TikTok Profile API reference

Follower, video and heart counts for a public TikTok account. Takes a public URL, returns one object, 1 credit a call.

This named API keeps TikTok fields in TikTok's own vocabulary. For a higher-level product page, see TikTok Profile API.

Endpoint

GET /v1/tiktok/profile
Authorization: Bearer sv_live_...

`POST` is also accepted with the same parameters in the request body. Send the key in the `Authorization` header, never in the query string.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Notes
`url`	string	yes	Public TikTok URL matching this API's input.

Sample Request

This is a copyable request shape. Replace the sample values with the public TikTok target or parameters your workflow uses.

curl -G 'https://api.sourcevine.io/v1/tiktok/profile' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer sv_live_...' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok'

Sample Response

A response this API returned, against the target above. Your values depend on the resource you ask about and when you ask.

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok",
    "cached": false,
    "nickname": "TikTok",
    "username": "tiktok",
    "verified": true,
    "avatarUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/ba67b11de451691939223e9d978e613a~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=3416029a&x-expires=1788537600&x-signature=%2Ff%2FTFAD3Ey36C4H2C%2BdKyeDJ5zs%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast8",
    "fetchedAt": "2026-09-02T16:46:56Z",
    "heartCount": 463000000,
    "videoCount": 1498,
    "followerCount": 95500000,
    "followingCount": 2,
    "cacheAgeSeconds": null,
    "sourceTimestamp": null
  },
  "success": true,
  "available": true
}

Fields

Field	Type	Notes
`url`	string	Canonical public profile or channel URL.
`username`	string	Platform identity.
`nickname`	string \| null	Display name as the platform publishes it.
`followerCount`	integer \| null	The platform's public audience count.
`heartCount`	integer \| null	Platform-specific profile metric.
`fetchedAt`	ISO datetime	When Sourcevine read the public page.
`sourceTimestamp`	ISO datetime \| null	The platform timestamp when it is available.
`cached`	boolean	True when this answer repeats an identical request made moments earlier.
`cacheAgeSeconds`	integer	Seconds since the reading was taken.

Availability States

Status	Charged	Client behavior
`available`	yes for live reads	Use data.
`not_found`	yes	Store the state and stop polling.
`private`	yes	Store the state and stop polling.
`unsupported`	no	Fix the URL or call the matching API.
`upstream_unavailable`	no	Retry later with backoff.

Unavailable resources return `success: true`, `available: false`, `availability`, and `data: null`. API or authentication failures return `success: false` with an `error` object.

Billing

A call costs 1 credit. A deleted, private or empty resource is charged like any lookup and says so. An unsupported URL or a read we could not complete is not charged. The `X-Credits-Charged` response header is the source of truth for what happened on that request.

Successful responses include `fetchedAt`, the time we read the platform.

What This API Does Not Return

No contact or bio fields: Bios, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses and messenger handles are outside the response contract.
No private data: Private accounts, restricted content and unavailable resources return typed availability instead of guessed data.
No identity matching: Sourcevine does not claim that two profiles on different platforms belong to the same person.

Last updated 1 September 2026