Douyin Scraper — Chinese TikTok Videos, Influencer Profiles & Viral Trends 🎵 🇨🇳

High-performance, pure HTTP Apify Actor to extract video details, creator profiles, metrics, and comment threads from Douyin (抖音) — China's original TikTok platform with over 750M+ daily active users.

No login required, no heavy browser overhead, and zero configuration needed.

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⚡ Why Use This Douyin Scraper?

• Pure HTTP Fast-Path Engine: Uses Crawlee and got-scraping with automated ByteDance session token registration (ttwid) and cryptographic client signing (a_bogus, sm3).
• No Headless Browser Overhead: Up to 10x faster and consumes 90% less RAM than Playwright or Puppeteer scrapers.
• No Login / Account Required: Extract public videos, trending feeds, creator profiles, and comment threads out of the box.
• Clean Unified Schema: Outputs normalized, production-grade JSON records with video metrics, author information, download links, and comment threads.
• Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing: Predictable, ultra-low cost billing — pay only for what you extract!

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor operates on a pay-as-you-go Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. You only pay for what you extract:

Event Name	Purpose	Price (USD)	Description
apify-actor-start	Actor Start	$0.005	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
apify-default-dataset-item	Result	$0.003	One scraped result in the default dataset — a video, a creator profile, or a comment.

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📊 Extracted Data

Data Type	Description	Key Extracted Fields
🎬 Videos	Complete post metadata & engagement	awemeId, desc, authorNickname, diggCount, commentCount, shareCount, videoUrl, downloadUrls, coverUrl, duration, hashtags, musicTitle
👤 Creators	Creator profile & analytics	secUid, nickname, signature, followers, following, totalLikes, videoCount, avatarUrl, ipLocation
💬 Comments	Top-level comment discussions	commentId, awemeId, text, likes, replyCount, userName, userSecUid, ipLocation, createTime

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⚙️ Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	[{"url": "https://www.douyin.com/"}]	Douyin video URLs, user profiles, short links (v.douyin.com), or bare video IDs.
searchQuery	String	"Trending Videos"	Filter label or category mode for the run.
maxItems	Integer	50	Maximum number of total records (videos, profiles, comments) to scrape.
includeComments	Boolean	false	When enabled, scrapes comment threads for each video URL.
maxComments	Integer	50	Maximum comments collected per video when includeComments is true.
proxy	Object	{ "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }	Apify Proxy configuration (Residential proxies recommended for high throughput).
douyinCookie	String	""	Optional browser cookie from douyin.com if custom authentication is desired.

Sample Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7615930241370348219" },
    { "url": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ" }
  ],
  "includeComments": true,
  "maxComments": 20,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

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📦 Output Format

Video Record

{
  "type": "video",
  "awemeId": "7615930241370348219",
  "desc": "夜宵简单吃个长沙滋啦冒油的炭烤牛肋排和三文鱼牛肉卷… #饭搭子 #深夜放毒 #寻味烟火气 #长沙美食",
  "authorNickname": "章章干嘛呢",
  "diggCount": 139847,
  "commentCount": 11025,
  "shareCount": 598443,
  "videoUrl": "https://v26-web.douyinvod.com/...",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7615930241370348219",
  "isImagePost": false,
  "createTime": "2026-03-11T09:39:01.000Z",
  "duration": 12600,
  "hashtags": ["饭搭子", "深夜放毒", "寻味烟火气", "长沙美食"],
  "likes": 139847,
  "comments": 11025,
  "shares": 598443,
  "collects": 13776,
  "authorName": "章章干嘛呢",
  "authorSecUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ",
  "authorFollowers": 62679,
  "coverUrl": "https://p3-pc.douyinpic.com/...",
  "videoUrls": ["https://v26-web.douyinvod.com/..."],
  "downloadUrls": ["https://v26-web.douyinvod.com/..."],
  "width": 1080,
  "height": 1920,
  "musicTitle": "@章章干嘛呢创作的原声",
  "shareUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7615930241370348219"
}

Creator Profile Record

{
  "type": "user",
  "awemeId": "MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ",
  "desc": "在我喜欢的状态里记录我喜欢的生活🤳 美食｜看展｜旅游攻略｜记录生活",
  "authorNickname": "章章干嘛呢",
  "diggCount": 5130107,
  "commentCount": 0,
  "shareCount": 0,
  "videoUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ",
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ",
  "nickname": "章章干嘛呢",
  "signature": "在我喜欢的状态里记录我喜欢的生活🤳 美食｜看展｜旅游攻略｜记录生活",
  "followers": 49659,
  "following": 304,
  "totalLikes": 5130107,
  "videoCount": 370,
  "avatarUrl": "https://p3-pc.douyinpic.com/...",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ",
  "ipLocation": "湖南"
}

Comment Record

{
  "type": "comment",
  "awemeId": "7615930241370348219",
  "desc": "已观，饿之，邀好友观之，共难受之。",
  "authorNickname": "yuki小蛋堡🍔",
  "diggCount": 2970,
  "commentCount": 1161,
  "shareCount": 0,
  "videoUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7615930241370348219",
  "commentId": "7615932448664650533",
  "text": "已观，饿之，邀好友观之，共难受之。",
  "createTime": "2026-03-11T09:47:36.000Z",
  "likes": 2970,
  "replyCount": 1161,
  "userName": "yuki小蛋堡🍔",
  "userSecUid": "MS4wLjABAAAA...",
  "userUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA...",
  "ipLocation": "湖南"
}

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🎯 Use Cases

• KOL & Influencer Discovery: Search creators by follower count, total likes, and niche engagement across the Chinese domestic market.
• Trend & Viral Content Monitoring: Track trending videos, view metrics, popular hashtags, and audio tracks in real time.
• Competitor Benchmarking: Measure competitor engagement rates, publication velocity, and audience responses.
• Brand Sentiment Analysis: Collect and analyze comments on brand campaigns, products, or reviews.

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