# TikTok Profile Videos Scraper (`alien_force/tiktok-profile-videos-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public videos from TikTok profiles. Get captions, stats, author & music details, with optional MP4 downloads to the key-value store.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alien\_force/tiktok-profile-videos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Alien Force](https://apify.com/alien_force) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

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Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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# README

## TikTok Profile Videos Scraper

### Overview

The **TikTok Profile Videos Scraper** collects public videos from TikTok profiles. Paste profile URLs or usernames and get structured rows with captions, stats, covers, author details, and music info.

#### Key Features

- **Profile input**: Accepts profile URLs, video URLs (uses the author's profile), bare usernames, and `@handles`.
- **Video metadata and stats**: Caption, create time, duration, cover, views, likes, comments, shares, and saves.
- **Optional MP4 download**: Store each video file in the run key-value store and link it from the dataset row.
- **Author details**: Username, display name, avatar, verified flag, and profile URL.
- **Music details**: Title, author, duration, and whether the sound is original.
- **Pagination**: Walks through available public videos for each profile, or stops at your max limit.
- **Exact counts**: Prefers precise count values when TikTok provides them.
- **Proxy support**: Datacenter proxies by default; switch to residential if TikTok starts blocking.
- **Fast and lightweight**: Built for quick, low-cost runs without a browser.

***

### Input Schema

#### Input Properties

1. **`startUrls`**

   - **Type**: `array`
   - **Description**: TikTok profile URLs (video URLs also work — videos from that author are scraped).
   - **Example**:
     ```json
     [
         { "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock" }
     ]
     ```

2. **`usernames`**

   - **Type**: `array` of `string`
   - **Description**: TikTok usernames, with or without `@`. Merged with `startUrls` and deduplicated.
   - **Example**: `["therock", "@khaby.lame"]`

3. **`limit`**

   - **Type**: `integer`
   - **Description**: Maximum number of videos to scrape **per profile**. Set to `0` for no limit. Default is `50`.
   - **Example**: `100`

4. **`downloadVideos`**

   - **Type**: `boolean`
   - **Description**: When `true`, downloads each video as an MP4 into the run key-value store (`videos-{videoId}.mp4`) and sets `downloadKey` / `downloadUrl` on the dataset row. Default is `false`.
   - **Example**: `true`

5. **`proxyConfiguration`**

   - **Type**: `object`
   - **Description**: Proxy settings for the run. Apify Proxy datacenter IPs are used by default. If TikTok starts returning empty results, switch to the `RESIDENTIAL` group.
   - **Example**:
     ```json
     { "useApifyProxy": true }
     ```

At least one of `startUrls` or `usernames` must contain a valid target.

#### Input Example

```json
{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock?lang=en"
        }
    ],
    "usernames": [],
    "limit": 100,
    "downloadVideos": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}
```

***

### Output

One dataset row per video.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `inputUrl` | string | Profile URL or username as given in the input |
| `profileUrl` | string | Canonical profile URL |
| `username` | string | Profile username |
| `secUid` | string | Stable account ID used for pagination |
| `videoId` | string | Video ID |
| `videoUrl` | string | Canonical video URL |
| `description` | string | Video caption |
| `createTime` | integer | Video creation time (Unix timestamp, seconds) |
| `duration` | integer | Video duration in seconds |
| `cover` | string | Cover image URL |
| `playCount` | integer | Views |
| `diggCount` | integer | Likes |
| `commentCount` | integer | Comments |
| `shareCount` | integer | Shares |
| `collectCount` | integer | Saves |
| `authorId` | string | Author user ID |
| `authorUsername` | string | Author username |
| `authorNickname` | string | Author display name |
| `authorAvatar` | string | Author avatar URL |
| `authorVerified` | boolean | Verified author |
| `authorProfileUrl` | string | Author profile URL |
| `musicId` | string | Music / sound ID |
| `musicTitle` | string | Music title |
| `musicAuthorName` | string | Music author / creator |
| `musicDuration` | integer | Music duration in seconds |
| `musicOriginal` | boolean | Whether this is an original sound |
| `isPinned` | boolean | Best-effort pin flag when TikTok includes it; often `null`. Pins are not sorted to the top |
| `isAd` | boolean | Marked as an ad by TikTok |
| `downloadKey` | string | KV store key for the MP4 when `downloadVideos` is enabled |
| `downloadUrl` | string | API URL of the stored MP4 (may require your Apify token to fetch if the store is private) |
| `scrapedAt` | string | When the video was scraped |

