TikTok download API
TikTok download data in one REST call — normalized to the stable JSON schema shared across every FetchPI platform.
- 1 documented endpoints
- GET /v1/tiktok/download/{id}
Contract summary (English): Resolve download (capability tiktok.download)
- Normalized response entity
- tiktok/download
- capability
- tiktok.download
Every response also carries freshness (cache / default / live) and billing metadata.
Use cases
- Feed content-analysis pipelines with structured {{platform}} posts: text, metrics, timestamps and media references.
- Power moderation, research and monitoring workflows that need the original content plus engagement counts.
- Archive {{platform}} content as stable, normalized JSON instead of brittle page scraping.
Response fields
TikTok download manifest (normalized non-entity payload)
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | Required | Video id. |
| platform | "tiktok" | Required | — |
| type | "download" | Required | — |
| play_url | string | Required | No-watermark play URL. |
| preview_image_url | string | null | Optional | — |
| duration_ms | integer | Optional | — |
| fetched_at | string | Required | — |
Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.
Response meta
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mode | cache | default | live | Required | Effective mode after merging param > max_age > source policy (D-004). |
| age_seconds | integer | null | Optional | Age of served data; null when unknown. |
| source_layer | cache | db | upstream | Required | Which layer served the response (PRD §10). |
| stale | boolean | Optional | True when stale data was served under stale_if_error / SWR (D-004). |
| billing.amount_credits | integer | Required | Micro-USD (1e-6 USD) actually charged for this request. |
| billing.cache_hit | boolean | Required | — |
Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.
Example request & response
/v1/tiktok/download/{id}curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHDATA_API_KEY" \
"https://api.fetchpi.com/v1/tiktok/download/1842951234567890123"{
"data": {
"id": "7412050000000000001",
"platform": "tiktok",
"type": "download",
"play_url": "https://v16-webapp.tiktok.com/aweme/v1/play/?video_id=7412050000000000001&no-watermark=1",
"preview_image_url": "https://p19-sign-sg.tiktokcdn.com/aweme/cover/7412050000000000001.jpeg",
"duration_ms": 34567,
"fetched_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:00Z"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_01HTXQ8Z9HTQ",
"freshness": {
"mode": "default",
"age_seconds": 0,
"source_layer": "upstream",
"stale": false
},
"billing": {
"amount_credits": 100,
"cache_hit": false
}
}
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Open the endpoint referenceFrequently asked questions
Which content fields are included?
The normalized content entity — text, author, timestamps, engagement metrics and media references — as documented in the field table below, plus freshness and billing metadata.
Can I try this endpoint for free?
Yes — register an account, grab an API key and call it from the Playground in the console.
How is the download capability billed?
Data API calls are billed per request in credits, with different cache/live freshness multipliers. Current per-capability prices live on the pricing page.
Pricing
Per-request credit billing with cache/live freshness options — current prices live on the pricing page.