Search TikTok videos
/v1/tools/tiktok.search.videos/calls Needs an API keyReturns the TikTok videos that match a search, with author and date, a page at a time. Use it to find content on a topic.
Tool tiktok.search.videos on TikTok. Contract version 1, released 2026-10-27.
Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to call_tool.
Both return the full response: the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in output.
Input
querystringRequiredThe search query.
sortstringOrder of the results: relevance (TikTok's ranking) or most_liked.
relevancemost_likedtime_rangestringOnly videos published in the last day, week, month, three months or six months.
dayweekmonththree_monthssix_monthsnext_page_tokenstringFetches the next page. Take it from pagination.next_page_token of the previous page, and send the same query, sort and time_range.
Output
A successful call returns these blocks in its output. A field not marked required can be null.
videos
A list of rows. Always present, possibly empty.
idstringRequiredTikTok's numeric identifier of the video, as a string. The video is at https://www.tiktok.com/@<author_username>/video/ followed by it.
urlstringAddress of the video on tiktok.com.
textstringThe video's caption, hashtags and mentions included.
published_atstringWhen the video was published, in ISO 8601.
duration_msintegerLength of the video, in milliseconds.
widthintegerWidth of the video, in pixels.
heightintegerHeight of the video, in pixels.
preview_image_urlstringAddress of the video's cover image. TikTok's media addresses expire.
author_idstringTikTok's numeric identifier of the author, as a string.
author_sec_uidstringTikTok's secure identifier of the author, which tiktok.user.videos takes as sec_uid.
author_usernamestringThe author's handle, without the @.
author_namestringThe author's display name.
author_image_urlstringAddress of the author's profile picture.
author_verifiedbooleanWhether TikTok marks the author as verified.
author_follower_countintegerview_countintegerNumber of times the video was played.
like_countintegercomment_countintegershare_countintegerbookmark_countintegerNumber of times the video was saved to favorites.
hashtagsarray of stringEach hashtag in the caption, without the
mentioned_usernamesarray of stringHandle of each account the caption mentions, without the @.
music_idstringTikTok's identifier of the video's sound.
music_titlestringTitle of the video's sound.
music_author_namestringName of the artist or account the sound is credited to.
pagination
One object. Can be null. How to fetch the next page. Null on the last page.
next_page_tokenstringRequiredSend as next_page_token to fetch the next page.