# Douyin Scraper (`gio21/douyin-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Douyin (Chinese TikTok) videos, profiles and search results: captions, likes, comments, shares, author stats, music and video URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/douyin-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 12 total users, 4 monthly users, 86.5% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 items

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

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

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# README

## Douyin Scraper

Scrape **Douyin** (抖音, China's TikTok): video details, creator profiles, and keyword search results — captions, likes, comments, shares, collects, author stats, music, hashtags, and video URLs.

### Modes

| Mode | Input | Returns |
|------|-------|---------|
| **Video** | `videoUrls` | Per video: caption, like/comment/share/collect counts, author, music, hashtags, cover, play URL |
| **Profile** | `profileUrls` | User: nickname, Douyin ID, followers, following, total likes, video count, bio, location + recent videos |
| **Search** | `queries` | Matching videos per keyword (with `searchPosition`) |

### Example input

```json
{
  "videoUrls": ["https://www.douyin.com/video/7300000000000000000"],
  "profileUrls": ["https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA..."],
  "queries": ["美食"],
  "maxItems": 30,
  "maxVideosPerProfile": 20
}
```

### How it works

Douyin's web API signs every request with in-page generated tokens (`a_bogus`, `msToken`), so this Actor drives a real browser, lets Douyin's own page make the signed calls, and intercepts the JSON responses. Each output item is tagged with `type` (`video` / `profile` / `search`).

### Notes

- Douyin **search** has heavier anti-bot than video/profile pages; video and profile are the most reliable modes.
- All counts come straight from Douyin's responses.

# Actor input Schema

## `videoUrls` (type: `array`):

Douyin video URLs (https://www.douyin.com/video/{id}) or raw video IDs to scrape.

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

Douyin user URLs (https://www.douyin.com/user/{sec\_uid}) to scrape (profile + recent videos).

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search Douyin for. Returns matching videos. Note: Douyin search has heavier anti-bot than video/profile pages.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum videos collected per search keyword.

## `maxVideosPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

How many recent videos to collect for each profile. Set 0 for profile metadata only.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.douyin.com/video/7300000000000000000"
  ],
  "profileUrls": [],
  "queries": [],
  "maxItems": 30,
  "maxVideosPerProfile": 20
}
```

# 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 = {
    "videoUrls": [],
    "profileUrls": [],
    "queries": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/douyin-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 = {
    "videoUrls": [],
    "profileUrls": [],
    "queries": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/douyin-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 '{
  "videoUrls": [],
  "profileUrls": [],
  "queries": []
}' |
apify call gio21/douyin-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gio21/douyin-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/Nrud8jUIieygJqB0v/builds/keXUwkiwSRTnMXWab/openapi.json