tik-down API
A high-performance API for fetching social media metadata using yt-dlp.
Base URL
https://tik-down-backend.vercel.appEndpoints
POST/tiktokStream videos from a TikTok profile
POST/tiktok/downloadGet download URL for a single TikTok
POST/instagramStream posts from an Instagram profile
POST/facebookGet download URL for a single Facebook video
Response Format
Streaming endpoints return application/x-ndjson — one JSON object per line, sent as data arrives. Non-streaming endpoints (like download) return standard JSON.
Check X-Cache header to see if response was served from the 5-minute server-side cache.
Authentication
This API requires session IDs from the respective platforms to bypass rate limits and bot detection. Session IDs should be passed in the request body. No data is stored server-side beyond the 5-minute cache.