Silkline Data / Toutiao
Public data only · 3 request types

Toutiao API

Read Toutiao 今日头条 articles with full text, videos and comments from article and video IDs or links. Get titles, text, images, read, like and comment counts, authors and IP location. No login or cookies needed. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Resultready
JSON
3request types
$0.00368per result, Bronze tier
$0.00005start fee per run
2free trial runs on Apify
At a glance
Toutiao API in one table
Official public API for people outside ChinaNo. This tool collects the publicly visible data instead.
What you sendA keyword, a link or an ID, depending on the request type
What you get backJSON rows with English field names; 3 request types
Login, cookies, Chinese phone numberNone needed
Output formatsJSON, CSV, Excel, or the Apify API
Price$0.00368 per result on the Bronze tier, no subscription
Last verified with a real run2026-11-09
What you can get
3 kinds of Toutiao request
Toutiao (今日头条) is one of China's largest news and content apps, run by ByteDance. Publishers, media outlets and independent writers post articles, videos and short posts there, and readers comment under them.
Sample output
A real run, 25 fields per record
Run on 2026-10-28 with input {"mode": "article", "posts": ["https://www.toutiao.com/article/7700872920532320803/"], "maxResults": 3}. Personal fields of ordinary users are masked here.
titleauthorNametextimageCountpublishedAtpublishLocation
高盛预测中国楼市：别被天量库存骗了，2028年新房可能都不够卖？丞霖浊影深前几天，高盛一份地产研报，在圈内炸了。 既不唱衰崩盘，也不画上涨大饼，它只干了一件实在事：下沉到城市，实打实清点存...272026-10-26T14:58:00Z河南
All 25 fields in one record
  • type article
  • articleId 7700872920532320803
  • url https://www.toutiao.com/article/7700872920532320803/
  • title 高盛预测中国楼市：别被天量库存骗了，2028年新房可能都不够卖？
  • text 前几天，高盛一份地产研报，在圈内炸了。 既不唱衰崩盘，也不画上涨大饼，它只干了一件实在事：下沉到城市，实打实清点存...
  • textAvailable
  • images
  • imageCount 27
  • publishedAt 2026-10-26T14:58:00Z
  • publishLocation 河南
  • isOriginal
  • readCount 4422
  • likeCount 57
  • commentCount 35
  • shareCount 36
  • collectCount 38
  • impressionCount 99172
  • authorId 2694234264069886
  • authorName 丞霖浊影深
  • authorAvatar https://p3-sign.toutiaoimg.com/user-avatar/a6bac329d69cf6...
  • authorDescription
  • authorVerified
  • authorVerifiedInfo 鄢陵县丞霖文化传媒有限公司官方账号
  • authorMediaId 1763944398034958
  • authorFollowerCount
Developers
Call the Toutiao API
Every run is one HTTP call: send the input as JSON, get the rows back. The same works from Make, Zapier or n8n.
Request
Response · 200application/json
Pricing
Pay per result
Bronze tier prices from the tool's listing; higher Apify tiers pay less. Free Apify users get two trial runs with their own input.
Estimated monthly cost
Full price table and worked examples
The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the charge events and their prices:






Event
Price (USD)
When it is charged






run-start
$0.00005
Once per run, charged when the first request succeeds. It is not charged when the run fails from the start, or when your spending limit cannot cover it.




result
$0.00368
For each record returned: an article, a video or a comment






Worked examples:


    

  • One article: $0.00005 + $0.00368 = $0.00373.
    • 

  • 100 articles: $0.00005 + 100 x $0.00368 = $0.36805.
    • 

  • One article with 100 comments: $0.00005 + 100 x $0.00368 = $0.36805.
    • 

  • The first 20 comments of each of 10 articles: $0.00005 + 200 x $0.00368 = $0.73605.
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You never pay for more than maxResults records, you are never charged for records that were not delivered, and the run stops by itself if your spending limit is reached. An ID that returns nothing (a deleted article or video, a post without comments) is not charged as a record.


On the free Apify plan you get 2 free trial runs of this Actor with your own input, up to 10 results each, and nothing is charged; after that, runs return a stored sample dataset (a real result of the prefilled input). Use any paid Apify plan for full runs.
FAQ
Toutiao API questions
Do I need a Toutiao account or cookies?
No. The Actor reads public pages only, with no login.
Can I search Toutiao by keyword?
No. This Actor has no keyword search, trending list or channel feed. Give it IDs or links you already have, and it returns the records behind them.
Is it legal?
It collects only information that anyone can see on public Toutiao pages, and no private data such as phone numbers or messages. You are responsible for how you use the data and for following the laws that apply to you.
How fresh is the data?
Every run reads the live page, so counts and comments are current as of the run.
Why are some fields empty?
Not every post has every field. Images only exist on some articles, an author may have no bio, and a comment may have no IP location. Videos from the standard lookup carry no publish time.
How many comments can I get?
As many as the platform lists publicly, up to the `maxResults` you set (at most 5000 per run).
Run your first Toutiao request
Two free trial runs, no card needed.
Open on Apify