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TikTok song details

Beta GET /v1/tiktok/song

GET /v1/tiktok/song

A sound by its clip id (the number at the end of a tiktok.com/music/... URL).

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
idstringone ofSound (music) id. Also accepted as clipId, music_id.
urlURLone ofSound URL (tiktok.com/music/...). Accepted hosts: tiktok.com.

Send at least one of id, url. If you send several, the first listed is used and the rest are ignored.

Every request also accepts:

  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/tiktok/song" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "id=7016547803243022337"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "id": "7016547803243022337",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/tiktok/song",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/tiktok/song");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "id": "7016547803243022337"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape TikTok song details",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/tiktok/song",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "id",
              "value": "7016547803243022337"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_93185fa69b5182ad7cd7ac57",
  "data": {
    "object": "song",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "id": "7016547803243022337",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/music/Face-Off-Dwayne-Johnson-7016547803243022337",
    "title": "Face Off - Dwayne Johnson",
    "artists": [
      "Tech N9ne",
      "Joey Cool",
      "Lương Thị Ngọc Nhung"
    ],
    "album": "Face Off - Dwayne Johnson",
    "duration_seconds": 60.0,
    "cover_url": "https://p19-common.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-alisg-v-2774/o8ea8AmF1GG4KxwI1fLl7IALGeAvIAFjfsAAhK~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:720:720.jpeg?dr=9584&t=4d5b0474&ps=933b5bde&shp=08d74b56&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast8",
    "preview_url": "https://sf16.tiktokcdn-us.com/obj/tos-alisg-ve-2774/oULlPria4KO2Gj7dInUfNmfFAvxeYwfL1gqAQG",
    "released_at": null,
    "isrc": null,
    "explicit": null,
    "is_original": false,
    "stats": {
      "plays": null,
      "uses": 727900,
      "likes": null
    },
    "extra": {
      "author_name": "Joey Cool & Lương Thị Ngọc Nhung & Tech N9ne",
      "is_commerce_music": false,
      "is_copyrighted": true,
      "is_private": false,
      "shoot_duration": 60
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Response#

A Song object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "request_id": "req_d4b7a4ff46eedaf49a6202d7"
}