InsightSocial API
Douyin

Douyin Search API reference

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Example request
curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/douyin/search?query=%E7%BE%8E%E9%A3%9F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"
GET
/v1/douyin/search

Returns Douyin videos matching a keyword: caption, creator, likes, comments, shares, saves, hashtags, music, cover image, and duration.

Use it to find videos by keyword; use search/users to find creators instead.

Metered: 50–1250 credits. We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

query*string

Search keywords, for example 美食 or coffee.

limit?integer

Rows to return, 1 to 25. Default 10.

Range1 <= value <= 25
sort?string

Result ordering: relevance, most_liked, or latest. Default relevance.

Value in

  • "relevance"
  • "most_liked"
  • "latest"
published?string

Recency window: all, day, week, or half_year. Default all.

Value in

  • "all"
  • "day"
  • "week"
  • "half_year"
duration?string

Length filter: all, under_1m, one_to_five_m, or over_5m. Default all.

Value in

  • "all"
  • "under_1m"
  • "one_to_five_m"
  • "over_5m"
dry_run?"1"

Set to 1 to get the price of this call without making it: data.dry_run carries credits_min and credits_max. Nothing is charged.

Value in

  • "1"

Response Body

application/json

application/json

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application/json

curl -X GET "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/douyin/search?query=string"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "string",  "endpoint": "string",  "schema_version": "2",  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 0,    "stopped_at": "since"  },  "unavailable": [    "string"  ],  "credits_used": 0,  "credits_remaining": 0,  "request_id": "string",  "cached": true,  "idempotent_replay": true,  "charge_reason": "string",  "free_call": true,  "data": {    "items": [      {        "post": {          "id": "string",          "url": "http://example.com",          "kind": "string",          "content": {            "text": "string",            "media_urls": [              "http://example.com"            ],            "thumbnail_url": "http://example.com",            "duration_seconds": 0          },          "author": {            "id": "string",            "username": "string",            "display_name": "string",            "avatar_url": "http://example.com",            "verified": true          },          "engagement": {            "views": 0,            "likes": 0,            "comments": 0,            "shares": 0,            "saves": 0          },          "flags": {            "nsfw": true,            "spoiler": true,            "pinned": true,            "deleted": true,            "likes_hidden": true,            "comments_hidden": true,            "shares_hidden": true,            "views_hidden": true,            "saves_hidden": true          },          "published_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",          "language": "string",          "ext": {            "property1": null,            "property2": null          }        }      }    ],    "total": 0,    "truncated": true,    "ext": {      "property1": null,      "property2": null    }  }}

Search › Users GET

Returns Douyin creators matching a keyword: nickname, Douyin ID, bio, follower count, total likes received, avatar, profile URL, and verification label.

Trending GET

Returns the live Douyin hot-search board: roughly 50 trending topics with rank, hot value, view count, video count, and the time each topic broke.