TikTok Following API
List the accounts a TikTok user follows (handle, display name, follower count, bio) by username.
$0.80/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id": "6812093482910238721","handle": "barleyandbones","displayName": "Barley & Bones BBQ","followers": 452000,"videos": 318,"region": "US","bio": "Smoked low and slow since 2016","following": 214,... 7 more fields}
Pricing and providers
TikTok Following API pricing: one API, 3 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
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Get TikTok following in one request
This sample shows 16 of 20 fields. See every field
{
"found": true,
"data": {
"nextCursor": "eyJvZmZzZXQiOjIwfQ==",
"following": [
{
"id": "6812093482910238721",
"handle": "barleyandbones",
"displayName": "Barley & Bones BBQ",
"followers": 452000,
"videos": 318,
"region": "US",
"bio": "Smoked low and slow since 2016",
"following": 214,
"likes": 8900000,
"avatarUrl": "https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/barleyandbones~c5_100x100.jpeg?x-expires=1759104000&x-signature=mno345",
"private": false,
"createdUtc": 1465862400
},
{
"id": "6890128374102938412",
"handle": "lena.does.things",
"displayName": "Lena",
"followers": 68400,
"videos": 94,
"region": "GB",
"bio": "comedy + chaos",
"following": 890,
"likes": 1240000,
"avatarUrl": "https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/lena.does.things~c5_100x100.jpeg?x-expires=1759104000&x-signature=pqr678",
"private": false,
"createdUtc": 1592179200
}
]
}
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
Reference
One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- handlestring
stoolpresidente
TikTok username without the leading @ (e.g. "stoolpresidente").
- cursorstring
Pagination cursor from a previous response.
- requireCursorboolean
Deprecated; send `requireFields: ["nextCursor"]` instead, which does exactly the same thing. Set true if you intend to page through results, so the request is only served by a source that can return a nextCursor. Omit it and routing is unchanged, with the cheapest source serving. This can raise your price: when the cheapest source cannot page, a source that can serves, and you are quoted and charged its price. It stays accepted so callers that already send it keep working.
- requireFieldsarray
Optional; omit it and routing is unchanged, with the cheapest source serving. Name the output fields this request must be able to return, for example `secUid` or `instagramUrl`, and it is served only by a source that returns every one of them. Fields you do not name are still returned whenever the serving source has them. This can raise your price: when the cheapest source cannot return a named field, a dearer source serves, and you are quoted and charged its price. A named field can still be absent on a profile that genuinely lacks it. Naming a combination that no single source returns together is refused as invalid input, with no charge. On a paginated walk it applies to the first page only; later pages stay with the source that page chose, at the price it was quoted.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
- avatarUrlstring
https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/barleyandbones~c5_100x100.jpeg?x-expires=1759104000&x-signature=mno345
Account avatar image URL. Signed and short-lived, so the query string is load-bearing and kept intact.
- biostring
Smoked low and slow since 2016
- createdUtcnumber
1465862400
UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time) the account was created. Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
- displayNamestring
Barley & Bones BBQ
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- followersinteger
452000
- followinginteger
214
Number of accounts this account follows.
- handlestring
barleyandbones
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- idstring
6812093482910238721
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- instagramUrlstringcan require
Instagram profile the account links on TikTok. Null when it links none or the serving source does not report it.
- likesinteger
8900000
Total likes the account has received.
- privateboolean
false
Whether the account is private.
- regionstring
US
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- secUidstringcan require
TikTok's sec_uid for the account. Pass it to tiktok.profile_reposts or tiktok.profile_playlists. Null when the serving source does not report it.
- videosinteger
318
- youtubeUrlstringcan require
YouTube channel the account links on TikTok. Null when it links none or the serving source does not report it.
- nextCursorstringcan require
eyJvZmZzZXQiOjIwfQ==
Opaque cursor for the next page of followed accounts, or null when this lane has no more. Pass it back as cursor to continue.
- foundboolean
true
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
FAQ
About the TikTok Following API
The AnyAPI TikTok Following API returns TikTok following data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/tiktok.following. List the accounts a TikTok user follows (handle, display name, follower count, bio) by username. AnyAPI routes each request across 3 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $0.80 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.9% of TikTok following calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.1 seconds across 3,097 measured calls.
