# TikTok Direct Video Metadata Scraper Lite (`itayekk1/tiktok-video-scraper-lite`) Actor

Extract public metadata from known TikTok video URLs. Direct video URLs only.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/itayekk1/tiktok-video-scraper-lite.md
- **Developed by:** [Itay Elgazar](https://apify.com/itayekk1) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **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

## 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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TikTok Direct Video Metadata Scraper Lite

Extract public metadata from known TikTok video URLs.

Use it when you already have TikTok video links and want structured rows with caption, author, public counts, media metadata, and timestamps.

### What you get

Each successful video row can include:

- TikTok video URL
- video ID
- caption text
- author profile fields
- play, like, comment, share, and save counts
- creation time
- hashtags and mentions
- music metadata
- cover image URLs
- TikTok-provided video URLs when visible
- structured error details for invalid, deleted, private, or unavailable videos

### Quick start

```json
{
  "postURLs": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925"
  ],
  "shouldDownloadVideos": false,
  "shouldDownloadCovers": false
}
```

### Input fields

- `postURLs` — direct TikTok video URLs. This is the main required input.
- `shouldDownloadVideos` — download discovered public video files to the run key-value store when possible.
- `shouldDownloadCovers` — download cover images to the run key-value store when possible.
- `downloadSubtitlesOptions` — subtitle download setting when subtitle URLs are available.

### Output

The Actor saves one dataset row per video, plus error rows for URLs that cannot be processed.

### Limits

This Actor is direct-video only. It does not search TikTok, scrape profiles, scrape hashtag feeds, collect comments, log in, use user cookies, bypass CAPTCHA, or access private data.

# Actor input Schema

## `postURLs` (type: `array`):

One or more public TikTok video URLs to scrape. Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925

## `shouldDownloadVideos` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, the Actor attempts to download the discovered TikTok video file immediately and stores it in the selected Apify key-value store, then emits stable Apify storage links in mediaUrls. This may increase runtime and storage cost.

## `shouldDownloadCovers` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, the Actor attempts to download video cover images to the selected Apify key-value store and emits stable Apify storage links in mediaUrls.

## `downloadSubtitlesOptions` (type: `string`):

Controls handling of TikTok-provided subtitle metadata when available.

## `videoKvStoreIdOrName` (type: `string`):

Optional key-value store ID or name for downloaded videos/covers/subtitles. Omit to use the default run key-value store.

## `scrapeRelatedVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Not supported in this lite Actor. Leave off.

## `maxCommentsPerVideoForInternalTest` (type: `integer`):

Optional small cap for testing comment extraction helpers. This Actor is not a comments scraper.

## `profileUrlsForInternalTest` (type: `array`):

Optional public profile URLs for testing profile metadata helpers. This Actor does not scrape profile feeds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "postURLs": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925"
  ],
  "shouldDownloadVideos": false,
  "shouldDownloadCovers": false,
  "downloadSubtitlesOptions": "NEVER_DOWNLOAD_SUBTITLES",
  "scrapeRelatedVideos": false,
  "maxCommentsPerVideoForInternalTest": 3,
  "profileUrlsForInternalTest": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "postURLs": [
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("itayekk1/tiktok-video-scraper-lite").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 = { "postURLs": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("itayekk1/tiktok-video-scraper-lite").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 '{
  "postURLs": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925"
  ]
}' |
apify call itayekk1/tiktok-video-scraper-lite --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=itayekk1/tiktok-video-scraper-lite",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/e6g6ZM1T65PfjMDZd/builds/0P622jskZl5K4odNm/openapi.json