Douyin Comments API

Parameters

What you get

items[] with id, post_id, author (id / handle / name), text (raw text including platform emoji tokens), likes, replies (number of replies under that comment) and created_at. Identical schema on Xiaohongshu and TikTok, so one parser covers all three.

Three things that trip people up

• Search results carry empty engagement: search_posts often returns 0 for comments / shares / views on Douyin. Use get_post for real counts and get_comments for actual comments.
• Nested replies are a count, not a list: replies tells you how many replies exist; expanding them is not exposed in the current version.
• Ordering is upstream-decided: you cannot request sort by time or by likes.

Copy and run

curl -s https://lucydomi.com/mcp/v1/get_comments \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BUSYBEE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -X POST \
  -d '{"platform": "douyin", "post_id": "7695994014143952488", "limit": 20}'

import os, json, urllib.request

KEY = os.environ["BUSYBEE_API_KEY"]
req = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://lucydomi.com/mcp/v1/get_comments",
    data=json.dumps({"platform": "douyin", "post_id": "7695994014143952488", "limit": 20}).encode(),
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    method="POST",
)
data = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=60))
for c in data["items"]:
    print(c["likes"], c["replies"], c["text"][:40])

Real response sample

Taken from a real production call; truncated, image/signed URLs removed.

{
  "ok": true,
  "platform": "douyin",
  "tool": "get_comments",
  "count": 2,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "7701278513756881700",
      "author": {"handle": "bxn0817", "name": "\u5c0f\u6cfd"},
      "text": "\u7ea6\u4e2a\u642d\u5b50\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\uff0c\u5973\u751f",
      "likes": 0,
      "replies": 2,
      "created_at": "2026-10-27T09:33:55+00:00"
    },
    {
      "id": "7696029307102069553",
      "text": "\u6536\u95e8\u7968\u5417\uff0c\u8fc7\u5e74\u7684\u65f6\u5019\u60f3\u53bb\u73a9",
      "likes": 10,
      "replies": 7,
      "created_at": "2026-10-13T06:04:18+00:00"
    }
  ]
}

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