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Get sound / music track detail

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

Retrieve metadata for a TikTok sound or original audio track (data.id, data.title, data.author, data.play MP3 URL, data.video_count).

Query Parameters

  • urlstringrequired

    TikTok music URL or numeric music ID.

    Example: 7106594322274962182

Example Request (cURL / Python / JavaScript)

curl "https://api.shortvidapi.com/v1/music/info?url=7106594322274962182" \
  -H "x-api-key: tk_your_api_key"

Live Response Preview

{
  "code": 0,
  "provider": "https://shortvidapi.com",
  "status": "ok",
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "7231338505431288622",
    "title": "original sound - tiktok",
    "play": "https://sf16.tiktokcdn-us.com/obj/ies-music-tx/7231338526456204078.mp3",
    "cover": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/ba67b11de451691939223e9d978e613a~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:720:720.webp?dr=9640&refresh_token=ca68001c&x-expires=1793631600&x-signature=2Rr2EsKYe6FbH3Vbm1uxH...",
    "author": "TikTok",
    "original": true,
    "duration": 60,
    "album": "",
    "video_count": 62
  }
}

Response Fields

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

FieldTypeSample / Notes
codeintegerExample: 0
providerstringExample: https://shortvidapi.com
statusstringExample: ok
msgstringExample: success
dataobject
idstringExample: 7231338505431288622
titlestringExample: original sound - tiktok
playstringExample: https://sf16.tiktokcdn-us.com/obj/ies-music-tx/7231338526456
coverstringExample: https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-006
authorstringExample: TikTok
originalbooleanExample: true
durationintegerExample: 60
albumstringExample:
video_countintegerExample: 62

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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