# TikTok Web Guest Cookie API

> Returns guest session cookies for TikTok Web based on a specified browser user agent string. Helps maintain session identity when querying web-based TikTok data.

Source: https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/tiktok/web/web-guest-cookie
API reference: https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/tiktok/web/web-guest-cookie/docs

## Facts

- Provider: TikTok
- Type: Data API
- Endpoint: `POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/tiktok/web/web-guest-cookie`
- Price: $0.003 per call
- Free allowance: 100 calls per organization per UTC day, shared across eligible APIs
- Capabilities: api, tiktok
- Billing: pay per use from one SandBase balance; no provider account or subscription needed

## Call it

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

| Parameter | Type | Required | Allowed values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `user_agent` | string | yes |  |

## FAQ

### How do I use the TikTok Web Guest Cookie API?

Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/tiktok/web/web-guest-cookie 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 TikTok Web Guest Cookie API cost?

$0.003 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 TikTok Web Guest Cookie API accept?

Required: user_agent (string). The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.

### What does the TikTok Web Guest Cookie API return?

A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous).

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

No. TikTok Web Guest Cookie 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 TikTok API access separately.

## README

### TikTok Web Guest Cookie API

Retrieve guest session cookies for TikTok Web by providing a browser `user_agent` string.

#### Use cases

- Establish guest sessions for scraping public TikTok web data.
- Maintain consistent session identity across web requests to avoid duplicate data.
- Format session headers matching specific browser user agent profiles.

#### Request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/tiktok/web/web-guest-cookie" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:145.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/145.0"}'
```

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `user_agent` | string | Yes | User browser agent |

#### Notes

- Requires a valid browser user agent string via the `user_agent` parameter.

#### Related APIs

- [TikTok Video IDs from URLs (Batch)](/model/tiktok/web/all-aweme-id): Resolves and extracts TikTok video IDs from a list of video URLs.
- [TikTok User Sec User ID Extractor](/model/tiktok/web/all-sec-user-id): Returns a list of sec_user_id identifiers corresponding to TikTok user profile URLs.
- [TikTok Profile Unique IDs](/model/tiktok/web/all-unique-id): Resolves a batch of TikTok user homepage links to retrieve their corresponding unique identifiers.