# TikTok Data Scraper (`oneary/tiktok-data-scraper`) Actor 🎵 Scrape TikTok public data at scale — extract profile stats, video metadata, captions, hashtags, and engagement metrics. Search by username, hashtag, or direct URLs. Built on Crawlee + Playwright with proxy rotation to handle TikTok's anti-bot protections. Perfect for influencer analysis, - **URL**: https://apify.com/oneary/tiktok-data-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Luan M.](https://apify.com/oneary) (community) - **Categories:** Videos - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 72.2% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $10.00 / 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 ## TikTok Data Scraper > **Extract public TikTok profile and video data at scale.** > Fully managed, proxy-resilient, built on Crawlee + Playwright. --- ### 🚀 Overview **TikTok Data Scraper** is a high-performance Apify actor that extracts public data from TikTok profiles and videos. It navigates TikTok using headless Chromium (Playwright), handles anti-bot protections via Apify's proxy rotation, and outputs clean structured data ready for analysis, archiving, or integration. Whether you're building a creator database, monitoring brand mentions, analyzing trending hashtags, or backing up content, this scraper gives you the raw data without the hassle. --- ### ✨ Features - **Profile scraping** – username, display name, bio, follower count, following count, likes - **Video scraping** – video URL, caption, hashtags, poster image - **Hashtag exploration** – discover videos by hashtag - **Custom start URLs** – seed with any TikTok URL - **Proxy rotation** – built-in Apify proxy support to avoid IP blocks - **Configurable limits** – set max videos to scrape - **Structured output** – JSON dataset ready for export, API, or webhook delivery - **Resumable** – built on Crawlee; can resume interrupted runs --- ### 📋 Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | `startUrls` | Array | No | List of TikTok URLs to start scraping from | | `user` | String | No | TikTok username to scrape (without @) | | `hashtag` | String | No | Hashtag to scrape videos from (without #) | | `maxVideos` | Integer | Yes (default: 50) | Maximum number of videos to scrape (1–10,000) | | `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Yes | Apify proxy configuration | You can provide `startUrls`, `user`, `hashtag`, or any combination. If all are provided, they are merged into the crawl queue. --- ### 📤 Output Fields Each dataset entry contains: | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `url` | String | TikTok URL | | `username` | String | TikTok username | | `displayName` | String | Profile display name (profile pages) | | `bio` | String | Profile bio text (profile pages) | | `followers` | String | Follower count (profile pages) | | `following` | String | Following count (profile pages) | | `likes` | String | Like count | | `caption` | String | Video caption / description | | `hashtags` | Array | Extracted hashtags from caption | | `videoUrl` | String | Direct video file URL | | `posterUrl` | String | Video thumbnail URL | | `comments` | Null | Placeholder for future comment scraping | --- ### 🧰 Use Cases - **Influencer marketing** – build creator databases with follower counts and engagement - **Trend analysis** – monitor hashtag performance over time - **Brand monitoring** – track mentions and branded content - **Content archiving** – backup TikTok videos and metadata - **Competitive research** – analyze competitor content strategies - **Academic research** – study social media trends and virality patterns --- ### 💰 Pricing **Suggested price range: $20 – $99 per month** depending on platform plan tier. - **Starter** (~500 videos/month): $20 - **Pro** (~5,000 videos/month): $49 - **Enterprise** (unlimited, custom): $99 Pricing covers compute + proxy usage. Actual Apify platform charges depend on your usage tier. --- ### 🔧 Technical Details - **Runtime:** Node.js 20 + Playwright Chromium - **Framework:** Crawlee with `PlaywrightCrawler` - **Proxy:** Apify proxy (residential rotation recommended for high-volume runs) - **Output:** Apify dataset (JSON, CSV, XML, XLSX) - **Docker image:** `apify/actor-node-playwright-chrome:20` --- ### ⚠️ Limitations - TikTok heavily obfuscates its frontend; numeric metrics (followers, likes, comments) may not be available from static HTML alone - Rate limiting and CAPTCHAs may reduce yield; use proxy rotation and keep `maxConcurrency` low - This scraper accesses **public** data only — no login or private content - TikTok's DOM changes frequently; the scraper may need periodic updates to maintain compatibility --- ### 🚦 Getting Started #### Run on Apify Cloud 1. Go to [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com) 2. Search for "TikTok Data Scraper" 3. Configure input and run #### Run locally ```bash git clone cd tiktok-data-scraper npm install npx playwright install chromium ACTOR_INPUT='{"user":"example","maxVideos":10}' node src/main.js ```` *** ### 📄 License Apache 2.0 # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): List of TikTok video or profile URLs to start scraping from. ## `hashtag` (type: `string`): Scrape videos from a specific hashtag (without the # symbol). ## `user` (type: `string`): Scrape videos from a specific TikTok username (without the @ symbol). ## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of videos to scrape. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Select proxies to be used by the scraper. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example" } ], "maxVideos": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # 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 = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example" } ], "hashtag": "", "user": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("oneary/tiktok-data-scraper").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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example" }], "hashtag": "", "user": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("oneary/tiktok-data-scraper").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 '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example" } ], "hashtag": "", "user": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call oneary/tiktok-data-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=oneary/tiktok-data-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "TikTok Data Scraper", "description": "🎵 Scrape TikTok public data at scale — extract profile stats, video metadata, captions, hashtags, and engagement metrics. Search by username, hashtag, or direct URLs. Built on Crawlee + Playwright with proxy rotation to handle TikTok's anti-bot protections. Perfect for influencer analysis,", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "5krzqgxXvhkQkTija" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/oneary~tiktok-data-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-oneary-tiktok-data-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/oneary~tiktok-data-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-oneary-tiktok-data-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/oneary~tiktok-data-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-oneary-tiktok-data-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of TikTok video or profile URLs to start scraping from.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "hashtag": { "title": "Hashtag to scrape", "type": "string", "description": "Scrape videos from a specific hashtag (without the # symbol)." }, "user": { "title": "Username to scrape", "type": "string", "description": "Scrape videos from a specific TikTok username (without the @ symbol)." }, "maxVideos": { "title": "Max videos", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of videos to scrape.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select proxies to be used by the scraper.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```