Toutiao profile API

Toutiao profile data in one REST call — normalized to the stable JSON schema shared across every FetchPI platform.

1 documented endpoints
GET /v1/toutiao/users/{username}

Contract summary (English): Get a normalized Toutiao author profile (capability toutiao.profile)

Normalized response entity: toutiao/profile
capability: toutiao.profile

Every response also carries freshness (cache / default / live) and billing metadata.

Use cases

Enrich CRM and outreach tooling with up-to-date {{platform}} profile data — follower counts, verification status and bios as structured JSON.
Screen creator and partner accounts before a campaign with consistent, queryable profile metrics.
Re-query the same handle and diff the normalized fields to track profile changes over time.

Response fields

Toutiao Profile (normalized)

Normalized Toutiao creator profile — the ONLY upper-layer format; provider-private fields are dropped by the Normalizer. Serves toutiao.profile and the user lists of /v1/toutiao.

Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Required	Platform-stable user id (user_id).
platform	"toutiao"	Required	—
type	"profile"	Required	—
username	string	Required	The platform addressing key without leading @ (id-shaped on these pools — forwarded as-is).
display_name	string \| null	Optional	The profile display name (nickname).
description	string \| null	Optional	The profile bio (signature).
url	string \| null	Optional	The bio link.
profile_image_url	string \| null	Optional	Avatar media URL.
verified	boolean	Required	Platform verification flag.
created_at	string \| null	Optional	Account creation time, UTC RFC3339; null when the provider does not expose it.
metrics.followers	integer	Required	Follower count.
metrics.following	integer	Required	Following count.
metrics.posts	integer	Required	Published post/video/article count.
metrics.likes	integer	Optional	Lifetime likes received; omitted when the platform does not expose it.
fetched_at	string	Required	Normalization time of the stored snapshot (UTC).

Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.

Response meta

Field	Type	Required	Description
mode	cache \| default \| live	Required	Effective mode after merging param > max_age > source policy (D-004).
age_seconds	integer \| null	Optional	Age of served data; null when unknown.
source_layer	cache \| db \| upstream	Required	Which layer served the response (PRD §10).
stale	boolean	Optional	True when stale data was served under stale_if_error / SWR (D-004).
billing.amount_credits	integer	Required	Micro-USD (1e-6 USD) actually charged for this request.
billing.cache_hit	boolean	Required	—

Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.

Example request & response

GET/v1/toutiao/users/{username}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHDATA_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.fetchpi.com/v1/toutiao/users/newdev"

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1567049494",
    "platform": "toutiao",
    "type": "profile",
    "username": "toutiao_datastudio",
    "display_name": "数据工场头条号",
    "description": "今日头条创作与数据开放。",
    "url": "https://fetchpi.com",
    "profile_image_url": "https://cdn.example.com/avatar/toutiao-meshdata.jpg",
    "verified": true,
    "created_at": "2016-08-01T00:00:00Z",
    "metrics": {
      "followers": 235000,
      "following": 12,
      "posts": 890,
      "likes": 620000
    },
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-21T09:00:00Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_01HTXQ8Z9HTQ",
    "freshness": {
      "mode": "default",
      "age_seconds": 0,
      "source_layer": "upstream",
      "stale": false
    },
    "billing": {
      "amount_credits": 100,
      "cache_hit": false
    }
  }
}

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Frequently asked questions

What does the Toutiao profile API return?

A normalized profile object — identity, bio and audience fields as defined in the field table below — plus freshness and billing metadata.

Can I try this endpoint for free?

Yes — register an account, grab an API key and call it from the Playground in the console.

How is the profile capability billed?

Data API calls are billed per request in credits, with different cache/live freshness multipliers. Current per-capability prices live on the pricing page.

Pricing

Per-request credit billing with cache/live freshness options — current prices live on the pricing page.

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