#### Output Example

```json
{
    "inputUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock",
    "username": "therock",
    "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAM3R2BtjzVT-uAtstkl2iugMzC6AtnpkojJbjiOdDDrdsTiTR75-8lyWJCY5VvDrZ",
    "videoId": "7686600539525762318",
    "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock/video/7686600539525762318",
    "description": "#1 @Papatui  BUILT FOR THE SEMESTER! ...",
    "createTime": 1789676164,
    "duration": 47,
    "cover": "https://...",
    "playCount": 36500,
    "diggCount": 2604,
    "commentCount": 130,
    "shareCount": 11,
    "collectCount": 63,
    "authorId": "6745191554350760966",
    "authorUsername": "therock",
    "authorNickname": "The Rock",
    "authorAvatar": "https://...",
    "authorVerified": true,
    "authorProfileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock",
    "musicId": "7686600580009052941",
    "musicTitle": "original sound",
    "musicAuthorName": "The Rock",
    "musicDuration": 47,
    "musicOriginal": true,
    "isPinned": null,
    "isAd": false,
    "downloadKey": null,
    "downloadUrl": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

When `downloadVideos` is `true` and the CDN fetch succeeds, `downloadKey` looks like `videos-7686600539525762318.mp4` and `downloadUrl` points at that record in the run key-value store. Failed or invalid downloads leave both fields `null` and still keep the metadata row.

`isPinned` is **best-effort**: set to `true`/`false` only when TikTok includes the pin flag on that item; otherwise `null`. It is not a complete pin list, and pinned videos are not guaranteed to appear first in the results.

You can also open downloaded files from the run’s **Storage → Key-value store** UI. The `downloadUrl` is an Apify API link; fetching it outside the console usually needs your Apify API token (private run stores are not public by default).

#### Handling of missing and blocked inputs

Inputs that yield no videos are kept out of the dataset and reported in the **`RUN_REPORT`** record in the run's key-value store, alongside a warning in the log. Each entry lists the original `input`, the resolved `username` and `profileUrl`, a `reason` (`empty`, `notFound`, `invalidInput`, or `requestFailed`), and a human-readable `message`.

- **Profile with no public videos / private account**: skipped as `empty`.
- **Account does not exist**: skipped as `notFound`.
- **Input without a usable username**: skipped as `invalidInput`. If *no* input yields a username, the run fails with an input error.
- **Blocked request**: automatically retried. If every retry fails before any video is saved, the input is skipped as `requestFailed`. A run where *all* targets were blocked fails with a clear message. If some videos were already saved, the run keeps those rows and only logs a warning.

The run's status message always reports how many videos were scraped and how many inputs were skipped.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

TikTok profile URLs to scrape videos from, for example https://www.tiktok.com/@therock. Video URLs are accepted too — videos from that author's profile are scraped.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

TikTok usernames to scrape, with or without the leading @. Merged with Profile URLs and deduplicated.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to scrape for each profile. Leave empty or set to 0 for no limit.

## `downloadVideos` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, downloads each video MP4 into the run key-value store as videos-{videoId}.mp4 and adds downloadKey / downloadUrl on the dataset row. Disabled by default.

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

Select proxies to be used by your crawler. Datacenter proxies are used by default; switch to RESIDENTIAL if TikTok starts blocking requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock"
    }
  ],
  "usernames": [],
  "limit": 50,
  "downloadVideos": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock"
        }
    ],
    "usernames": [],
    "limit": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alien_force/tiktok-profile-videos-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock" }],
    "usernames": [],
    "limit": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@therock"
    }
  ],
  "usernames": [],
  "limit": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call alien_force/tiktok-profile-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alien_force/tiktok-profile-videos-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/e1h4W2qB3qvTdSjD4/builds/GXoSAOmZyTVixunvR/openapi.json