Skip to main content

​
TikTok Intel API

The TikTok Intel API gives you structured, real-time access to TikTok’s public data — creator profiles, video metadata, sounds, live streams, search results, trending challenges, and computed intelligence signals — all through a single consistent REST interface.

Quickstart

Make your first API call in under two minutes.

API Reference

Browse all endpoints with an interactive playground.

Authentication

Learn how API key authentication works.

RapidAPI

Subscribe and manage your plan on RapidAPI.

​
What you can build

  • Creator discovery tools — score, rank, and filter creators by engagement, follower growth, and niche.
  • Brand safety dashboards — audit creator content before partnership commitments.
  • Sound & trend trackers — monitor which sounds and challenges are gaining traction before they peak.
  • Competitor intelligence — track what content strategies are working in your vertical.
  • Influencer CRMs — enrich records with live follower counts, recent posts, and engagement rates.

​
Response structure

Every endpoint returns the same envelope: 
{
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "timestamp": "2025-04-29T12:00:00.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "version": "2025-01"
  },
  "data": { ... },
  "pagination": null,
  "error": null
}
Paginated endpoints include a pagination object with cursor and has_more. On error, data is null and error carries code and message.

​
Field naming

All public fields use snake_case. Internal TikTok identifiers such as secUid and bitrateInfo are never exposed in responses.

​
Caching

meta.cached: true means the response was served from cache. Cache TTLs vary by data category:
CategoryTTL
Live stream data2 minutes
User profiles30 minutes
Post metadata15 minutes
Sound library60 minutes
Intelligence scores30 minutes