Console

Quickstart

Get a key (a free trial with $0.10 of credit), make one call, read the answer: about 2 minutes, and each of the 21 platforms after this works the same way.

Updated 2026-10-13 · Works with API v1Open in ChatGPTOpen in Claude

Get a key

Sign in with a 6-digit code sent to your email, or with Google. There is no password. A new account can try it free ($0.10 of credit), once per email: enough for 50 calls at $0.0020.

Your first key is shown once, right after sign-up. Copy it then: it cannot be read back later. Keep it in the environment variable DATAXAPI_API_KEY, never in code.

bash
export DATAXAPI_API_KEY="<your key>"
Next stepSet a spending limit on the keyHow much it may spend a day and a month, which endpoints it may call, when it expires

Make a call

This calls tiktok.videos.search, TikTok video search. Every other endpoint is called the same way.

curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/tiktok/videos/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=space station" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
from dataxapi import DataXAPI

dx = DataXAPI()  # reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
result = dx.tiktok.videos.search(query="space station")
print(result["data"]["items"])
import { DataXAPI } from "@dataxapi/sdk";

const dx = new DataXAPI(); // reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
const result = await dx.tiktok.videos.search({ query: "space station" });
console.log(result.data.items);
dataxapi call tiktok.videos.search 'query=space station'

The Python and TypeScript forms use the SDK; the last one uses the command line.

The price is $0.0020 a call. A call that fails costs nothing. Run it in the Playground: it needs a sign-in and runs on your own balance.

This is a recorded response, cut to its first item. Names, text, IDs and links are examples, not the recorded ones; the figures are as recorded, and the request ID, the cursor and the balance are made up.

Response · 200 · 30 items · charged $0.0020
json
{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "eecdbf3f-64ce-4b11-b396-ee190d7ff728",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "7566364515678793552",
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@trail_and_lens/video/7566364515678793552",
        "type": "video",
        "text": "My honest take on space station, a month in.",
        "lang": "en",
        "published_at": "2026-10-11T23:17:34.000Z",
        "author": {
          "id": "6279025233109159764",
          "username": "trail_and_lens",
          "name": "Maya Chen",
          "avatar_url": "https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/fff322a0d982cccf1e82~c5_100x100.jpeg",
          "followers": 92601
        },
        "metrics": {
          "likes": 353,
          "comments": 11,
          "shares": 19,
          "favorites": 40,
          "views": 7561
        },
        "hashtags": [
          "weekendvibes",
          "gearreview"
        ],
        "mentions": []
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": "c1.bGY_kn5Dxsgl6MN3VXHyMcLAdlxPxQw-FwjswIlE",
    "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T20:17:24.000Z",
    "has_more": true,
    "returned": 30
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "tiktok.videos.search",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-12T19:17:24.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": {
      "title": "platform",
      "images": "capability",
      "author.verified": "capability",
      "metrics.reposts": "capability",
      "mentions.username": "capability",
      "mentions.name": "capability",
      "post_id": "platform",
      "parent_id": "platform",
      "root_id": "platform",
      "is_pinned": "capability"
    },
    "billing": {
      "amount": "0.002",
      "currency": "USD",
      "balance_after": "9.998"
    }
  }
}

Four things to know:

data.items

The data: a list of standard objects, here post. The same object has the same fields on every platform.

page.next_cursor

Pass it back as cursor to get the next page; null when there is none. Each page is a call of its own.

meta.unavailable

The fields this endpoint cannot give, each with the reason. A field that is absent from data.items and listed here is not a fault.

meta.billing

What this call was charged (amount) and the balance after it (balance_after).

A call that fails answers in one structure instead: code, message, charged, retry. Too little balance, for one, is insufficient_balance with charged false: nothing was taken. Every code is on the error codes page.
Next stepFind your endpoint in the API referenceEach one lists its parameters, fields, price and whether an empty result is charged

Connect your AI

No code needed: copy this sentence into an AI that can act, such as Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. It reads the setup page and connects the MCP server; from then on you ask in plain words.

Read https://dataxapi.com/agents.md and set up DataXAPI in this agent. My API key is dx_…; use it for every DataXAPI call.

all work
Put your own key where dx_… is. The Console's connect page copies the same sentence with a key made for that agent.

To set it up by hand, the MCP address is https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp. Once connected, your AI gets 5 tools:

findFinds the endpoint for a question.
describeReads up to 5 endpoints in full: parameters, fields, price.
callRuns one endpoint and returns one page of data.
read_moreRe-reads a result for 24 hours.
accountBalance, usage and receipts.
Next stepSet up MCP by hand in Claude Code or CursorThe entry each client takes, one by one

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