# 📰 Toutiao Video Detail Scraper (`ethereal_wool/toutiao-video-detail`) Actor Extract Toutiao video detail data — title, author, engagement, and more. Scrape by keyword, URL or ID. Export to JSON, CSV & Excel, use the API, schedule runs and integrate. No code required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/ethereal\_wool/toutiao-video-detail.md - **Developed by:** [Jackie Chen](https://apify.com/ethereal_wool) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Videos - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. 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 ## Toutiao Video Detail Scraper (今日头条视频详情) ![toutiao-video-detail](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/48FFrfZnw5XqzUC1C/records/toutiao-video-detail__hero) Fetch full **video details** from **Toutiao (今日头条)** by video ID or share URL. Returns clean, structured data for each video: title, abstract, duration, play-stream qualities, like / comment / share / collect counts, cover frame, category tags, author info, and the canonical share URL. Optionally enriches each video with its top-level comments. > **Unofficial.** This Actor is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by Toutiao > (今日头条) or ByteDance. It is an independent tool that retrieves publicly available > data via a third-party API. Use it in compliance with Toutiao's terms and all > applicable laws; you are responsible for how you use the retrieved data. ### What it does - **By ID or URL** — give one or more Toutiao video IDs (a.k.a. `group_id` / `gid`, e.g. `7036185404340437511`) or share URLs like `https://m.toutiao.com/video/7036185404340437511/`. The Actor extracts the ID and fetches the full detail for each. - **App or Web source** — choose the App API (richest fields) or the Web API. - **Comments (optional)** — fetch top-level comments for every scraped video. Toutiao has no public search endpoint. To **discover video IDs**, use the `xigua-video-search` Actor — Toutiao and Xigua share the same ByteDance ID space, so the IDs it returns work directly here. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `groupIds` | string[] | `["7036185404340437511"]` | Video IDs (group_id / gid) or `m.toutiao.com/video//` URLs. | | `source` | enum | `app` | `app` (richest fields) or `web`. | | `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Max total videos to scrape. | | `includeComments` | boolean | `false` | Also fetch top-level comments per video. | | `maxCommentsPerVideo` | integer | `20` | Cap on comments per video when enabled. | #### Example input ```json { "groupIds": [ "7036185404340437511", "https://m.toutiao.com/video/7036185404340437511/" ], "source": "app", "maxItems": 50, "includeComments": true, "maxCommentsPerVideo": 10 } ```` ### Output One dataset item per video: ```json { "groupId": "7036185404340437511", "gid": "7036185404340437511", "videoId": "v02004g10000c6inhubc77ucdb117j10", "url": "https://m.toutiao.com/video/7036185404340437511/", "shareUrl": "https://m.toutiao.com/video/7036185404340437511/?app=news_article...", "articleUrl": "https://toutiao.com/group/7036185404340437511/", "displayUrl": "https://toutiao.com/group/7036185404340437511/", "title": "全家一起品尝麻辣海鲜汤，软嫩蟹肉搭配美味鱼饼，味道鲜美无比！", "abstract": "和爸妈一起吃美味海鲜，汤香美味...", "tag": "video_food", "categories": ["video_food"], "hasVideo": true, "videoType": "video", "videoDuration": 1175, "videoProportion": 1.7777, "coverUrl": "https://p3-sign...", "diggCount": 12049, "commentCount": 1010, "shareCount": 593, "buryCount": 1, "repinCount": 1226, "readCount": 1450943, "impressionCount": 18201023, "publishTime": 1638266400, "isOriginal": true, "author": { "name": "兴森一家", "userId": "...", "verified": true, "verifyReason": "知名美食领域创作者" }, "videoPlayInfo": { "status": 10, "video_id": "..." }, "source": "app:7036185404340437511", "comments": [] } ``` ### Notes - Data is sourced live; Toutiao occasionally rate-limits, so the Actor retries transient blocks with exponential backoff. - `videoPlayInfo` is returned by Toutiao as a JSON string of stream qualities; the Actor parses it into a nested object when possible. - Video IDs are de-duplicated within a run. # Actor input Schema ## `groupIds` (type: `array`): Toutiao video IDs (a.k.a. group\_id / gid, e.g. 7036185404340437511) or share URLs like https://m.toutiao.com/video/7036185404340437511/. Each is fetched independently. Discover IDs with the xigua-video-search Actor (Toutiao and Xigua share the same ByteDance ID space). ## `source` (type: `string`): Which TikHub Toutiao endpoint to query for the video detail. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum total number of videos to scrape across all IDs. ## `includeComments` (type: `boolean`): Also fetch top-level comments for each scraped video. Slower and uses more API calls. ## `maxCommentsPerVideo` (type: `integer`): Maximum top-level comments to fetch per video when 'Include comments' is enabled. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional. Route the upstream API calls through an Apify Proxy to vary the source IP. Usually not needed. ## Actor input object example ```json { "groupIds": [ "7036185404340437511" ], "source": "app", "maxItems": 50, "includeComments": false, "maxCommentsPerVideo": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # 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 = { "groupIds": [ "7036185404340437511" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("ethereal_wool/toutiao-video-detail").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 = { "groupIds": ["7036185404340437511"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("ethereal_wool/toutiao-video-detail").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 '{ "groupIds": [ "7036185404340437511" ] }' | apify call ethereal_wool/toutiao-video-detail --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ethereal_wool/toutiao-video-detail", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "📰 Toutiao Video Detail Scraper", "description": "Extract Toutiao video detail data — title, author, engagement, and more. Scrape by keyword, URL or ID. Export to JSON, CSV & Excel, use the API, schedule runs and integrate. No code required.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "vvPtg4tDiQOZpop6k" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/ethereal_wool~toutiao-video-detail/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ethereal_wool-toutiao-video-detail", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/ethereal_wool~toutiao-video-detail/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-ethereal_wool-toutiao-video-detail", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/ethereal_wool~toutiao-video-detail/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-ethereal_wool-toutiao-video-detail", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "groupIds": { "title": "Video / group IDs or URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Toutiao video IDs (a.k.a. group_id / gid, e.g. 7036185404340437511) or share URLs like https://m.toutiao.com/video/7036185404340437511/. Each is fetched independently. Discover IDs with the xigua-video-search Actor (Toutiao and Xigua share the same ByteDance ID space).", "default": [ "7036185404340437511" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "source": { "title": "API source", "enum": [ "app", "web" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which TikHub Toutiao endpoint to query for the video detail.", "default": "app" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total number of videos to scrape across all IDs.", "default": 50 }, "includeComments": { "title": "Include comments", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also fetch top-level comments for each scraped video. Slower and uses more API calls.", "default": false }, "maxCommentsPerVideo": { "title": "Max comments per video", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum top-level comments to fetch per video when 'Include comments' is enabled.", "default": 20 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional. Route the upstream API calls through an Apify Proxy to vary the source IP. Usually not needed.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```