Stories

A creator's active stories. Use `limit` to say how many you want.

POST /api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/stories

Returns video_feed_api

Parameters#

username string required

Handle, with or without the @. Stories are gone 24 hours after posting.

Example: nasa

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/stories \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALHOLMES_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"parameters": {"username": "nasa"}, "limit": 25}'

import os
import requests

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

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

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

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" => ["username" => "nasa"], "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{"username": "nasa"},
		"limit":      25,
	})

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/tiktok/stories", 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": "stories",
  "target": "nasa",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa",
  "result_count": 0,
  "created_at": "2026-08-28T16:22:25Z"
}

example

{
  "run": {
    "id": "8f14e45f-ceea-467a-9c2e-1b0f5a4c7d21",
    "status": "succeeded",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "endpoint": "stories",
    "target": "nasa",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa",
    "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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