# TikTok Profile Posts Scraper (`outspoken_strategy/tiktok-profile-posts-scraper`) Actor

Paste a TikTok profile URL and get that account's videos for any period. Date-range filtering, multi-profile input, auto-pagination. Returns description, author, likes, comments, shares, plays, cover and video URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/outspoken\_strategy/tiktok-profile-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [code craker](https://apify.com/outspoken_strategy) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, Other
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $20.00 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TikTok Profile Posts Scraper

Paste a TikTok profile URL and get that account's videos as structured data — description, author, publish date, likes, comments, shares, plays, cover image and the video URL. Supports several profiles per run, a date range, and auto-pagination.

### Input

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `profileUrl` | One profile: a full URL (`https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok`), an `@handle`, a bare handle, or any video URL on the profile. Several profiles can be pasted one per line. |
| `profileUrls` | Several profiles as an array. `numberOfPosts` applies **per profile**. |
| `numberOfPosts` | Maximum videos to return per profile (default 100). |
| `scrapeAll` | Keep scrolling/paginating until the target count, the date range boundary, or the end of the feed (default on). |
| `timeSince` / `timeUntil` | Inclusive date range (`yyyy-mm-dd`, UTC). The actor stops scrolling once the feed passes below `timeSince`. |
| `cookies` | Optional logged-in TikTok session (JSON cookie export). See **Authentication** below. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Defaults to Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy with US exits — TikTok blocks datacenter IPs. |

### Authentication (optional but recommended)

TikTok answers the profile feed API for logged-out visitors with **empty responses**, no matter how clean the IP. The actor handles both cases:

- **With a session** (the `cookies` input, or a `TIKTOK_COOKIES` secret environment variable on the actor — a JSON cookie export or a `name=value; name2=value2` string): the full profile feed is scraped with pagination, up to `numberOfPosts` videos per profile.
- **Without a session**: the actor falls back to the profile's public **embed widget**, which reliably serves roughly the **10 newest videos** per profile, and enriches each with its full engagement stats from the video's own page.

Always use a throwaway TikTok account for cookies, never a personal one.

### Output

One dataset item per video:

```json
{
    "id": "7676134473112489247",
    "webVideoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7676134473112489247",
    "text": "why do fans keep posting 🥚 ...",
    "created_at": "2026-08-20T15:22:21.000Z",
    "author": { "uniqueId": "tiktok", "username": "tiktok", "nickname": "TikTok", "id": "107955", "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok" },
    "likesCount": 5938,
    "commentsCount": 1697,
    "sharesCount": 210,
    "viewsCount": 332000,
    "collectCount": 415,
    "duration": 34,
    "coverUrl": "https://...",
    "musicName": "original sound",
    "hashtags": ["fyp"],
    "profileHandle": "tiktok",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok"
}
```

Engagement fields also carry snake\_case and camelCase aliases (`digg_count`/`diggCount`, `play_count`/`playCount`, ...) so the items are a drop-in replacement for common TikTok actor outputs.

### Tips

- A private, banned or nonexistent profile is skipped with a warning instead of failing the run.
- For date-bounded monitoring (e.g. "last 7 days"), set `timeSince` — the actor stops scrolling as soon as the feed passes the boundary.
- Check `DEBUG_SCREENSHOT` / `DEBUG_HTML` in the run's key-value store when a run returns nothing.

# Actor input Schema

## `profileUrl` (type: `string`):

The TikTok profile to scrape, e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok. An @handle or a bare handle also works, and so does any video URL on the profile (it is resolved to its author). You can paste several profiles, one per line. For a clean list use "profileUrls" below instead.

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

Several profiles to scrape — each is scraped separately and the results are combined. "Number of videos" applies PER profile.

## `numberOfPosts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to return per profile (after date filtering).

## `scrapeAll` (type: `boolean`):

Keep scrolling until the target count is reached, the date range is passed, or the feed runs dry. When unchecked only the videos on the initial page load are returned.

## `timeSince` (type: `string`):

Only return videos published on or after this date (format: yyyy-mm-dd). Inclusive.

## `timeUntil` (type: `string`):

Only return videos published on or before this date (format: yyyy-mm-dd). Inclusive.

## `cookies` (type: `array`):

Cookies of a logged-in TikTok session, exported with a browser extension such as Cookie-Editor (JSON array of {name, value, domain, ...}). Alternatively set the TIKTOK\_COOKIES secret environment variable on the actor (same JSON, or a 'name=value; name2=value2' string). Use a throwaway account, never your personal one.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Country code used for the proxy exit IPs when the proxy configuration has no country of its own (e.g. "US", "GB", "ZA").

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy to route traffic through. RESIDENTIAL proxies with a country set are strongly recommended — TikTok blocks datacenter IPs and flags many anonymous exits.

## `headless` (type: `boolean`):

Uncheck to run a headed browser (useful only for local debugging).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok",
  "profileUrls": [],
  "numberOfPosts": 100,
  "scrapeAll": true,
  "region": "US",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  },
  "headless": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `videos` (type: `string`):

The scraped videos as dataset items — one item per video, with description, author, publish date, engagement counts (likes, comments, shares, plays) and the video URL.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok",
    "profileUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("outspoken_strategy/tiktok-profile-posts-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok",
    "profileUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("outspoken_strategy/tiktok-profile-posts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok",
  "profileUrls": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}' |
apify call outspoken_strategy/tiktok-profile-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,outspoken_strategy/tiktok-profile-posts-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OnxAT7by5Cme9sznR/builds/UYC5Qa2UOZPRSiRlS/openapi.json