# Douyin Web Home Feed API

> Retrieves the Douyin web home feed containing video listings and media metadata. Supports setting the item count and pagination index.

Source: https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/douyin/web/home-feed
API reference: https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/douyin/web/home-feed/docs

## Facts

- Provider: Douyin
- Type: Data API
- Endpoint: `POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/douyin/web/home-feed`
- Price: $0.0015 per call
- Free allowance: 100 calls per organization per UTC day, shared across eligible APIs
- Capabilities: api, douyin
- Billing: pay per use from one SandBase balance; no provider account or subscription needed

## Call it

`POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/douyin/web/home-feed` with `Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY` and the parameters as a JSON body.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Allowed values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `count` | integer | no |  |
| `refresh_index` | integer | no |  |

## FAQ

### How do I use the Douyin Web Home Feed API?

Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/douyin/web/home-feed with your SandBase API key in the Authorization header (Bearer) and the parameters as a JSON body. You can also try it in the Playground on this page without writing code.

### How much does the Douyin Web Home Feed API cost?

$0.0015 per call. Every organization gets 100 free calls per UTC day, shared across eligible SandBase APIs including this one; after that each call is billed at this price from your SandBase balance. There is no subscription.

### What parameters does the Douyin Web Home Feed API accept?

No parameters are required. Optional: count (integer) and refresh_index (integer). The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.

### What does the Douyin Web Home Feed API return?

A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous). The README on this page includes a sample response.

### Do I need a Douyin developer account or API key?

No. Douyin Web Home Feed runs through SandBase, so one SandBase API key covers this endpoint and every other API and model in the catalog. You do not need to apply for Douyin API access separately.

## README

### Douyin Web Home Feed API

Retrieve video items from the Douyin web home feed using `refresh_index` for pagination and `count` for the batch size.

#### Use cases

- Retrieve recommended videos from the Douyin home feed.
- Paginate through web feed items for content discovery.
- Inspect video bitrate and stream quality options for feed media.

#### Request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/douyin/web/home-feed" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `count` | integer | No | Number, default is 10, it is recommended to keep it unchanged. |
| `refresh_index` | integer | No | Refresh/paging index, start at 0 and +1 per page. |

#### Example response

Real response for the request above, trimmed to the main fields. User names and long IDs are masked.

```json
{
  "aweme_list": [
    {
      "video": {
        "bit_rate": [
          {
            "bit_rate": 808807,
            "gear_name": "normal_1080_0",
            "quality_type": 1
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Notes

- `refresh_index` starts at 0 and increments by 1 for each page.
- `count` defaults to 10 and is recommended to remain unchanged.

#### Related APIs

- [Douyin Batch Video ID Extraction](/model/douyin/web/all-aweme-id): Extracts video IDs from a list of Douyin video URLs.
- [Douyin sec_user_ids from URLs (Batch)](/model/douyin/web/all-sec-user-id): Extracts Douyin sec_user_id values in bulk from a list of user homepage URLs.
- [Douyin Webcast ID Extraction](/model/douyin/web/all-webcast-id): Extracts webcast IDs from a submitted list of Douyin live room links.