TikTok search

Fetch a paginated slice of public rendered TikTok video search results for a query.

POST /v1/tiktok/search

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
query	body	string	Yes	Search query.
cursor	body	string	No	Zero-based pagination cursor returned as next_cursor from the previous response.
max_results	body	integer	No	Maximum number of public search results to collect.
search_type	body	string	No	Search result type. Public unauthenticated TikTok search is most reliable for users; videos may require managed auth.

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/tiktok/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"dance","cursor":"30","max_results":30,"search_type":"users"}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')
POLL_DELAY=3

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api.browsable.app/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [[ "$STATUS" =~ ^(succeeded|failed|errored|cancelled|canceled|expired)$ ]]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep "$(awk "BEGIN { print $POLL_DELAY * (0.9 + ($RANDOM % 21) / 100) }")"
  POLL_DELAY=$((POLL_DELAY < 30 ? POLL_DELAY * 2 : 30))
  [ "$POLL_DELAY" -gt 30 ] && POLL_DELAY=30
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/tiktok/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"dance","cursor":"30","max_results":30,"search_type":"users","_run":{"async":false}}'