Get TikTok Video Comments

Retrieves comments from a TikTok video with pagination support.

Description

This endpoint allows you to fetch comments from a specific TikTok video. It supports pagination to retrieve all comments and includes nested replies for each comment.

Endpoint

POST /api/v1/get-tiktok-video-comments

Request Headers

Header	Type	Description
Content-Type	string	Must be application/json.
Authorization	string	Your API key (Bearer token). e.g. Bearer sk_xxx

Request Body

Parameter	Type	Description	Required	Default
url	string	The full TikTok video URL.	Yes
cursor	number	Optional cursor for pagination. Pass the cursor from a previous response to get the next page.	No
count	number	Number of comments to fetch per request.	No	API default
requestSource	string	Optional. Source of the request (e.g., MAKE_DOT_COM, ZAPIER, API).	No	API

The url must be a valid TikTok video URL, e.g., https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/1234567890 or https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMhKxyz/

Responses

Success (200 OK)

Returns a JSON object containing an array of comments with user information, engagement metrics, and pagination details.

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "cid": "7123456789012345678",
      "text": "Great video! 🔥",
      "create_time": 1704067200,
      "digg_count": 42,
      "reply_comment_total": 3,
      "user": {
        "uid": "6987654321098765432",
        "unique_id": "commenter_username",
        "nickname": "Commenter Name",
        "avatar_thumb": {
          "url_list": ["https://...jpeg"]
        },
        "verified": false
      },
      "reply_comment": [
        {
          "cid": "7234567890123456789",
          "text": "Thanks!",
          "create_time": 1704070800,
          "digg_count": 5,
          "user": {
            "uid": "6659752019493208069",
            "unique_id": "video_author",
            "nickname": "Author Name",
            "verified": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
    // ... more comments
  ],
  "cursor": 20,
  "hasMore": true,
  "total": 234
}

Response Headers:

• Content-Type: application/json

• X-RateLimit-Limit: The rate limit for the user.
• X-RateLimit-Remaining: The remaining number of requests for the user.

Error Responses

400 Bad Request

Indicates an issue with the request parameters.

{
  "error": "'url' parameter is required and must be a non-empty string."
}

Possible error messages:

• Invalid JSON in request body
• 'url' parameter is required and must be a non-empty string.
• Invalid TikTok video URL format.
• The comments service could not process the provided URL.
• The comments service reported an issue.

401 Unauthorized

API key is missing, invalid, or inactive.

{
  "error": "API key is invalid or missing."
}

403 Forbidden

API key does not have enough credits.

{
  "error": "Insufficient credits. Please top up your account."
}

404 Not Found

Comments could not be found for the video.

{
  "error": "Comments not found for video URL: [url]"
}

500 Internal Server Error

An unexpected error occurred on the server.

{
  "error": "An unexpected server error occurred while fetching the TikTok video comments: [specific error message]"
}

Possible error messages:

• Service not configured. Please contact support.
• Service authentication failed. Please contact support.
• An unexpected server error occurred...

502 Bad Gateway

Indicates an issue with an upstream service.

{
  "error": "Received invalid data structure from comments service."
}

Possible error messages:

• The comments service is currently unavailable.
• Received invalid data structure from comments service.
• Error fetching comments data from the upstream service.

503 Service Unavailable

Rate limit exceeded with an upstream service.

{
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later."
}

Example Request

cURL

curl -X POST \
  https://app.dumplingai.com/api/v1/get-tiktok-video-comments \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/7321234567890123456" }'

Node.js (fetch)

async function getTikTokVideoComments(apiKey, url, cursor = null, count = null) {
  const endpoint = 'https://app.dumplingai.com/api/v1/get-tiktok-video-comments';
  const body = { url };
  if (cursor !== null) body.cursor = cursor;
  if (count !== null) body.count = count;

  const options = {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiKey}`
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(body)
  };

  try {
    const response = await fetch(endpoint, options);
    const data = await response.json();
    if (!response.ok) {
      console.error(`Error: ${response.status}`, data);
      return null;
    }
    console.log(`Fetched ${data.comments.length} comments`);
    console.log(`Has more: ${data.hasMore}`);
    console.log(`Total comments: ${data.total}`);
    return data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Failed to fetch TikTok video comments:', error);
    return null;
  }
}

// Example usage - fetch all comments with pagination:
async function getAllComments(apiKey, url) {
  let allComments = [];
  let cursor = null;
  let hasMore = true;

  while (hasMore) {
    const data = await getTikTokVideoComments(apiKey, url, cursor);
    if (!data) break;

    allComments = allComments.concat(data.comments);
    hasMore = data.hasMore;
    cursor = data.cursor;
  }

  console.log(`Total comments fetched: ${allComments.length}`);
  return allComments;
}

// getAllComments('YOUR_API_KEY', 'https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/7321234567890123456');

Notes

• Use the cursor field from the response to paginate through all comments.
• The hasMore field indicates whether there are additional pages available.
• Each comment includes engagement metrics (digg_count = likes on the comment).
• The reply_comment array contains nested replies to each comment.
• Comments are returned in reverse chronological order (newest first) by default.
• The total field provides the approximate total number of comments available.

Credit Cost

This endpoint costs 10 credits per successful request. For more details, see our Credit Costs page.

Rate Limiting

This endpoint is subject to standard API rate limits. Check the X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining headers in the response to monitor your usage.

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

url · string<uri> · required

cursor · number

Cursor for pagination.

count · number

Number of comments per page.

requestSource · enum<string>

Optional identifier describing where the API request originated.

Available options:

API,

WEB,

MAKE_DOT_COM,

ZAPIER,

N8N,

PLAYGROUND,

DEFAULT_AUTOMATION,

AGENT_PREVIEW,

AGENT_LIVE,

AUTOPILOT,

STUDIO

Response

200

application/json

TikTok comments retrieved.

comments · object[]

Show child attributes

cursor · number | null

hasMore · boolean | null

total · integer | null