# Douyin Profile & Keyword Scraper (`agentflow/douyin-profile-search-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Douyin video data from profile URLs and search keywords using a browser interception approach.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/agentflow/douyin-profile-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Yunbin Huang](https://apify.com/agentflow) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 32 total users, 4 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 item-scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Douyin Profile & Keyword Scraper

Scrape Douyin video data from:

- Creator profile pages (`/user/...`)
- Search keywords (`/search/...`)

This Actor uses a browser interception strategy:

1. Parse first-screen data from `RENDER_DATA`
2. Intercept Douyin XHR responses while scrolling to capture more videos

Implementation stack:

- `Crawlee PlaywrightCrawler` (official Apify/Crawlee browser component)
- `SessionPool` + retries
- Optional `proxyConfiguration` (Apify Proxy or your own proxy)
- Session warmup + cookie pool binding

### Input

```json
{
    "profileUrls": [
        "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAa5_5w7d9T5XUaB_qY9yW1A8y2a-R1hC_4xK8W8X2qGg"
    ],
    "searchKeywords": [
        "AI工具"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerSource": 30,
    "maxScrollRounds": 8,
    "scrollDelayMs": 1800,
    "navigationTimeoutMs": 60000,
    "maxConcurrency": 1,
    "maxRequestRetries": 3,
    "sessionMaxUsageCount": 10,
    "enableWarmup": true,
    "warmupUrls": [
        "https://www.douyin.com/",
        "https://www.douyin.com/hot"
    ],
    "warmupDelayMs": 1200,
    "warmupNavigationTimeoutMs": 45000,
    "headless": true,
    "includeRawAweme": false,
    "forceChinaProxy": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "CN"
    },
    "cookie": "msToken=...; ttwid=...; passport_csrf_token=...",
    "cookiePool": [
        "msToken=...; ttwid=...;",
        "msToken=...; ttwid=...;"
    ]
}
```

### Output fields

Each dataset item contains normalized fields, including:

- `awemeId`, `desc`, `createTimestamp`, `createTimeIso`
- `durationMs`, `playUrl`, `playUrlNoWatermark`
- `diggCount`, `commentCount`, `collectCount`, `shareCount`
- `author` object
- `music` object
- `hashtags`
- `sources` (one or multiple source hits for the same video)

### Pricing recommendation (PPE)

Code already emits the billing event:

- Event name: `item-scraped`
- Event count: number of unique `awemeId` in one run

You can set final PPE unit price in Apify Console.

### Notes

- Profile mode usually works with valid public profile links.
- Keyword mode may trigger Douyin `verify_check` / captcha depending on IP reputation.
- On Apify cloud, use residential CN proxy (`proxyConfiguration`) whenever possible.
- If captcha still appears, use `cookie` or `cookiePool`.
- `cookiePool` is session-bound (one cookie per crawler session), better than a single cookie for long runs.
- When verification is hit, the run summary will show keyword source failure explicitly.

# Actor input Schema

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Douyin profile URLs. Example: https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA...

## `searchKeywords` (type: `array`):

List of Douyin search keywords. Example: AI工具, 跨境电商, 爆款选品.

## `maxItemsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to keep for each profile URL or keyword.

## `maxScrollRounds` (type: `integer`):

How many scroll rounds to perform to trigger more API responses.

## `scrollDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Delay in milliseconds between scroll rounds.

## `navigationTimeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum page navigation timeout per source.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel browser pages. Keep low for Douyin anti-bot stability.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

How many retries to run on blocked/failed requests.

## `sessionMaxUsageCount` (type: `integer`):

How many requests a crawler session can be reused before rotation.

## `enableWarmup` (type: `boolean`):

Open warmup pages once per session before scraping each source.

## `warmupUrls` (type: `array`):

Pages used for session warmup before scraping source pages.

## `warmupDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Delay after each warmup page load.

## `warmupNavigationTimeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Navigation timeout used for warmup pages.

## `headless` (type: `boolean`):

Run browser in headless mode. Disable only for debugging.

## `includeRawAweme` (type: `boolean`):

Include original raw aweme payload in each output item.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Recommended for cloud runs. Douyin often blocks datacenter IPs and requires residential proxy.

## `forceChinaProxy` (type: `boolean`):

If true and using Apify proxy without country set, auto-set country to CN.

## `cookie` (type: `string`):

Optional raw Cookie header from a real logged-in Douyin web session. Helps reduce captcha risk.

## `cookiePool` (type: `array`):

Optional list of raw cookie strings. Actor binds one cookie to each session.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAXTHbW60Q4K0cQ2WVWgYvE33ixusssYFX4n55a7lBjuQ"
  ],
  "searchKeywords": [
    "AI工具"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerSource": 30,
  "maxScrollRounds": 8,
  "scrollDelayMs": 1800,
  "navigationTimeoutMs": 60000,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "sessionMaxUsageCount": 10,
  "enableWarmup": true,
  "warmupUrls": [
    "https://www.douyin.com/",
    "https://www.douyin.com/hot"
  ],
  "warmupDelayMs": 1200,
  "warmupNavigationTimeoutMs": 45000,
  "headless": true,
  "includeRawAweme": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "CN"
  },
  "forceChinaProxy": true
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "profileUrls": [
        "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAXTHbW60Q4K0cQ2WVWgYvE33ixusssYFX4n55a7lBjuQ"
    ],
    "searchKeywords": [
        "AI工具"
    ],
    "warmupUrls": [
        "https://www.douyin.com/",
        "https://www.douyin.com/hot"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "CN"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("agentflow/douyin-profile-search-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "profileUrls": ["https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAXTHbW60Q4K0cQ2WVWgYvE33ixusssYFX4n55a7lBjuQ"],
    "searchKeywords": ["AI工具"],
    "warmupUrls": [
        "https://www.douyin.com/",
        "https://www.douyin.com/hot",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "CN",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("agentflow/douyin-profile-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAXTHbW60Q4K0cQ2WVWgYvE33ixusssYFX4n55a7lBjuQ"
  ],
  "searchKeywords": [
    "AI工具"
  ],
  "warmupUrls": [
    "https://www.douyin.com/",
    "https://www.douyin.com/hot"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "CN"
  }
}' |
apify call agentflow/douyin-profile-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=agentflow/douyin-profile-search-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/SLnd7gcwvdm1VQU5h/builds/KGZ7OI3ru1rn7heSw/openapi.json