Get top-level video comments

GET/v1/comment/list1 Credit / comment (min 10 Credits)($0.10 / 1K comments)

Paginated top-level comments on a TikTok video (data.comments), up to 50 per page, including commenter profile, like count, and reply count.

Query Parameters

urlstringrequired
TikTok video URL or numeric video ID.
Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7106594312292453675
countinteger (1 to 50)
Number of comments per page (max 50).
Example: 20
cursorinteger
Pagination cursor (0 for first page, then pass data.cursor).
Example: 0

Example Request (cURL / Python / JavaScript)

curl "https://api.shortvidapi.com/v1/comment/list?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40tiktok%2Fvideo%2F7106594312292453675" \
  -H "x-api-key: tk_your_api_key"

Live Response Preview

{
  "code": 0,
  "provider": "https://shortvidapi.com",
  "status": "ok",
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "comments": [
      {
        "id": "7128453658077397765",
        "video_id": "7106594312292453675",
        "text": "Tiktok and Minecraft??",
        "images": [],
        "create_time": 1659722471,
        "digg_count": 12,
        "reply_total": 0,
        "user": {
          "id": "6653810561643937797",
          "region": "CA",
          "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAAskbqyCl5Kyd95nCiTp4EjUdziGoRqyo_zR7A3MMOvwpq2nDhX86lZ5-IbgGaTCxD",
          "unique_id": "awwmanbro",
          "nickname": "a",
          "signature": "I HATE PRONOUNCE",
          "avatar": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/37c63c610a9c03e111bb4431f517e766~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:100:100:q70.jpeg?dr=8835&refresh_token=003e90a8&x-expires=1793631600&x-signature=p46pAELHQYMNet1AdgH...",
          "verified": false,
          "secret": false,
          "aweme_count": 0,
          "following_count": 0,
          "follower_count": 0,
          "favoriting_count": 0,
          "total_favorited": 0,
          "ins_id": "",
          "youtube_channel_title": "",
          "youtube_channel_id": "",
          "twitter_name": "",
          "twitter_id": "",
          "language": "en",
          "create_time": 0
        },
        "status": 1
      },
      {
        "id": "7106964370948637446",
        "video_id": "7106594312292453675",
        "text": "cool :)",
        "images": [],
        "create_time": 1654719091,
        "digg_count": 13,
        "reply_total": 0,
        "user": {
          "id": "6806667010508997637",
          "region": "DE",
          "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAA2wrhCw4hs_2MiC-xsl-_gIIYEPzGtLmyd8SKvX3zX7XYu1HUqyY81Ue0vsSsHehn",
          "unique_id": "ekohajvaz",
          "nickname": "Eko H",
          "signature": "🇧🇦",
          "avatar": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/3c456338e29e007a56768d4cd45ea115~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:100:100:q70.jpeg?dr=8835&refresh_token=a1091062&x-expires=1793631600&x-signature=%2FzTP4%2F1RYS5EpRr...",
          "verified": false,
          "secret": false,
          "aweme_count": 0,
          "following_count": 0,
          "follower_count": 0,
          "favoriting_count": 0,
          "total_favorited": 0,
          "ins_id": "",
          "youtube_channel_title": "",
          "youtube_channel_id": "",
          "twitter_name": "",
          "twitter_id": "",
          "language": "de",
          "create_time": 0
        },
        "status": 1
      }
    ],
    "total": 1269,
    "cursor": 5,
    "hasMore": true
  }
}

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
`comments`	array of object
`id`	string	Example: 7128453658077397765
`video_id`	string	Example: 7106594312292453675
`text`	string	Example: Tiktok and Minecraft??
`images`	array of string
`create_time`	integer	Example: 1659722471
`digg_count`	integer	Example: 12
`reply_total`	integer	Example: 0
`user`	object
`status`	integer	Example: 1
`total`	integer	Example: 1269
`cursor`	integer	Example: 5
`hasMore`	boolean	Example: true

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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