Douyin Profile API
Scrape Douyin Profile data with one API call. Returns one Douyin creator: nickname, Douyin ID, bio, avatar, follower and following counts, total likes received, video count, IP region and verification status. Accepts a profile URL, a bare sec_uid, or the numeric user ID. This is the cheapest way to track a follower count on Douyin. For the creator's videos call GET /v1/douyin/profile/posts.
Last updated September 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns one Douyin creator with nickname, bio, avatar, follower and following counts, total likes received, video count and IP region.
Use it to track a creator's follower count over time. It is the cheapest Douyin call, because it fetches no videos.
Searching 65 platforms in parallel
What can you do with the Profile API?
The Profile endpoint gives you structured Douyin data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/douyin/profile?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.douyin.com%2Fuser%2FMS4wLjABAAAAtxsy7VmVkU3RN9oIX0vdkh_6-LlQAb0gwI-tDf-bYNg"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/douyin/profile",
params={
'url': 'https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAtxsy7VmVkU3RN9oIX0vdkh_6-LlQAb0gwI-tDf-bYNg',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/douyin/profile?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.douyin.com%2Fuser%2FMS4wLjABAAAAtxsy7VmVkU3RN9oIX0vdkh_6-LlQAb0gwI-tDf-bYNg",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handle | No | Douyin sec_uid, the MS4wLjAB... string in a profile URL, or the numeric user ID. |
| url | No | Full Douyin profile URL, for example https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA... |
| id | No | Numeric Douyin user ID. |
What does the Douyin Profile API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"endpoint": "/v1/tiktok/profile",
"data": {
"author": {
"id": "6917704832925746181",
"username": "duolingo",
"display_name": "Duolingo",
"avatar_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/6b2beff1167b40574fcd2ea2caf1444d~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=f3757781&x-expires=1784674800&x-signature=9OCuBINSoeHVQPclR1XuqeA1j%2FE%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
"bio": "hot owl summer 🔥🦉",
"verified": true,
"followers": 17100000,
"following": 310,
"posts_count": 1129,
"likes_count": 482200000,
"url": null,
"private": false,
"joined_at": null
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": null,
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
},
"_warnings": [
"computed.engagement_rate: author ratio exceeded 1.0 (raw: 28.19883); returned null — a lifetime likes/followers ratio is not a real engagement rate"
]
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req-8Kq2ZmR4vT9xLb3P",
"cached": false
}Example captured from the TikTok API. Every SocialCrawl endpoint returns this same unified schema, so your Douyin Profile response has the same fields.
How does the Douyin Profile API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 65 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.
One schema, every platform
Query 65 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.
Computed fields, not just scraped
When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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