Get hashtag (challenge) detail & total views

GET/v1/challenge/info10 Credits / request($1.00 / 1K requests)

Look up a hashtag by name to retrieve its numeric cid (data.id), description, video count (data.userCount), and total view count (data.viewCount).

Query Parameters

challenge_namestringrequired
Hashtag name without #, e.g. fyp or tiktokmademebuyit.
Example: fyp

Example Request (cURL / Python / JavaScript)

curl "https://api.shortvidapi.com/v1/challenge/info?challenge_name=fyp" \
  -H "x-api-key: tk_your_api_key"

Live Response Preview

{
  "code": 0,
  "provider": "https://shortvidapi.com",
  "status": "ok",
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "229207",
    "cha_name": "fyp",
    "desc": "",
    "user_count": 881330816,
    "view_count": 131052214999855,
    "is_pgcshow": false,
    "is_commerce": false,
    "is_challenge": false,
    "is_strong_music": false,
    "type": 2,
    "cover": ""
  }
}

Response Fields

Success (code === 0). Charged according to the endpoint credit rate.

Field	Type	Sample / Notes
`code`	integer	Example: 0
`provider`	string	Example: https://shortvidapi.com
`status`	string	Example: ok
`msg`	string	Example: success
`data`	object
`id`	string	Example: 229207
`cha_name`	string	Example: fyp
`desc`	string	Example:
`user_count`	integer	Example: 881330816
`view_count`	integer	Example: 131052214999855
`is_pgcshow`	boolean	Example: false
`is_commerce`	boolean	Example: false
`is_challenge`	boolean	Example: false
`is_strong_music`	boolean	Example: false
`type`	integer	Example: 2
`cover`	string	Example:

Status Codes

200: Success (code === 0). Charged according to the endpoint credit rate.
400: Invalid parameters, or API key placed in the URL query string (not charged).
401: Missing or invalid x-api-key header (not charged).
402: Insufficient credit balance (not charged).
403: Account disabled (not charged).
404: Unknown endpoint or disabled unstable endpoint (not charged).
405: Method not allowed — all /v1/* data endpoints use GET (not charged).
429: Rate limit exceeded (not charged). Respect the Retry-After header.
503: Temporary upstream or gateway error (not charged). Retry with exponential backoff.

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