# TikTok Video Scraper (`hermesexp/tiktok-video-scraper`) Actor

Download TikTok videos and extract metadata including description, hashtags, music, play count, and author info without login required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hermesexp/tiktok-video-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Dima Radov](https://apify.com/hermesexp) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

## TikTok Video Scraper

Apify Actor that extracts metadata from TikTok videos using browser automation.

### Features

- Extracts video metadata: views, likes, comments, shares, description
- Author information (username, nickname, avatar)
- Music/sound info
- Multiple extraction strategies for maximum reliability
- Proxy support via Apify proxy (recommended: RESIDENTIAL proxies)
- Handles multiple URLs in a single run

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `videoUrls` | Array of strings | Yes | TikTok video URLs to scrape |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Proxy object | No | Proxy settings (Apify proxy recommended) |

### Output

Each video produces a dataset item with:

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/123456789",
  "scraped": true,
  "views": 1500000,
  "likes": 250000,
  "comments": 12000,
  "shares": 8500,
  "description": "Video description text",
  "author": "username",
  "authorNickname": "User Name",
  "authorAvatar": "https://...",
  "videoId": "123456789",
  "createTime": 1678900000,
  "musicTitle": "Original Sound",
  "musicAuthor": "creator",
  "extractionMethod": "SIGI_STATE"
}
```

### Usage

1. Add to your Apify account
2. Provide an array of TikTok video URLs
3. (Optional) Configure proxy settings
4. Run the actor and get structured video data

### Limitations

- TikTok may block requests without residential proxies for high-volume scraping
- Age-restricted or private videos cannot be accessed
- Rate limits may apply — add delays between runs for large batches

### Technical Details

- Built with Playwright (browser automation)
- Runs on `apify/actor-python-playwright:3.12`
- Uses multiple extraction strategies: SIGI\_STATE, **NEXT\_DATA**, LD+JSON, meta tags

# Actor input Schema

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

Array of TikTok video URLs to scrape metadata from (e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/1234567890)

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

Proxy settings for scraping (recommended: use Apify proxy to avoid blocks)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7100000000000000000"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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": [
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7100000000000000000"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hermesexp/tiktok-video-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": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7100000000000000000"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hermesexp/tiktok-video-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": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7100000000000000000"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call hermesexp/tiktok-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vjDDcH4r1hSvK4AM4/builds/FeshBKLkmywi2qqZX/openapi.json