Unofficial TikTok User Search API

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GET/api/v1/search_users· paginated

Search users/accounts (one page per call, cursor-paginated). Filter by followers, verified accounts, or match usernames only.

Parameter		Description
`query`	required	What to search for.
`followers`	optional	Only accounts with this many followers: `0-1k`, `1k-10k`, `10k-100k`, or `100k+`.
`verified`	optional	`true` to return only verified accounts.
`match`	optional	`username` to match the query against usernames (not display names).
`cursor`	optional	Page cursor. Omit (or 0) for the first page; pass the `next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep the same filters when paging.
`format`	optional	Omit for raw account objects (default). `clean` for a trimmed subset (username, nickname, followers, verified, avatar).

Returns

query, next_cursor, has_more, count, and a results array of account objects (raw by default, trimmed with format=clean).

Example Request

https://dev.omar-thing.site/api/v1/search_users?query=messi&followers=100k%2B&verified=true&match=username&cursor=0&format=clean&key=YOUR_API_KEY

Example Response

{
  "data": {
    "count": 15,
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "15",
    "query": "messi",
    "results": [
      {
        "avatar": "https://...",
        "followers": 68142884,
        "nickname": "fcbarcelona",
        "profile_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@fcbarcelona",
        "sec_uid": "MS4w...",
        "user_id": "67...",
        "username": "fcbarcelona",
        "verified": true
      },
      {
        "...": "more (format=clean shown)"
      }
    ]
  },
  "status": "success"
}

query required

followers optional

verified optional

match optional

cursor optional

format optional

Sends a live request using your API key above.

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