TikTok API

Our TikTok API gives you programmatic access to TikTok data that isn't available through any official API. Get data on hashtags, profiles, video URLs, shares, followers, hearts, video metadata, music data, and more. And the best part? You can try the TikTok API entirely for free, no credit card required..

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Access the TikTok API using Python, JavaScript, CLI, cURL, OpenAPI, or MCP. Choose your preferred option and start extracting TikTok data in minutes.

Python

JavaScript

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "hashtags": ["fyp"],
10    "resultsPerPage": 100,
11    "proxyCountryCode": "None",
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("clockworks/tiktok-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
19for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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Get data with TikTok API

Extract TikTok data by providing hashtags, profile URLs, or specific video URLs as inputs. The TikTok Scraper returns structured JSON data with author metadata, video statistics, play counts, share counts, comment counts, music information, and timestamps.

Input

{
 "hashtags": [
  "bananas"
 ],
 "resultsPerPage": 100,
 "proxyCountryCode": "None",
 "shouldDownloadCovers": false,
 "shouldDownloadVideos": false,
 "shouldDownloadSubtitles": false,
 "shouldDownloadSlideshowImages": false
}

Output

{
 "text": "banana bananana  funny cartoon 😂#foryou #foryoupage  #funny #memes #funnynimations #viraltiktok #fyp #bts #Love #trend@TikTok @TikTok Bangladesh @funny animation @funny animation @funny animation ",
 "diggCount": 18400,
 "playCount": 722300,
 "shareCount": 1902,
 "webVideoUrl": "<https://www.tiktok.com/@funnyanimation242/video/7298624334447299858>",
 "collectCount": 1912,
 "commentCount": 257,
 "createTimeISO": "2023-11-07T07:50:05.000Z",
 "authorMeta.name": "funnyanimation242",
 "authorMeta.avatar": "<https://p16-sign-sg.tiktokcdn.com/aweme/720x720/tos-alisg-avt-0068/d0d51b24a15a39a40c5334139188a78a.jpeg?lk3s=a5d48078&nonce=45592&refresh_token=f827e0f5cd7a48c58837494cf2683cab&x-expires=1722942000&x-signature=alkielqA31AuKYfP%2BlVum5%2BoeAc%3D&shp=a5d48078&shcp=b59d6b55>",
 "videoMeta.duration": 17,
 "musicMeta.musicName": "original sound",
 "musicMeta.musicAuthor": "funny animation",
 "musicMeta.musicOriginal": true
}

How to use TikTok API

Sign up for Apify account01

Creating an account is quick and free — no credit card required. Your account gives you access to more than 5,000 scrapers and APIs.

Get started for free

Get your Apify API token02

Go to settings in the Apify console and navigate to the “API & Integrations” tab. There, create a new token and save it for later.

Integrate TikTok API03

Navigate to the TikTok API page and click on the API dropdown menu in the top right corner. In the dropdown menu, you can see API clients, API endpoints, and more.

Open TikTok API

Get your TikTok data via API04

Now, you can use the API and get the data you need from TikTok.

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With our latest monitoring features, you always have immediate access to valuable insights on the status of your web scraping tasks.

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Your datasets can be exported to any format that suits your data workflow, including Excel, CSV, JSON, XML, HTML table, JSONL, and RSS.

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Frequently asked questions

TikTok does not provide an official public API for scraping video content, profiles, and hashtag data at scale. However, our TikTok Scraper serves as a powerful unofficial TikTok API that extracts publicly available data from the platform, giving you access to comprehensive TikTok data for your projects and business needs.

Yes! You can try our TikTok Scraper for free. Apify offers free tier usage with $5 in platform credits for new users. The scraper uses pay-per-event pricing: $0.03 per actor start, $0.004 per dataset item, with optional add-ons like video downloads for $0.001 each.

You can extract comprehensive TikTok data including author avatars and usernames, video text and descriptions, engagement metrics (likes, shares, comments, play counts), video duration and timestamps, music metadata (name, author, original status), profile information (followers, bio, verification status), hashtag performance data, and video URLs for download.

Yes, it is legal to scrape publicly available TikTok data. Our TikTok scrapers are ethical and do not extract private user data such as email addresses, gender, or location. They only collect information that users have chosen to share publicly. However, you should ensure you have legitimate reasons for data collection and comply with GDPR and other applicable privacy regulations.

Getting started is simple: 1) Create a free Apify account, 2) Open the TikTok Scraper actor, 3) Add hashtags, profile URLs, or video URLs you want to scrape, 4) Configure your settings like results per page (up to 100), 5) Click "Start" and wait for extraction to complete, 6) Download your data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML format.