---
title: "TikTok User Following"
method: GET
path: "/v1/tiktok/user/following"
tags: ["TikTok"]
---

# TikTok User Following

`GET /v1/tiktok/user/following`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apidirect.io`
- URL: `https://apidirect.io/v1/tiktok/user/following`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Get the accounts a user follows, by username, numeric user ID, or profile URL. Returns the same profile fields as User Followers for each account, 50 per page. Accounts that hide their following list return 403. Supports fetching multiple pages in a single API call (billed per page).

**Price:** $0.006 per page. **Free tier:** 50 requests/month.

## Query parameters

- `username` string
- `user_id` string
- `url` string
- `pages` integer

## Response `200`

Successful response

- TiktokUserFollowingResponse: Inferred from a live response. Any field can be null or absent, and new fields may be added at any time.
  - `following` object[], nullable
    - `username` string, nullable
    - `nickname` string, nullable
    - `user_id` string, nullable
    - `sec_uid` string, nullable
    - `bio` string, nullable
    - `verified` boolean, nullable
    - `is_private` boolean, nullable
    - `followers` number, nullable
    - `following` number, nullable
    - `likes` number, nullable
    - `video_count` number, nullable
    - `videos_liked` number, nullable
    - `avatar` string, nullable
    - `region` string, nullable
    - `language` string, nullable
    - `date_joined` string, nullable
    - `date_joined_timestamp` number, nullable
    - `instagram_username` string, nullable
    - `twitter_id` string, nullable
    - `twitter_username` string, nullable
    - `youtube_channel_id` string, nullable
    - `youtube_channel_title` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
  - `username` string, nullable
  - `user_id` string, nullable
  - `total` number, nullable
  - `pages` number, nullable
  - `count` number, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: missing or invalid parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized: invalid or missing API key
- `402`: Free tier used up for this endpoint and no payment method on file (`payment_required`).
- `403`: The account hides its following list (code limited_account)
- `404`: TikTok user not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded or too many concurrent requests
- `500`: Internal server error
- `502`: Temporary failure retrieving TikTok data. Please retry shortly.
- `503`: Service temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
- `504`: The request timed out

---

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