---
title: "Posts"
description: "List TikTok videos: a creator's, a hashtag's, a sound's, a playlist's, or the explore feed."
---

```http
GET | POST /v1/tiktok/posts
```

Send parameters as a query string with `GET`, or as a JSON body with `POST`. Both are equivalent.

## What to Pass

| Pass | Reads | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `username` or `userId` | A creator's videos | `type`: `posts` (default), `reposts`, `likes` (when public) |
| `hashtag` | Videos under a hashtag | A name, or its numeric id (saves a lookup) |
| `sound` | Videos using a sound |  |
| `playlist` | The videos in a playlist |  |
| nothing | The explore feed | `category` (default 120) |

Pass one source per call. Every identifier also takes the page URL.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `category` | string |  | Default feed only: explore category id (default 120). |
| `cursor` | string |  | Opaque cursor from the previous page's `cursor`. Pass it alone for the next page. |
| `hashtag` | string |  | Videos under a hashtag: its name, or its numeric id (saves the lookup). A hashtag that is itself a number takes its # (#2024). |
| `limit` | integer 1–30 |  | Items per page, 1–30. |
| `playlist` | string |  | Videos in a playlist: id or URL (…/playlist/-<id>). |
| `sound` | string |  | Videos using a sound: sound id or URL (…/music/-<id>). |
| `type` | enum |  | username/userId: the creator's posts (default), reposts or likes. `posts` `reposts` `likes` |
| `userId` | string |  | Creator secUid. Pass it instead of a username to save the lookup (1 unit instead of 2). |
| `username` | string |  | Creator @handle (with or without @), or the profile URL. |

## Request

```bash tab="cURL"
curl "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/tiktok/posts?username=tiktok&limit=3" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APINOA_API_KEY"
```

```js tab="JavaScript"
const params = new URLSearchParams({ username: "tiktok", limit: "3" });
const res = await fetch(`https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/tiktok/posts?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APINOA_API_KEY },
});
const { success, data, error } = await res.json();
```

```python tab="Python"
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/tiktok/posts",
    params={"username": "tiktok", "limit": "3"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APINOA_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
```

## Response

Returns [`Page`](/docs/api-reference/sns/response-schema#page) of [`Post`](/docs/api-reference/sns/response-schema#post) in `data`. A real response, shortened: arrays keep their first entries and long text is cut.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "items": [
      {
        "platform": "tiktok",
        "id": "7700009319382650142",
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/770000931938…",
        "author": {
          "platform": "tiktok",
          "id": "107955",
          "handle": "tiktok",
          "displayName": "TikTok",
          "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok",
          "avatarUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-usea…",
          "verified": true,
          "counts": {
            "followers": 96400000,
            "following": 1,
            "posts": 1512
          },
          "ext": {
            "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAv7iSuuXDJGDvJkmH_vz1qkDZYo1apxgzaxdBS…",
            "signature": "Your next discovery is waiting on TikTok.",
            "totalLikes": 466000000,
            "likesGiven": 4377
          }
        },
        "text": "The best part of searching a new city on TikTok?…",
        "createdAt": "2026-10-23T23:29:02.000Z",
        "lang": "en",
        "media": [
          {
            "type": "video",
            "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/aweme/v1/play/?faid=1988&f…",
            "width": 720,
            "height": 1280,
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-usea…",
            "durationSec": 107,
            "variants": [
              {
                "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/aweme/v1/play/?faid=1988&f…",
                "width": 720,
                "height": 1280,
                "bitrate": 740138,
                "contentType": "video/mp4"
              }
            ],
            "ext": {
              "playAddr": "https://v16-webapp-prime.us.tiktok.com/video/tos/…",
              "downloadAddr": "https://v16-webapp-prime.us.tiktok.com/video/tos/…",
              "dynamicCover": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-usea…",
              "definition": "720p",
              "videoQuality": "normal",
              "ratio": "720p",
              "codec": "h264",
              "format": "mp4",
              "bitrate": 740138,
              "sizeBytes": 9949494,
              "loudness": -19.9,
              "peak": 1,
              "hasOriginalAudio": true,
              "autoCaption": true,
              "bitrateVariants": [
                {
                  "gearName": "normal_720_0",
                  "fps": 23,
                  "codec": "h264",
                  "sizeBytes": 9949494
                }
              ],
              "subtitles": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng-US",
                  "langId": "2",
                  "url": "https://v16m-webapp.tiktokcdn-us.com/be8291ee2919…",
                  "format": "webvtt",
                  "source": "ASR"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "likes": 2235,
          "comments": 553,
          "shares": 144,
          "views": 122800,
          "reposts": 0,
          "saves": 132
        },
        "entities": {
          "mentions": [
            {
              "handle": "morimatcha__",
              "id": "7547085538516485175"
            }
          ]
        },
        "audio": {
          "id": "7700009421400869662",
          "title": "original sound",
          "artist": "TikTok",
          "url": "https://v16m.tiktokcdn-us.com/b9eda378f913298c1de…"
        },
        "ext": {
          "music": {
            "original": true,
            "coverUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-usea…",
            "durationSec": 107,
            "isCommerceMusic": true,
            "appleMusicId": "1543888610",
            "spotifyId": "5Cf5U4MLpSJQb29IqY8bWA"
          },
          "duetEnabled": true,
          "stitchEnabled": true
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "z3_ejXLXnHrW_fwkl8jd8OBVtLZI0s7eC6UysxOBxhQMNFiYF…"
  }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | `INVALID_CURSOR` | The `cursor` is not one this operation returned. Start again without it. |
| 400 | `INVALID_PARAMS` | A parameter is missing, unknown or out of range. The message names it. |
| 401 | `UNAUTHORIZED` | The `x-api-key` header is missing, or the key is revoked or unknown. |
| 402 | `INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE` | The balance does not cover this call. Top up in the dashboard. |
| 404 | `NOT_FOUND` | The account, post or group does not exist, or is private, deleted or age-restricted. |
| 429 | `MARKETPLACE_SATURATED` | Too many concurrent calls. Retry after the `Retry-After` seconds. |
| 502 | `UPSTREAM_ERROR` | The platform answered with something unusable. Retry with backoff. |

Every code is listed in [Errors](/docs/errors). Failed calls are not billed.

## Pricing

**Price** $0.001 per call, plus $0.001 for each extra call it makes — at most 1 more, so $0.002 in total. [List price](https://apinoa.com/en/pricing); the rate steps down above 1,000 calls a day.

## Notes

- `userId` is the creator's `secUid`. Passing it instead of `username` saves a lookup: 1 unit instead of 2.