TikHub API Helper A skill to help users search, find, and call TikHub API endpoints for social media data. Quick Start When a user asks about TikHub API or wants to fetch social media data: Search for relevant APIs using the searcher script Show the user available options with parameters Call the API with appropriate parameters Return formatted results to the user Available Scripts API Searcher - api_searcher.py Search and find relevant TikHub API endpoints.
Search by keyword
python api_searcher.py "user profile" python api_searcher.py "视频评论" python api_searcher.py "trending"
List all APIs for a specific tag/category
python api_searcher.py tag:TikTok-Web-API python api_searcher.py tag:Douyin-App-V3-API
List popular/common APIs
python api_searcher.py popular
List all available tags/categories
python api_searcher.py tags
Get detailed info for a specific API
python api_searcher.py detail:tiktok_web_fetch_user_profile_get API Client - api_client.py Make HTTP requests to TikHub API endpoints.
Health check (no authentication required)
python api_client.py GET /api/v1/health/check
Get user profile
python api_client.py GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_user_profile "sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAA..."
Search for videos
python api_client.py GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_search_video "keyword=gaming"
POST request with JSON body
python api_client.py POST /api/v1/tiktok/web/generate_xgnarly '{"url": "https://..."}' Supported Platforms Platform Tag Name APIs Available TikTok Web TikTok-Web-API 58 endpoints TikTok App TikTok-App-V3-API 76 endpoints Douyin Web Douyin-Web-API 76 endpoints Douyin App Douyin-App-V3-API 45 endpoints Douyin Search Douyin-Search-API 20 endpoints Douyin Billboard Douyin-Billboard-API 31 endpoints Xiaohongshu Web Xiaohongshu-Web-API 26 endpoints Instagram Instagram-V2-API 26 endpoints YouTube YouTube-Web-API 16 endpoints Twitter Twitter-Web-API 13 endpoints Reddit Reddit-APP-API 23 endpoints Bilibili Bilibili-Web-API 24 endpoints Weibo Weibo-Web-V2-API 33 endpoints Zhihu Zhihu-Web-API 32 endpoints Use python api_searcher.py tags to see all categories. Common Use Cases Get User Profile
TikTok user profile
python api_searcher.py "fetch user profile tiktok" python api_client.py GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_user_profile "sec_user_id=USER_ID" Get Video Details
TikTok video details
python api_searcher.py "fetch post detail" python api_client.py GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_post_detail "post_id=POST_ID" Search Content
Search for videos/users
python api_searcher.py "search video" python api_client.py GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_search_video "keyword=YOUR_KEYWORD" Get Comments
Get video comments
- python api_searcher.py
- "fetch comment"
- python api_client.py GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_post_comment
- "post_id=POST_ID"
- Authentication
- API requests use a default token for development. For production use, users should:
- Get their API token from
- TikHub User
- Set the
- TIKHUB_TOKEN
- environment variable
- Or modify
- DEFAULT_TOKEN
- in
- api_client.py
- Request format:
- {
- "Authorization"
- :
- "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
- }
- Base URLs
- China users
- :
- https://api.tikhub.dev
- (bypasses GFW)
- International
- :
- https://api.tikhub.io
- The API client auto-detects the appropriate URL. To override, modify the
- use_china_domain
- parameter in the client.
- Rate Limits
- QPS
-
- 10 requests per second per endpoint
- Timeout
-
- 30-60 seconds
- Retry
- Max 3 retries on error Instructions for Claude When helping users with TikHub API: Understand the user's goal - What data do they want? From which platform? Search for relevant APIs - Use api_searcher.py with appropriate keywords Present options - Show matching APIs with brief descriptions Guide parameters - Check what parameters are required using detail:OPERATION_ID Make the request - Use api_client.py with the user's parameters Format results - Present the API response in a clear, readable format Example Workflow User: "I want to get a TikTok user's profile"
Step 1: Search for the relevant API
python api_searcher.py "tiktok user profile"
Step 2: Show results and confirm endpoint
Found: GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_user_profile
Step 3: Get detailed parameter info
python api_searcher.py detail:tiktok_web_fetch_user_profile_get
Step 4: Make the API call with user's parameters
python api_client.py GET /api/v1/tiktok/web/fetch_user_profile "sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAA..."
Step 5: Format and present results
Error Handling Common errors and solutions: Error Solution 401 Unauthorized Check API token is valid 429 Too Many Requests Rate limit exceeded, wait before retry Connection error Check network, try China domain if in mainland China Missing parameter Check API details for required parameters Reference Full API Documentation : TikHub API Docs Apifox Docs : docs.tikhub.io API Status : monitor.tikhub.io GitHub : github.com/TikHub