Unofficial TikTok Following API — Who They Follow

GET/api/v1/following· paginated

List the accounts a user follows.

ParameterDescription
usernamerequiredTikTok username, @handle, or profile URL.
cursoroptionalPage cursor. Omit (or 0) for the first page; pass the next_cursor from the previous response for the next.
formatoptionalOmit for the full raw objects (default). Use clean for a trimmed smart subset of each account.

Returns

username, next_cursor, has_more, count, and a following array. Raw TikTok objects by default; trimmed objects with format=clean.

Example Request

https://dev.omar-thing.site/api/v1/following?username=tiktok&cursor=0&format=clean&key=YOUR_API_KEY

Example Response

{
  "data": {
    "count": 50,
    "following": [
      {
        "...": "many more raw user fields",
        "aweme_count": 340,
        "create_time": 1500000000,
        "custom_verify": "Popular creator",
        "follower_count": 9800000,
        "following_count": 12,
        "nickname": "Nike",
        "region": "US",
        "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAAv7iSs0k47hWp-S3WNv0lkfH...",
        "signature": "Just Do It",
        "total_favorited": 120000000,
        "uid": "6531990500230431234",
        "unique_id": "nike"
      },
      {
        "...": "49 more items"
      }
    ],
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "eyJtYXhfY3Vyc29yIjoxNzgwOTg0Nzk0LCJtaW5f...",
    "username": "tiktok"
  },
  "note": "Default (raw) response — full TikTok user objects (trimmed with … ; each item has many more fields). Add ?format=clean for a small subset.",
  "status": "success"
}
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