# 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, NaN 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? 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 ## 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # 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 " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "TikTok Direct Video Metadata Scraper Lite", "description": "Extract public metadata from known TikTok video URLs. Direct video URLs only.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "0P622jskZl5K4odNm" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/itayekk1~tiktok-video-scraper-lite/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-itayekk1-tiktok-video-scraper-lite", "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/itayekk1~tiktok-video-scraper-lite/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-itayekk1-tiktok-video-scraper-lite", "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/itayekk1~tiktok-video-scraper-lite/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-itayekk1-tiktok-video-scraper-lite", "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", "required": [ "postURLs" ], "properties": { "postURLs": { "title": "Direct TikTok video URLs", "type": "array", "description": "One or more public TikTok video URLs to scrape. Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925", "default": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice/video/7200360993149553925" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "shouldDownloadVideos": { "title": "Download videos to key-value store", "type": "boolean", "description": "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.", "default": false }, "shouldDownloadCovers": { "title": "Download cover images to key-value store", "type": "boolean", "description": "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.", "default": false }, "downloadSubtitlesOptions": { "title": "Subtitles handling", "enum": [ "NEVER_DOWNLOAD_SUBTITLES", "DOWNLOAD_SUBTITLES" ], "type": "string", "description": "Controls handling of TikTok-provided subtitle metadata when available.", "default": "NEVER_DOWNLOAD_SUBTITLES" }, "videoKvStoreIdOrName": { "title": "Key-value store for media downloads", "type": "string", "description": "Optional key-value store ID or name for downloaded videos/covers/subtitles. Omit to use the default run key-value store." }, "scrapeRelatedVideos": { "title": "Scrape related videos", "type": "boolean", "description": "Not supported in this lite Actor. Leave off.", "default": false }, "maxCommentsPerVideoForInternalTest": { "title": "Comment sample cap", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 3, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional small cap for testing comment extraction helpers. This Actor is not a comments scraper.", "default": 3 }, "profileUrlsForInternalTest": { "title": "Profile metadata test URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Optional public profile URLs for testing profile metadata helpers. This Actor does not scrape profile feeds.", "default": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifyoffice" ], "items": { "type": "string" } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```