# What are a_bogus and X-Bogus on Douyin? (2026) As of 2026 they are signature parameters on the requests Douyin's web pages send. We found no public explanation from Douyin; open-source projects describe them as values a request has to carry. With a data API you do not produce either: you give a video link, a keyword or an account, and $0.0020 buys a video's details. DataXAPI reads Douyin with 36 endpoints, from $0.0020 a call; a failed call is not charged. Updated 2026-11-04 ## Why you run into them You see them when you open your browser's network panel on Douyin, or when a tool of your own stops getting answers. MediaCrawler's Douyin requests carry `a_bogus` today, and the f2 project has code for both, so a tutorial may name either one. How they are worked out is not something we cover. ## If you would rather not deal with them Each job is one call. A video from its link: `douyin.videos.get`, $0.0020. Its comments: `douyin.videos.comments.list`, $0.0020 a page. Search: `douyin.videos.search`, $0.0200 a page. An account's videos: `douyin.users.videos.list`, $0.0020 a page. None takes a signature, an account or a cookie from you. ## Endpoints - [Douyin video detail](https://dataxapi.com/apis/douyin/videos/get/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get one Douyin video or image post by ID or link: caption, author, engagement counts, time posted. - [Douyin video comments](https://dataxapi.com/apis/douyin/videos/comments/list/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get a page of comments on a Douyin video: text, commenter, likes, reply count, time posted. - [Douyin video search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/douyin/videos/search/) ($0.0200 / a call): Search Douyin videos by terms, a page at a time, sorted by relevance, newest or most liked and filtered by time posted: caption, author with follower count, engagement counts. - [Douyin user videos](https://dataxapi.com/apis/douyin/users/videos/list/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get a page of the videos a Douyin account has posted, newest first: caption, engagement counts, time posted. ## How-to guides - [How to export Douyin video comments in bulk](https://dataxapi.com/guides/douyin-video-comments/) ## Sources What this page says of other services is from their own pages and documents, read on 2026-11-04. Prices and features change: check the source before you decide. - [MediaCrawler: Douyin request parameters](https://github.com/NanmiCoder/MediaCrawler/blob/main/media_platform/douyin/client.py) - [MediaCrawler: Douyin helpers](https://github.com/NanmiCoder/MediaCrawler/blob/main/media_platform/douyin/help.py) - [f2 (open-source project): Douyin utilities](https://github.com/Johnserf-Seed/f2/blob/main/f2/apps/douyin/utils.py) ## More about Douyin - [Douyin API](https://dataxapi.com/apis/douyin/) - [How do I export Douyin data?](https://dataxapi.com/answers/export-douyin-data/) - [What is sec_uid on Douyin, and how is it different from uid and the Douyin ID?](https://dataxapi.com/answers/douyin-sec-uid/) - [What are aweme_id and modal_id on Douyin, and what is a v.douyin.com link?](https://dataxapi.com/answers/douyin-aweme-id-modal-id/) - [Is the Douyin search index a number of searches?](https://dataxapi.com/answers/douyin-search-index-vs-search-count/) - [What is the Douyin keyword index (Ocean Engine)?](https://dataxapi.com/answers/what-is-douyin-keyword-index-ocean-engine/) - [What is Douyin Xingtu?](https://dataxapi.com/answers/what-is-douyin-xingtu/) - [Can Douyin's open platform read other people's videos and comments? 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