allowed: profile / top / video)
  - limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 200. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. (default: 10)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, url, text, author_name, author_username, like_count, comment_count, share_count, view_count, posted_at.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "urban gardening"
  }
}
- Price: $0.56 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Default	Description
`Authorization`	header	`string`	Yes	-	Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
`platform`	body	`string`	Yes	`tiktok`	Platform identifier, fixed value.
`action`	body	`string`	Yes	`search`	Capability identifier, fixed value.
`keyword`	body.params	Not declared	Yes	-	Specifies the search query string for public video searches in the `search` action. In `shop_search`, this searches TikTok Shop products instead, which draw from a distinct dataset.
`content_type`	body.params	`enum`	No	-	Filters results by tab in the `search` action. Allowed values are `video` for videos, `profile` for users, and `top` for top content. Providing this parameter in fixed author, video, or hashtag actions does not guarantee that filtering will take effect, so verify returned response objects and fields after changing tabs.Allowed values`profiletopvideo`
`limit`	body.params	`integer (1–200)`	No	`10`	The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 200. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge.

Code samples

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "urban gardening"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json

{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "action": "search",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "（已隐去）",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@（已隐去）/video/7647269061931355409",
      "text": "Get yourself vertical farms and grow your own vegetables year round! Right here in Ghana 🇬🇭💚\n#Hydroponics #UrbanFarming #FarmToTable #FarmToTable #gardening ",
      "author_name": "（已隐去）",
      "author_username": "（已隐去）",
      "like_count": 2403,
      "comment_count": 69,
      "share_count": 265,
      "view_count": 27200,
      "posted_at": "2026-06-03T20:30:34+00:00",
      "platform": "tiktok"
    },
    {
      "id": "（已隐去）",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@（已隐去）/video/7644708493252939022",
      "text": "Replying to @（已隐去） please watch to the end to literally have your jaw on the floor! Let me know if you have any questions- it’s a lot to cover in one video 💚👩🏻‍🌾  #gardentok #gardentour #urbanfarm ",
      "author_name": "（已隐去）",
      "author_username": "（已隐去）",
      "like_count": 6408,
      "comment_count": 181,
      "share_count": 145,
      "view_count": 50800,
      "posted_at": "2026-05-27T22:53:50+00:00",
      "platform": "tiktok"
    }
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

Field	Meaning
`id`	The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
`url`	Link to the record on the platform.
`text`	Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so).
`author_name`	Author's display name.
`author_username`	Author's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs.
`like_count`	Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
`comment_count`	Comments. null means not disclosed, not 0.
`share_count`	Shares. null means not disclosed, not 0.
`view_count`	Views or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0.
`posted_at`	Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
`platform`	Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

FAQ

What do the `content_type` values do?

video searches videos, profile searches accounts and top matches TikTok's overall tab. The setting only picks the tab; it cannot target a specific author, video, comment thread or hashtag.

How do I get from a result to the author's profile?

author_username is the author's @handle, which also builds the profile link https://www.tiktok.com/@username. To read the profile or the author's videos, pass the handle itself, with or without the @, to the TikTok Details or Videos by user capability, not the full link.

Can I search TikTok Shop products here?

No. This capability searches public videos only. TikTok Shop product search is a separate capability that returns product data from a different dataset, so use it when you need listings and prices.

Errors and billing

401: Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422: Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402: Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429: The account's per-minute request limit was reached (all of its API keys count together; a key's own lower limit applies first). Wait for Retry-After and try again; a rate package in the console raises the limit.
503: Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty: The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).