# TikTok Profile Scraper (`gopalakrishnan/tiktok-profile`) Actor Extract TikTok profile data fast - followers, following, likes, video count, bio, avatar, verification, region. Just add usernames or profile URLs, no login or cookies needed. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel. Fast & cheap, pay only per profile scraped. - **URL**: https://apify.com/gopalakrishnan/tiktok-profile.md - **Developed by:** [Gopalakrishnan](https://apify.com/gopalakrishnan) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.80 / 1,000 profile - scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## TikTok Profile Scraper Scrapes public TikTok profile data from a list of usernames or profile URLs. Built as an Apify actor on Crawlee + CheerioCrawler — no browser required. ### Features - Accepts bare handles, `@handles`, or full profile URLs (mixed in one list). - Returns one flat record per profile: followers, following, likes, video count, bio, avatar, verification, region, and more. - Pay-Per-Event pricing: a flat start fee plus a charge per profile successfully scraped. - Graceful error rows for not-found / blocked profiles instead of failing the run. ### How it works For each profile, the actor fetches `https://www.tiktok.com/@`, reads the `__UNIVERSAL_DATA_FOR_REHYDRATION__` script the page embeds, and extracts the `webapp.user-detail` payload (profile fields + stats). Plain HTTP through Apify Proxy (datacenter is sufficient). If the rehydration payload is missing the request is treated as blocked: the session is rotated and the request retried. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `usernames` | array (required) | TikTok profiles to scrape. Each item may be a bare handle (`stoolpresidente`), an `@handle`, or a full profile URL (`https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente`). | | `maxProfiles` | integer (optional) | Cap the number of profiles scraped from the list. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings. Defaults to `{ "useApifyProxy": true }`. | Example: ```json { "usernames": ["stoolpresidente", "@tiktok", "https://www.tiktok.com/@nba"], "maxProfiles": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` ### Output One flat record per profile: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `username` | Handle (uniqueId) | | `nickname` | Display name | | `userId` | Numeric user ID | | `secUid` | TikTok secUid | | `verified` | Whether the account is verified | | `privateAccount` | Whether the account is private | | `signature` | Bio text | | `bioLink` | Link in bio | | `region` | Account region code | | `language` | Account language | | `avatar` | Avatar image URL | | `followerCount` | Followers | | `followingCount` | Following | | `heartCount` | Total likes | | `videoCount` | Number of videos | | `friendCount` | Friends | | `profileUrl` | Canonical profile URL | | `scrapeStatus` | `success` or `error` | | `scrapeError` | Error reason when `scrapeStatus` is `error` (`USER_NOT_FOUND`, `RETRIES_EXHAUSTED`, etc.) | | `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp | ### Pay-Per-Event billing | Event | When charged | |-------|--------------| | `actor-start` | Once per run (flat start fee). | | `profile-scraped` | Once per profile successfully scraped. | Set the prices for these events in the Apify Console. Event names must match the `Actor.charge` calls in `src/main.js` exactly. ### Running locally ```bash apify run --purge ``` Put a test input in `storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json`. Local runs store results only on disk (`storage/datasets/default/`) — they are not synced to Apify Console. # Actor input Schema ## `usernames` (type: `array`): List of TikTok profiles to scrape. Each item can be a bare handle (e.g. 'stoolpresidente'), a handle with '@' (e.g. '@stoolpresidente'), or a full profile URL (e.g. 'https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente'). ## `maxProfiles` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of profiles to scrape from the list. Useful for capping cost. If not provided, every profile in the list is scraped. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings for the crawler. Datacenter (basic Apify Proxy) is sufficient for TikTok profiles; residential is optional. ## Actor input object example ```json { "usernames": [ "stoolpresidente" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `profiles` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "usernames": [ "stoolpresidente" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("gopalakrishnan/tiktok-profile").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "usernames": ["stoolpresidente"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("gopalakrishnan/tiktok-profile").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 '{ "usernames": [ "stoolpresidente" ] }' | apify call gopalakrishnan/tiktok-profile --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gopalakrishnan/tiktok-profile", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "TikTok Profile Scraper", "description": "Extract TikTok profile data fast - followers, following, likes, video count, bio, avatar, verification, region. Just add usernames or profile URLs, no login or cookies needed. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel. Fast & cheap, pay only per profile scraped.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "N2o95znONce64H6kC" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/gopalakrishnan~tiktok-profile/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gopalakrishnan-tiktok-profile", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/gopalakrishnan~tiktok-profile/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-gopalakrishnan-tiktok-profile", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/gopalakrishnan~tiktok-profile/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-gopalakrishnan-tiktok-profile", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "usernames" ], "properties": { "usernames": { "title": "TikTok usernames or profile URLs", "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "List of TikTok profiles to scrape. Each item can be a bare handle (e.g. 'stoolpresidente'), a handle with '@' (e.g. '@stoolpresidente'), or a full profile URL (e.g. 'https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente').", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxProfiles": { "title": "Maximum profiles to scrape", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of profiles to scrape from the list. Useful for capping cost. If not provided, every profile in the list is scraped." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings for the crawler. Datacenter (basic Apify Proxy) is sufficient for TikTok profiles; residential is optional.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```