CreatorCrawl TikTok Data

Access live TikTok data: creator profiles, video analytics, comments, transcripts, search, trending content, and songs. 19 endpoints, structured JSON responses, no scraping required.

Setup

Get a free API key at https://creatorcrawl.com (250 free credits, no card required). Set the CREATORCRAWL_API_KEY environment variable.

How to call the API

Use curl for all requests. Authenticate with the x-api-key header. Base URL: https://creatorcrawl.com.

curl -s -H "x-api-key: $CREATORCRAWL_API_KEY" \
  "https://creatorcrawl.com/api/tiktok/profile?handle=charlidamelio"

All responses are JSON. Errors return { "success": false, "error": "message" } with status 400 (bad params), 401 (unauthorized), 402 (no credits), or 502 (upstream).

Endpoints

Profiles

GET /api/tiktok/profile — Get a creator's profile, stats, and recent videos. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | handle | yes | TikTok handle (without @) |

Returns: user info (id, uniqueId, nickname, signature, verified), stats (followerCount, followingCount, heartCount, videoCount), and recent videos.

GET /api/tiktok/profile/videos — Get a creator's videos with pagination and sorting. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | handle | yes | TikTok handle | | sort_by | no | latest or popular | | max_cursor | no | Pagination cursor from previous response | | region | no | 2-letter country code |

Returns: aweme_list with statistics (play_count, digg_count, comment_count, share_count), author info, music info. Paginate with max_cursor.

GET /api/tiktok/user/followers — Get a creator's followers (paginated). | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | handle | yes (or user_id) | TikTok handle | | user_id | yes (or handle) | User ID (faster) | | min_time | no | Pagination cursor |

GET /api/tiktok/user/following — Get accounts a creator follows. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | handle | yes | TikTok handle | | min_time | no | Pagination cursor |

GET /api/tiktok/user/live — Check if a creator is live streaming. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | handle | yes | TikTok handle |

Videos

GET /api/tiktok/video — Get full video details. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | url | yes | TikTok video URL | | get_transcript | no | true to include transcript | | region | no | 2-letter country code |

Returns: aweme_detail with statistics, author, music, video dimensions, hashtags, and optional transcript.

GET /api/tiktok/video/comments — Get video comments (paginated). | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | url | yes | TikTok video URL | | cursor | no | Pagination cursor |

Returns: comments with text, digg_count, reply_comment_total, nested replies.

GET /api/tiktok/video/transcript — Get video transcript text. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | url | yes | TikTok video URL | | language | no | 2-letter language code (en, es, fr) | | use_ai_as_fallback | no | true for AI transcription (under 2 min videos) |

Search

GET /api/tiktok/search/keyword — Search videos by keyword. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | query | yes | Search keyword | | date_posted | no | yesterday, this-week, this-month, last-3-months, last-6-months, all-time | | sort_by | no | relevance, most-liked, date-posted | | region | no | 2-letter country code | | cursor | no | Pagination cursor |

GET /api/tiktok/search/hashtag — Search videos by hashtag. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | hashtag | yes | Hashtag without # | | region | no | 2-letter country code | | cursor | no | Pagination cursor |

GET /api/tiktok/search/users — Search TikTok users. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | query | yes | Search query | | cursor | no | Pagination cursor |

GET /api/tiktok/search/top — Top search results (videos + photo carousels). | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | query | yes | Search keyword | | publish_time | no | yesterday, this-week, this-month, last-3-months, last-6-months, all-time | | sort_by | no | relevance, most-liked, date-posted | | region | no | 2-letter country code | | cursor | no | Pagination cursor |

GET /api/tiktok/creators/popular — Discover popular creators with filters. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | page | no | Page number | | sortBy | no | engagement, follower, avg_views | | followerCount | no | 10K-100K, 100K-1M, 1M-10M, 10M+ | | creatorCountry | no | Creator's country code | | audienceCountry | no | Audience country code |

GET /api/tiktok/hashtags/popular — Get trending hashtags. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | period | no | 7, 30, or 120 (days) | | page | no | Page number | | countryCode | no | Country code | | newOnBoard | no | Only newly trending | | industry | no | e.g. beauty-and-personal-care, food-and-beverage, tech-and-electronics |

Songs

GET /api/tiktok/song — Get song details by clip ID. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | clipId | yes | Clip ID (not song ID) |

GET /api/tiktok/song/videos — Get videos using a specific song. | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | clipId | yes | Clip ID from song URL | | cursor | no | Pagination cursor |

GET /api/tiktok/songs/popular — Get popular/surging songs (can take up to 30s). | Param | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | page | no | Page number | | timePeriod | no | 7, 30, or 130 (days) | | rankType | no | popular or surging | | newOnBoard | no | New to top 100 | | commercialMusic | no | Approved for business use | | countryCode | no | Country code |

Pagination

Paginated endpoints return a cursor field (cursor, min_time, or max_cursor depending on the endpoint). Pass it back as a query param for the next page. Stop when the cursor is empty/null or no more items are returned.

Pricing

1 credit per API call. Free signup gives 250 credits. Paid packs: Starter ($29/5k credits), Pro ($99/20k credits), Scale ($299/100k credits). Credits never expire, no rate limits.

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