🎵 TikTok Scraper — Videos, Profiles & Hashtags

Scrape TikTok video data from profiles, hashtags, and search queries. Get all the metadata you need: likes, views, comments, shares, music info, descriptions, and more.

No TikTok API key needed. No login required.

💰 Pricing — 3x Cheaper Than Alternatives

Actor	Price per video	1,000 videos	10,000 videos
This actor	$0.001	$1.00	$10.00
Competitor A	$0.003	$3.00	$30.00
Competitor B	$0.005	$5.00	$50.00

⚡ Features

• 🔍 Search scraping — find videos by any keyword
• 👤 Profile scraping — get all videos from any user
• #️⃣ Hashtag scraping — scrape videos by hashtag
• 🚀 Concurrent — processes multiple sources in parallel
• 🔄 Auto-retry — handles rate limits with exponential backoff
• 🌐 Proxy support — uses Apify residential proxies to avoid blocks
• 🧹 Deduplication — no duplicate videos in your dataset

📥 Input

{
    "profiles": ["charlidamelio", "khaby.lame"],
    "searchQueries": ["cooking recipes", "dance tutorial"],
    "hashtags": ["fyp", "viral"],
    "maxVideos": 30
}

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
profiles	array	No*	[]	TikTok usernames or profile URLs
searchQueries	array	No*	[]	Search terms to find videos
hashtags	array	No*	[]	Hashtag names (without #)
maxVideos	integer	No	30	Max videos per source (1–500)

* At least one of profiles, searchQueries, or hashtags must be provided.

Profile input formats — all of these work:

• charlidamelio
• @charlidamelio
• https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio

📤 Output

Each video in the dataset contains:

{
    "id": "7345678901234567890",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7345678901234567890",
    "description": "New dance 💃 #fyp #dance #viral",
    "createTime": 1709251200,
    "authorUsername": "charlidamelio",
    "authorNickname": "Charli D'Amelio",
    "authorFollowers": 155000000,
    "likes": 2500000,
    "comments": 45000,
    "shares": 12000,
    "plays": 35000000,
    "musicTitle": "original sound",
    "musicAuthor": "charlidamelio",
    "hashtags": ["fyp", "dance", "viral"],
    "coverUrl": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn.com/...",
    "duration": 15,
    "isAd": false,
    "source": "profile",
    "sourceValue": "charlidamelio"
}

Field	Type	Description
id	string	TikTok video ID
url	string	Direct link to the video
description	string	Video caption/description
createTime	integer	Unix timestamp of creation
authorUsername	string	Author's unique username
authorNickname	string	Author's display name
authorFollowers	integer	Author's follower count
likes	integer	Number of likes (diggs)
comments	integer	Number of comments
shares	integer	Number of shares
plays	integer	Number of plays/views
musicTitle	string	Title of the music/sound used
musicAuthor	string	Author of the music/sound
hashtags	array	Hashtags extracted from description
coverUrl	string	Video thumbnail URL
duration	integer	Video duration in seconds
isAd	boolean	Whether the video is an ad
source	string	Input source type: profile, search, or hashtag
sourceValue	string	The specific profile/query/hashtag

🔧 How It Works

1. Fetches the TikTok page (profile, search, or hashtag URL)
2. Extracts the embedded __UNIVERSAL_DATA_FOR_REHYDRATION__ JSON
3. Parses video metadata from the hydration data
4. Deduplicates and pushes clean results to the dataset

No headless browser needed — pure HTTP requests for speed and cost efficiency.

🛡️ Anti-Blocking

• Uses residential proxies (Apify proxy with RESIDENTIAL group)
• Realistic browser headers (Chrome 131 on Windows)
• Concurrency limiter (max 3 simultaneous requests)
• Exponential backoff on 429 rate limits
• Automatic retries (up to 3 attempts per request)

💡 Use Cases

• Market research — Track trending content in your niche
• Competitor analysis — Monitor competitor TikTok activity
• Influencer discovery — Find creators by hashtag or search
• Content inspiration — See what's working in your industry
• Trend tracking — Monitor hashtag performance over time
• Academic research — Collect datasets for social media studies

⚠️ Limitations

• TikTok's initial page load typically returns 15–30 videos per profile
• Search results are limited to what TikTok returns on the first page
• Very new or very small accounts may return fewer results
• TikTok may change their page structure without notice

🚀 Quick Start

Run on Apify

1. Create an account at apify.com
2. Create a new actor from this source (or import the directory)
3. Enable Proxy in the actor settings (use residential proxies for best results)
4. Run the actor with your input

Run Locally

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Create input.json:
cat > input.json << 'EOF'
{
  "profiles": ["khaby.lame"],
  "maxVideos": 10
}
EOF

# Run (requires Apify CLI)
apify run

# Or directly (won't charge events):
python3 -m src.main < input.json > output.json

Expected Output

The actor pushes each video as a separate item to the default dataset. You can then export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

⚠️ Notes

• Residential proxies are highly recommended. Without them, TikTok may return limited or no video data to datacenter IPs.
• If the hydration JSON does not contain video lists (common without proxies), the actor will log a warning and produce no output.
• The maxVideos limit is applied per source (profile, search query, or hashtag). Total output may be less depending on available data.

📄 License

This actor is published on the Apify Store. See Apify Terms of Service for usage terms.

🔗 Integration Examples

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("joyouscam35875/tiktok-scraper").call(run_input={"profiles": ["@khaby.lame"], "maxVideos": 10})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('joyouscam35875/tiktok-scraper').call({"profiles": ["@khaby.lame"], "maxVideos": 10});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Make / Zapier / n8n

Use the Apify integration — search for this actor by name in the Apify app connector. No code needed.

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