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Query Videos

Request

HTTP URL

https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/research/video/query/

HTTP Method

POST

Scopes

research.data.basic (required)

Headers

Key

Type

Description

Example

Required

Content-Type

string

Indicate the original media type of the resource.

"application/json"


Yes


Authorization

string

The client access token which is obtained through /v2/oauth/token/.

Bearer clt.example12345Example12345Example

Yes

Query Parameters

Key

Type

Description

Example


Required

fields

string

The requested fields. Choose from the Video Object's fields.


Complete list:

id,video_description,create_time, region_code,share_count,view_count,like_count,comment_count, music_id,hashtag_names, username,effect_ids,playlist_id,voice_to_text

Yes

Body

Key

Type

Description

Example

Required

query


Query object

(See the definition below)


A JSON object that contains three types of children: and, or, and not, each of which is a list of conditions. An valid query must contain at least one non-empty and, or or not condition lists


{
  "and":[
    {
      "operation":"IN",
      "field_name":"region_code",
      "field_values":[
        "JP",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "operation":"EQ",
      "field_name":"keyword",
      "field_values":[
        "animal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "not":[
    {
      "operation":"LT",
      "field_name":"create_date",
      "field_values":[
        "20230101"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Yes

start_date

string

The lower bound of video creation time in UTC

"20210102"

Yes

end_date

string

The upper bound of video creation time in UTC

The end_date must be no more than 30 days after the start_date

"20210123"

Yes

max_count


int64


The number of videos in response. Default is 20, max is 100.

It is possible that the API returns less videos than the max count due to reasons such as videos deleted/marked as private by users etc.

20


No


cursor


int64

Retrieve video results starting from the specified index

100


No

search_id

string

The unique identifier assigned to a cached search result. This identifier enables the resumption of a prior search and retrieval of additional results based on the same search criteria.

"7201388525814961198"

No

is_random

bool

The flag that indicates whether to return results in a random order.

If set to true, then the API returns 1 - 100 videos in random order that matches the query.

If set to false or not set with any value, then the API returns results in the decreasing order of video IDs.

true


No

Query

Key

Type

Description

Required

and

list<Condition>

The and conditions specify that all the conditions in the list must be met

No

or

list<Condition>

The or conditions specify that at least one of the conditions in the list must be met

No

not


list<Condition>

The not conditions specify that none of the conditions in the list must be met

No

Condition

Name

Type

Description

field_name

string

The name of the field this condition is restricting

One of: ["create_date", "username", "region_code", "video_id", "hashtag_name", "keyword", "music_id", "effect_id", "video_length"]

operation

string

One of: "EQ", "IN", "GT", "GTE", "LT", "LTE"

field_values

list<string>

A list of restriction values

Condition fields

Field Name

Description

Example

create_date

The video creation date in UTC, presented in the format YYYYMMDD

20220910

username

The username of the video creator

"cookie_love_122"

region_code


A two digit code for the country where the video creator registered their account


'FR', 'TH', 'MM', 'BD', 'IT', 'NP', 'IQ', 'BR', 'US', 'KW', 'VN', 'AR', 'KZ', 'GB', 'UA', 'TR', 'ID', 'PK', 'NG', 'KH', 'PH', 'EG', 'QA', 'MY', 'ES', 'JO', 'MA', 'SA', 'TW', 'AF', 'EC', 'MX', 'BW', 'JP', 'LT', 'TN', 'RO', 'LY', 'IL', 'DZ', 'CG', 'GH', 'DE', 'BJ', 'SN', 'SK', 'BY', 'NL', 'LA', 'BE', 'DO', 'TZ', 'LK', 'NI', 'LB', 'IE', 'RS', 'HU', 'PT', 'GP', 'CM', 'HN', 'FI', 'GA', 'BN', 'SG', 'BO', 'GM', 'BG', 'SD', 'TT', 'OM', 'FO', 'MZ', 'ML', 'UG', 'RE', 'PY', 'GT', 'CI', 'SR', 'AO', 'AZ', 'LR', 'CD', 'HR', 'SV', 'MV', 'GY', 'BH', 'TG', 'SL', 'MK', 'KE', 'MT', 'MG', 'MR', 'PA', 'IS', 'LU', 'HT', 'TM', 'ZM', 'CR', 'NO', 'AL', 'ET', 'GW', 'AU', 'KR', 'UY', 'JM', 'DK', 'AE', 'MD', 'SE', 'MU', 'SO', 'CO', 'AT', 'GR', 'UZ', 'CL', 'GE', 'PL', 'CA', 'CZ', 'ZA', 'AI', 'VE', 'KG', 'PE', 'CH', 'LV', 'PR', 'NZ', 'TL', 'BT', 'MN', 'FJ', 'SZ', 'VU', 'BF', 'TJ', 'BA', 'AM', 'TD', 'SI', 'CY', 'MW', 'EE', 'XK', 'ME', 'KY', 'YE', 'LS', 'ZW', 'MC', 'GN', 'BS', 'PF', 'NA', 'VI', 'BB', 'BZ', 'CW', 'PS', 'FM', 'PG', 'BI', 'AD', 'TV', 'GL', 'KM', 'AW', 'TC', 'CV', 'MO', 'VC', 'NE', 'WS', 'MP', 'DJ', 'RW', 'AG', 'GI', 'GQ', 'AS', 'AX', 'TO', 'KN', 'LC', 'NC', 'LI', 'SS', 'IR', 'SY', 'IM', 'SC', 'VG', 'SB', 'DM', 'KI', 'UM', 'SX', 'GD', 'MH', 'BQ', 'YT', 'ST', 'CF', 'BM', 'SM', 'PW', 'GU', 'HK', 'IN', 'CK', 'AQ', 'WF', 'JE', 'MQ', 'CN', 'GF', 'MS', 'GG', 'TK', 'FK', 'PM', 'NU', 'MF', 'ER', 'NF', 'VA', 'IO', 'SH', 'BL', 'CU', 'NR', 'TP', 'BV', 'EH', 'PN', 'TF', 'RU'

