Douyin Scraper — Video, Profile & Comments Data

Extract structured data from Douyin (抖音) — China's original TikTok, with ~750M daily users — without a login, browser, or manual cookies. Paste video or creator URLs and get back clean JSON: full video metrics, creator profiles, and comment threads.

Great for market research, influencer discovery, trend tracking, brand monitoring, and competitive analysis on the Chinese short-video market.

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What it does

Mode	Input	You get
🎬 Video detail	a video URL	Full post: likes, shares, collects, comment count, author, music, hashtags, cover, video & download URLs, dimensions
👤 Creator profile	a user URL	Followers, following, total likes, video count, bio, verification, avatar, IP region
💬 Comments	a video URL + toggle	Comment text, likes, reply counts, commenter, IP region
🔎 Keyword search	keywords (needs cookie)	Videos matching a search term
📹 Creator's videos	a user URL (needs cookie)	A creator's full posted catalog

Videos, profiles, and comments work out of the box — no account needed. Keyword search and full creator catalogs require a logged-in cookie (see FAQ).

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Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array	Douyin video URLs, creator-profile URLs, short v.douyin.com links, or bare IDs. Video URLs → post detail; user URLs → profile.
includeComments	boolean	For each video URL, also scrape its comments.
maxComments	integer	Max comments per video (default 50).
includeUserPosts	boolean	For each creator URL, also scrape their posted videos (requires douyinCookie).
maxUserPosts	integer	Max videos per creator (default 30).
searchKeywords	array	Keyword video search (requires douyinCookie).
maxResultsPerSearch	integer	Max results per keyword (default 30).
douyinCookie	string	Logged-in cookie — required to unlock keyword search + creator catalogs (guest requests are login-walled).
maxItems	integer	Global cap on total results.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional. A residential proxy is built in — leave this off unless you want to use your own.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7615930241370348219" },
    { "url": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ" }
  ],
  "includeComments": true,
  "maxComments": 100,
  "maxItems": 500
}

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Output

Every row carries a type field (video, user, or comment) so you can filter mixed runs.

Video

{
  "type": "video",
  "awemeId": "7615930241370348219",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7615930241370348219",
  "isImagePost": false,
  "description": "夜宵简单吃个长沙滋啦冒油的炭烤牛肋排… #长沙美食",
  "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": 139023,
  "comments": 11025,
  "shares": 598443,
  "collects": 13776,
  "authorName": "章章干嘛呢",
  "authorSecUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAUT_tvNpyI5-tObkvU2xaaqyeDpek5UJXLG8mePjYxTQ",
  "authorFollowers": 62679,
  "coverUrl": "https://...",
  "videoUrls": ["https://...", "..."],
  "downloadUrls": ["https://...", "..."],
  "width": 1080,
  "height": 1920,
  "musicTitle": "@章章干嘛呢创作的原声",
  "shareUrl": "https://..."
}

Creator profile

{
  "type": "user",
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAA...",
  "nickname": "章章干嘛呢",
  "uniqueId": "6346717",
  "signature": "在我喜欢的状态里记录我喜欢的生活🤳 美食｜看展｜旅游",
  "verified": false,
  "followers": 49659,
  "following": 304,
  "totalLikes": 5130107,
  "videoCount": 370,
  "avatarUrl": "https://...",
  "ipLocation": "湖南",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA..."
}

Comment

{
  "type": "comment",
  "awemeId": "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,
  "ipLocation": "湖南",
  "userName": "yuki小蛋堡🍔",
  "userSecUid": "MS4wLjABAAAA...",
  "userUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA..."
}

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Use cases

• Influencer & KOL discovery — pull follower counts, engagement, and bios to build creator shortlists for the China market.
• Trend & hashtag tracking — monitor how videos and topics accumulate likes, shares, and comments over time.
• Brand & sentiment monitoring — collect comment threads on videos mentioning your brand or product.
• Competitive analysis — benchmark competitors' creator accounts and content performance.
• Content research — gather hashtags, music, and formats that perform in a niche.

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FAQ

Do I need a Douyin account? No — videos, creator profiles, and comments work with no login. Only keyword search and pulling a creator's full video catalog need a cookie.

How do I get the cookie? Log in to douyin.com in your browser, open DevTools → Network, click any douyin.com request, and copy the full Cookie request header into the douyinCookie field.

Do I need to set up a proxy? No. A residential proxy is built in so the actor works out of the box. You can supply your own proxy if you prefer.

What time zone are the dates? All createTime values are ISO 8601 UTC.

Can I get the raw video / image files? The output includes direct videoUrls / downloadUrls / coverUrl / images links you can download from.

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Support

Found a missing field or a URL format that isn't recognized? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab with an example URL and it'll be added.

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🤖 For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Compact reference for AI agents calling this actor via the Apify MCP server or the Apify API (actor: memo23/douyin-scraper).

Purpose: Extract Douyin (抖音) video metrics, creator profiles, and comment threads as structured JSON from video or user URLs — no login required for videos, profiles, and comments.

Minimal input:

{
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7615930241370348219" }],
    "maxItems": 25
}

Add "includeComments": true (with maxComments) to also pull each video's comments. searchKeywords and includeUserPosts require a logged-in douyinCookie.

Output: each row carries a type field. type=video: awemeId, url, isImagePost, description, createTime, duration, hashtags, likes, comments, shares, collects, authorName, authorSecUid, authorFollowers, coverUrl, videoUrls, downloadUrls, width, height, musicTitle, shareUrl. type=user: secUid, nickname, uniqueId, signature, verified, followers, following, totalLikes, videoCount, avatarUrl, ipLocation, url. type=comment: awemeId, commentId, text, createTime, likes, replyCount, ipLocation, userName, userSecUid, userUrl.

Behaviors an agent should know:

• Set maxItems to cap total rows across the run; leave empty for no cap.
• Video detail, creator profile, and comments work without a cookie; keyword search (searchKeywords) and full creator catalogs (includeUserPosts) are login-walled and need douyinCookie.
• startUrls accepts video URLs, user URLs, short v.douyin.com links, or bare IDs; video URLs return post detail, user URLs return the profile.
• maxComments (default 50), maxUserPosts (default 30), and maxResultsPerSearch (default 30) bound per-source collection.
• A residential proxy is built in; Douyin's web API works direct from most regions, so proxy is off by default.
• Billing: Pay-per-event billing — see the Pricing tab on the actor page.

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Douyin Vision Co., Ltd. or its parent ByteDance Ltd. All trademarks mentioned, including Douyin (抖音), are the property of their respective owners.

The scraper accesses only publicly available video, profile, and comment pages — no authenticated endpoints, paid features, or content behind the Douyin login wall (any cookie you supply is your own). Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with Douyin's Terms of Service, applicable data-protection law (GDPR, CCPA, etc.), and any contractual obligations of their own organization.

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