---
title: "Profiles"
description: "List a TikTok creator's followers or the accounts they follow."
---

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

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` | The creator's followers or following | `type`: `followers` or `following` (required) |

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

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `cursor` | string |  | Opaque cursor from the previous page's `cursor`. Pass it alone for the next page. |
| `limit` | integer 1–30 |  | Items per page, 1–30. |
| `type` | enum |  | Which list: followers or following. `followers` `following` |
| `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/profiles?username=tiktok&type=followers&limit=3" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APINOA_API_KEY"
```

```js tab="JavaScript"
const params = new URLSearchParams({ username: "tiktok", type: "followers", limit: "3" });
const res = await fetch(`https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/tiktok/profiles?${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/profiles",
    params={"username": "tiktok", "type": "followers", "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 [`Account`](/docs/api-reference/sns/response-schema#account) 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": "7651672077083001872",
        "handle": "8_.bb2",
        "displayName": "Sana🪽",
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@8_.bb2",
        "avatarUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-alisg-avt-0068/fed157f43458b599f7b81bd4799d0cc9~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:10…",
        "counts": {
          "followers": 1,
          "following": 16,
          "posts": 0
        },
        "private": true,
        "ext": {
          "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAKL9ua3uVT6GJrdgHm4DKeOvw6bx2VuMVurOM7_jddNL9Br1eP66TaawahpsasELo",
          "totalLikes": 0,
          "likesGiven": 182,
          "friendCount": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "fPnN2iYq-3kvLCt6ANxmLXJf1aAzHKFbffLTUqzrvC4OoR3FZIhUoq9NMXwBuzOaZT_5WI_8P-Rw2hz3CL5chscH2UBm8AwGXnwSXHOxla9_MOaDL5RNS3d…",
    "ext": {
      "listCount": 96414142
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.