video_id

The unique identifier of the video

6978662169214864645

hashtag_name

The hashtag associated with the video

"arianagrande", "celebrity"

keyword

The keyword in the video description

"tiktok"

music_id

The music ID of the video.

8978345345214861235

effect_id

The effect ID of the video.

3957392342148643476

video_length

The duration of the video

SHORT: <15s

MID: 15 ~60s

LONG: 1~5min

EXTRA_LONG: >5min

"SHORT", "MID", "LONG", "EXTRA_LONG"



Example

curl -L -X POST 'https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/research/video/query/?fields=id,video_description,create_time' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer clt.example12345Example12345Example' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "query": {
        "and": [
            {
                "operation": "IN",
                "field_name": "region_code",
                "field_values": ["JP", "US"]
            },
            {
                "operation":"EQ",
                "field_name":"hashtag_name",
                "field_values":["animal"]
            }
        ],
        "not": [
          {
                "operation": "EQ",
                "field_name": "video_length",
                "field_values": ["SHORT"]
           }
        ]
    },
    "max_count": 100,
    "cursor": 0,
    "start_date": "20230101",
    "end_date": "20230115"
}'

Response

Key

Type

Example

data

QueryVideoResponseData


{

"videos": [...],

"cursor": 100,

"has_more": true,

"search_id": ""

}

error

ErrorStruct

Error object

Data Structures

QueryVideoResponseData

Field

Type

Description

videos

list<Video Object>

A list of video objects that match the query

cursor

int64

Returns video results from the given index.

has_more

bool

Whether there are more videos or not.

search_id

string

A search_id is a unique identifier assigned to a cached search result. This identifier enables the resumption of a prior search and retrieval of additional results based on the same search criteria.

Video Object

Field

Type

Description

"id"


int64

Unique identifier for the TikTok video. Also called "item_id" or "video_id"

"create_time"

int64


UTC Unix epoch (in seconds) of when the TikTok video was posted. (Inherited field from TNS research API)

"username"

string

The video's author's username

"region_code"

string

A two digit code for the country where the video creator registered their account

"video_description"

string

The description of the video, also known as the title

"music_id"

int64

The music_id used in the video

"like_count"

int64

The number of likes the video has received

"comment_count"

int64

The number of comments the video has received

"share_count"

int64

The number of shares the video has received

"view_count"

int64

The number of video views the video has received

"effect_ids"

list<string>

The list of effect ids applied on the video

"hashtag_names"

list<string>

The list of hashtag names that the video participates in

"playlist_id"

int64

The ID of playlist that the video belongs to

"voice_to_text"

string

Voice to text and subtitles (for videos that have voice to text features on, show the texts already generated)

Example

{
    "data": {
        "videos": [
            {
                "hashtag_names": [
                    "avengers",
                    "pov"
                ],
                "region_code": "CA",
                "create_time": 1633823999,
                "effect_ids": [
                    "0"
                ],
                "video_id": 702874395068494965,
                "music_id": 703847506349838790,
                "video_description": "lol #pov #avengers",
                "view_count": 1050,
                "comment_count": 2
            },
            ...
        ],
        "cursor": 100,
        "search_id": "7201388525814961198",
        "has_more": true
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "ok",
        "message": "",
        "log_id": "20230113024658F0D7C5D6CA3A9B79C5B9"
    }
}