Get a TikTok User's Following List
View all TikTok Profiles, Videos & Sounds API endpoints →Retrieve the accounts a TikTok user follows by supplying the required user_id path parameter as a string. This is an outbound following-list lookup, not a list of followers. The documented example user ID is 127905465618821121. The optional min_time query parameter is also a string, but its accepted format, time units and continuation behavior have not been verified; omit it unless you have a value confirmed for this endpoint. The documented result is a list of followed users. No response example or successful request observation was supplied for this operation, so the response envelope, account field names, ordering, page size and pagination semantics are unconfirmed. Inspect a real result before binding fields or building continuation logic. Treat any returned relationships as a collected sample, not a guaranteed complete list, a follow-change history, an endorsement or evidence of private relationships.
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/api/project/tiktok/user-followings API Response (JSON)
{} curl -X GET 'https://api.opendata-api.com/api/project/tiktok/user-followings?key=<API_KEY>&user_id=127905465618821121'
Query Result
Use Cases
- Create a human-reviewed reading list from accounts a known creator is observed to follow.
- Store a directional network sample linking the requested user_id to returned followed-account identifiers when present, together with the collection time.
- Review possible creator connections through an observed following list without treating a follow as endorsement or proof of a private relationship.
- Evaluate min_time in a bounded collection test before designing continuation or follow-change comparison logic.
Frequently asked questions
Does this endpoint return followers or accounts the user follows?
It is documented to return the accounts the selected user follows. These are outbound following relationships, not the users who follow that account.
Can I supply a TikTok username instead of user_id?
This route requires user_id as a string. If you only know a handle, the separate profile-by-username lookup has an observed data.user.uid field that can supply an ID-based lookup. Do not substitute the display name or handle for the numeric ID.
What value should I send for min_time?
min_time is optional and string-typed. Its accepted format, units and continuation semantics were not verified. Leave it unset for an initial request and validate any value against this endpoint before relying on it for pagination.
Which fields are available in the following-list response?
The documented result is a list of followed users, but no response example or successful request observation was supplied for this operation. The envelope and account field names are therefore unconfirmed; inspect the returned structure before defining your storage schema.
Can I reconstruct a complete following history from this lookup?
No complete list, ordering or historical coverage has been verified. Store each result with its collection time and treat it as an observed relationship sample rather than a full follow-change history or evidence about private relationships.