Developer Docs

Build on public TikTok LIVE data

The Toktik Developer API exposes the whole data-plane — rankings, LIVE performance, gifters, creators, content and trends — behind bearer API keys, priced in one prepaid credit currency. A realtime WebSocket streams LIVE events for any creator on demand.

On this site

• QuickstartMint a key and make your first authenticated request in a few minutes.
• AuthenticationBearer API keys, scopes, and the data-plane / control-plane boundary: how to mint a key and send it with every Toktik API request.
• Rate limits & CreditsPer-key sliding-window rate limits and the prepaid credit currency: what each Toktik API call costs and what happens when you run out.
• ErrorsThe Toktik API error envelope and what each HTTP status code means for a caller, including which errors are marked safe to retry.
• RealtimeThe any-creator WebSocket LIVE event stream, its frames and backpressure.
• Goody-bag feedWatch LIVE rooms for goody bags and receive each one the moment it appears: choose the rooms, connect one WebSocket, parse the event.
• API ReferenceEvery Toktik data-plane endpoint, rendered from the live OpenAPI contract: paths, parameters and response shapes in one reference.
• SDKsThe official JavaScript and Python clients for the Toktik API: install one, add your key and make your first typed request.
• VersioningHow the Toktik /v1 API stays stable for your integration, and how changes are announced and deprecated before they land.
• ChangelogVersioned, dated changes to the public Toktik API: new endpoints, new fields and deprecations, newest first.
• StatusLive availability of the Toktik API and its realtime plane: check here first when a request or a LIVE stream misbehaves.