Search

Videos matching a search. Use `limit` to say how many you want.

POST /api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/search

Returns video_feed_api

Parameters#

query string required

What to search for. Hashtags and phrases both work.

Example: mars landing

limit integer optional

How many results you want. The run is sized from it, and you are billed for exactly that many.

Results#

GET /runs/:id/results answers with this once the run has finished — one video per row.

Every row also carries raw_json — the platform's own object for that row, exactly as it arrived, with nothing removed. It is left out of the example for length.

This endpoint errs towards returning more rather than less, so expect a few extra rows alongside what you asked for. Everything still comes back typed and parsed the same way.

curl -X POST https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALHOLMES_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"parameters": {"query": "mars landing"}, "limit": 25}'

import os
import requests

run = requests.post(
    "https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/search",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALHOLMES_KEY']}"},
    json={"parameters": {"query": "mars landing"}, "limit": 25},
).json()

print(run["id"], run["status"])

const response = await fetch("https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SOCIALHOLMES_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ parameters: { query: "mars landing" }, limit: 25 }),
})

const run = await response.json()
console.log(run.id, run.status)

require "net/http"
require "json"

response = Net::HTTP.post(
  URI("https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/search"),
  { parameters: { query: "mars landing" }, limit: 25 }.to_json,
  "Authorization" => "Bearer #{ENV.fetch('SOCIALHOLMES_KEY')}",
  "Content-Type" => "application/json"
)

run = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts run["id"], run["status"]

<?php

$ch = curl_init("https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/search");

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("SOCIALHOLMES_KEY"),
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(["parameters" => ["query" => "mars landing"], "limit" => 25]),
]);

$run = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

echo $run["id"], " ", $run["status"];

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
		"parameters": map[string]string{"query": "mars landing"},
		"limit":      25,
	})

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/search", bytes.NewReader(body))
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("SOCIALHOLMES_KEY"))
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer res.Body.Close()

	var run map[string]any
	json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&run)

	fmt.Println(run["id"], run["status"])
}

202 Accepted

{
  "id": "8f14e45f-ceea-467a-9c2e-1b0f5a4c7d21",
  "status": "queued",
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "endpoint": "search",
  "target": "mars landing",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=mars+landing",
  "result_count": 0,
  "created_at": "2026-08-28T16:21:47Z"
}

example

{
  "run": {
    "id": "8f14e45f-ceea-467a-9c2e-1b0f5a4c7d21",
    "status": "succeeded",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "endpoint": "search",
    "target": "mars landing",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=mars+landing",
    "result_count": 2,
    "requested": 25,
    "estimated_cost": 125,
    "captures": 1,
    "created_at": "2026-08-22T09:11:03Z",
    "started_at": "2026-08-22T09:12:03Z",
    "finished_at": "2026-08-22T09:14:03Z"
  },
  "unit": "video",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "7212345678901234567",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@spacex/video/7212345678901234567",
      "type": "video",
      "caption": "Starship static fire — full duration #starship #spacex",
      "taken_at": "2026-08-22T09:12:44Z",
      "duration": 27,
      "region": "US",
      "play_count": 4820113,
      "like_count": 612940,
      "comment_count": 8104,
      "share_count": 21877,
      "save_count": 44210,
      "download_count": 3312,
      "cover_url": "https://tiktok.example/img/7212345678901234567_cover.jpeg",
      "media_urls": [
        "https://tiktok.example/video/7212345678901234567.mp4"
      ],
      "hashtags": [
        "starship",
        "spacex"
      ],
      "music": {
        "id": "7100000000000000000",
        "title": "Original sound",
        "artist": "spacex",
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/music/x-7100000000000000000",
        "audio_url": "https://tiktok.example/music/7100000000000000000.mp3",
        "duration": 27,
        "is_original": true
      },
      "is_pinned": true,
      "is_ad": false,
      "author": {
        "id": "6614519312189947909",
        "username": "spacex",
        "full_name": "SpaceX",
        "is_verified": true,
        "profile_pic_url": "https://tiktok.example/img/spacex_1080.jpeg"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "7212000000000000001",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@spacex/video/7212000000000000001",
      "type": "video",
      "caption": "Booster catch, slowed down 8x",
      "taken_at": "2026-08-21T09:12:44Z",
      "duration": 41,
      "region": "US",
      "play_count": 9114002,
      "like_count": 1204881,
      "comment_count": 19340,
      "share_count": 88120,
      "save_count": 130044,
      "cover_url": "https://tiktok.example/img/7212000000000000001_cover.jpeg",
      "media_urls": [
        "https://tiktok.example/video/7212000000000000001.mp4"
      ],
      "is_pinned": false,
      "is_ad": false,
      "author": {
        "id": "6614519312189947909",
        "username": "spacex",
        "full_name": "SpaceX",
        "is_verified": true,
        "profile_pic_url": "https://tiktok.example/img/spacex_1080.jpeg"
      }
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "limit": 2,
    "offset": 0,
    "returned": 2,
    "total": 2
  }
}

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