# TikTok User Search

> TikTok User Search is a paid API for AI agents from Scrape Creators at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Search for TikTok users by keyword or query string and return matching user profiles

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mpp.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v1/tiktok/search/users?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Scrape Creators
- Docs: https://docs.scrapecreators.com
- Website: https://scrapecreators.com
- Tags: social-media, tiktok, instagram, youtube, scraping, social, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-tiktok-user-search-c9165632
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_g2Jy4wM_DWpu1ogTi-eqB

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability scrape-creators-tiktok-user-search-c9165632
```

Example prompt: Search TikTok for users matching 'fitness coach' and give me the top results including their usernames, follower counts, and profile info.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover or find TikTok user accounts by name, keyword, or topic — especially for influencer research, brand monitoring, creator outreach, or building lists of accounts around a niche. Prefer this over a TikTok profile endpoint when you don't have an exact username and need to search across the platform.

## Known failure modes

- No users found for the given search query — empty results array returned
- Invalid or missing query parameter — 400 error
- TikTok rate limiting or anti-scraping measures cause request failure — 429 or 503 error
- Search term too vague returns irrelevant or excessive results
- Authentication failure if API key is invalid or missing — 401 error

## How this service works

Search Users Pagination billing: call the first page normally and save billing.requestId from the Orthogonal /v1/run response. For later page, offset, or cursor calls on the same logical search, pass parentRequestId with unchanged non-pagination parameters. Valid continuation calls still get their own request IDs and quoted price, but are charged 0. Changing filters starts a new billable request.

## Output

A list of TikTok user profiles matching the search query, including usernames, display names, follower counts, and other available profile metadata such as bio and verification status.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-tiktok-user-search-c9165632/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)