TikTok video comments API reference

GET /v1/tiktok/video/comments

Comments on a video, with the commenter and like and reply counts.

Cost: 1 credit
Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	URL	one of	Video URL (www.tiktok.com/@user/video/..., vm.tiktok.com/..., vt.tiktok.com/...). Accepted hosts: `tiktok.com`.
`id`	string	one of	Numeric video id. Also accepted as `aweme_id`, `video_id`.

Send at least one of url, id. If you send several, the first listed is used and the rest are ignored.

Every request also accepts:

cursor: the cursor from the previous page (Pagination).
trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/tiktok/video/comments" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7137423965982592302"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7137423965982592302",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/tiktok/video/comments",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11)12body = res.json()1314if body["ok"]:15    print(body["data"])16else:17    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/tiktok/video/comments");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7137423965982592302"4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape TikTok video comments",5      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6      "typeVersion": 4.2,7      "position": [8        0,9        010      ],11      "parameters": {12        "method": "GET",13        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/tiktok/video/comments",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "url",19              "value": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7137423965982592302"20            }21          ]22        },23        "sendHeaders": true,24        "headerParameters": {25          "parameters": [26            {27              "name": "x-api-key",28              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"29            }30          ]31        }32      }33    }34  ],35  "connections": {}36}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened, other people's names and handles are replaced. Status 200.

200 OKSample response

1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_c081974c80bc4d366c700069",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "comment",13        "platform": "tiktok",14        "id": "7137510823549272878",15        "url": null,16        "post_id": "7137423965982592302",17        "parent_id": null,18        "author": {19          "id": "1000000001",20          "handle": "sample_user",21          "name": "Sample User",22          "url": null,23          "avatar_url": null,24          "verified": false25        },26        "text": "Charli Barker",27        "published_at": "2022-08-30T03:47:36Z",28        "stats": {29          "likes": 5161,30          "replies": 46,31          "dislikes": null32        },33        "is_pinned": null,34        "is_by_creator": null,35        "extra": {36          "language": "en",37          "liked_by_creator": false38        }39      },40      {41        "object": "comment",42        "platform": "tiktok",43        "id": "7137825415053853483",44        "url": null,45        "post_id": "7137423965982592302",46        "parent_id": null,47        "author": {48          "id": "1000000001",49          "handle": "sample_user",50          "name": "Sample User",51          "url": null,52          "avatar_url": null,53          "verified": false54        },55        "text": "You’re so pretty Charlie and don’t listen to the other haters you’re an amazing person",56        "published_at": "2022-08-31T00:08:16Z",57        "stats": {58          "likes": 9,59          "replies": 0,60          "dislikes": null61        },62        "is_pinned": null,63        "is_by_creator": null,64        "extra": {65          "language": "en",66          "liked_by_creator": false67        }68      }69    ],70    "cursor": "c20",71    "has_more": true,72    "parent": null73  },74  "cursor": "c20",75  "has_more": true76}

Response#

A list of Comment objects in data.items, with data.cursor and data.has_more.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

Code	HTTP	Retry	Meaning
`invalid_params`	400	no	A parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
`unsupported_url`	400	no	The URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
`not_found`	404	no	The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

TikTok profile (GET /v1/tiktok/profile)
TikTok profile videos (GET /v1/tiktok/profile/videos)
TikTok collection videos (GET /v1/tiktok/collection/videos)
TikTok video details (GET /v1/tiktok/video)
TikTok video transcript (GET /v1/tiktok/video/transcript)
TikTok comment replies (GET /v1/tiktok/video/comment/replies)
TikTok user search (GET /v1/tiktok/search/users)
TikTok search suggestions (GET /v1/tiktok/search/suggestions)

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Related endpoints#