TikTok following API

Q: What does it return?

A page holds 30 accounts; follow cursor for more. parent is the creator's profile. A creator who hides the list, and a private account, answer private (TikTok lets a creator keep the list to themselves, so many large accounts do). Each profile has up to 20 fields, and the sample fills id , handle , name , kind , verified , is_private and stats .

Q: What do I send?

Send one of handle or id . handle : Username, with or without the leading @. id : TikTok user id (numeric) or secUid.

Q: Which errors can it return?

invalid_params , not_found and private . None is charged, and the errors list says which to retry.

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

client.tiktok.profile_following(...) in Python and client.tiktok.profileFollowing() in TypeScript.

The accounts a creator follows, each with its name, avatar, bio, verified flag and follower, following, video and like counts.

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100 free credits. No card needed.

Each request1 credit

Fields in each profile20

A failed requestFree

A cached repeatFree

What you get for each profile

Every count

Followers, following, posts and likes as plain numbers, such as 120.7K followers on the sample.

Name

The display name, such as Sample User.

handlesample_user

Handle

The handle, such as sample_user.

Account flags

Whether the account is verified or private.

Account type

What kind of account it is, such as creator.

Ids

TikTok's own id for it.

How it works

1
Get a key
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Your API key100 free credits
2
Send a handle
Pass handle (nasa).
nasa
3
Page through the results
Send back cursor until has_more is false.
Page 2Page 3

Request and response

Request

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/tiktok/profile/following" \2  -d handle=nasa \3  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"

1import requests2 3r = requests.get(4  "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/tiktok/profile/following",5  params={"handle": "nasa"},6  headers={"x-api-key": KEY},7)8profiles = r.json()["data"]["items"]

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/tiktok/profile/following");2url.searchParams.set("handle", "nasa");3 4const res = await fetch(url, {5  headers: { "x-api-key": KEY },6});7const { data } = await res.json();

Response200 OKSample values

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      { "name": "Sample User",
        "handle": "sample_user",
        "stats": { "followers": 120700,
          "following": 73, "posts": 202, ... },
        "kind": "creator",
        "verified": true,
        ... },
      ...
    ],
    "has_more": false
  }
}

See every parameter in the docs

Use it from your AI agent

Ask in plain words

Ask your agent for TikTok following in plain words, and the SocialScrape MCP server makes the call.

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One tool call

TikTok following, given a handle.

Same price as the API

1 credit a call; a repeat within 30 days is free.

Runs on your machine

Your key stays in your agent's settings.

Pairs well with

TikTok profilePublic profile of a TikTok account: name, bio, bio...TikTok profile regionThe country TikTok recorded for an account's newest...TikTok profile videosAn account's videos, newest first.TikTok followersThe accounts that follow a creator, newest follower...See all 27 TikTok endpoints

Pay only for data you get

A page of profiles1 credit

The same request within max_age_daysFree

A failed requestFree

Free credits for new accounts100

Starter

18,000 credits a month

GrowthMost popular

50,000 credits a month

Scale

150,000 credits a month

$27/mo

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$209/mo

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Questions

What does it return?

A page holds 30 accounts; follow cursor for more. parent is the creator's profile. A creator who hides the list, and a private account, answer private (TikTok lets a creator keep the list to themselves, so many large accounts do). Each profile has up to 20 fields, and the sample fills id, handle, name, kind, verified, is_private and stats.

What do I send?

Send one of handle or id.

handle: Username, with or without the leading @.

id: TikTok user id (numeric) or secUid.

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params, not_found and private. None is charged, and the errors list says which to retry.

Is there an SDK call for it?

client.tiktok.profile_following(...) in Python and client.tiktok.profileFollowing() in TypeScript.

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