# Tiktok Download Max (`paul_44/tiktok-download-max`) Actor Download TikTok videos by URL or video ID. Supports standard URLs, short URLs (vm.tiktok.com), and numeric IDs. Videos up to 100MB are stored with public download links; larger videos return CDN URLs (valid 12-24h). Includes metadata: author, views, likes, hashtags, duration. - **URL**: https://apify.com/paul\_44/tiktok-download-max.md - **Developed by:** [paul\_44](https://apify.com/paul_44) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Videos, E-commerce - **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $8.00 / 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 Video Download

Paste a TikTok link → get a direct download URL and full metadata.
No API keys. No cookies. No browser automation. ~10 seconds per video.

Features · How to use · Input · Output · Pricing · Limitations · FAQ

--- ### Features - **Zero setup** — no API keys, no cookies, no login walls. Paste URLs and run. - **Accepts any TikTok link format** - Canonical: `https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/7106594312292453675` - Short link: `https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMxxx/` - Raw numeric ID: `7106594312292453675` - **Direct, playable download URLs** — open them in a browser or pipe to `curl`/`wget`/`yt-dlp`. Links stay valid for **24 hours**. - **Batch-friendly** — pass dozens of URLs at once; they run in parallel and share a warm TikTok session. - **Full metadata** — author profile, view/like/comment/share counts, hashtags, duration, upload timestamp. - **Structured output** — dataset is typed via `dataset_schema.json`, with prebuilt **Overview** and **Downloads** table views. --- ### How to use
  1. Open the Actor on Apify Console.
  2. Paste one or more TikTok URLs (or video IDs) into the videoUrls field.
  3. Click Start.
  4. When the run finishes, open the Dataset tab and click any downloadUrl — or export the whole dataset as JSON/CSV.
#### Quickstart — minimal input ```json { "videoUrls": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7106594312292453675" ] } ```` #### Batch input — mixed formats ```json { "videoUrls": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@jtbcnews_official/video/7628806976562072852", "https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMxxx/", "7628806976562072852" ] } ``` > Tip — No other settings to tune. If a field isn't listed in Input, this Actor doesn't use it. *** ### Input The Actor takes a single required field.
Field Type Required Description
videoUrls string[] ✅ TikTok video URLs or raw numeric IDs. Canonical URLs, vm.tiktok.com short links, and bare IDs are all accepted. Minimum 1 item.
*** ### Output Each input URL becomes **one dataset row**. Failed items are logged and skipped — they don't appear in the dataset, so you're never billed for errors. #### Key fields
Field Type What it is
downloadUrl string The direct link to the MP4. Open in a browser, or curl -o video.mp4 "<downloadUrl>". Valid for 24 hours.
downloadStatus "success" | "error" Successful rows have downloadUrl populated. Error rows are excluded from the dataset (logged only).
id string TikTok video numeric ID.
url string Canonical https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/ID URL.
description string Video caption text.
author object { username, nickname, url }
statistics object { views, likes, comments, shares }
hashtags string[] Hashtags extracted from the caption.
duration number Video length in seconds.
uploadedAt integer Upload time as unix seconds.
fileSizeBytes integer Size of the MP4 at downloadUrl.
Full JSON example ```json { "id": "7628806976562072852", "inputUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/7628806976562072852", "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/7628806976562072852", "description": "Video caption…", "author": { "username": "user", "nickname": "Display Name", "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@user" }, "statistics": { "views": 123456, "likes": 1234, "comments": 56, "shares": 78 }, "duration": 15.2, "hashtags": ["fyp", "viral"], "uploadedAt": 1712345678, "downloadStatus": "success", "downloadUrl": "https://.../v/7628806976562072852?…", "fileSizeBytes": 5784873 } ```
#### Downloading files from the command line ```bash ## Export dataset as JSON, then stream each downloadUrl to disk apify call paul_44/tiktok-download-pro \ --input '{"videoUrls":["7628806976562072852"]}' \ --output-dataset results.json jq -r '.[] | .downloadUrl' results.json | \ xargs -I {} -P 4 curl -sSLO {} ``` *** ### Pricing You pay **only for successful downloads**. Failed items (invalid URL, private video, region block) are logged but excluded from the dataset and **not billed**. Apify platform usage — compute units, residential proxy traffic, storage — is billed separately per your Apify plan. > A **paid Apify plan is required** because residential proxies are needed to reach TikTok reliably. Free plans cannot run this Actor. *** ### Limitations - **Private, deleted, or age-restricted videos** cannot be downloaded. - **Region-locked content** — some broadcaster and brand accounts (e.g. Korean news outlets) are hidden by TikTok's WAF. The Actor auto-retries through a regional proxy, but a small fraction still fails. Failures are reported in the run log, not billed. - **Download links expire after 24 hours.** Re-run the Actor for a fresh link. - **IP-level rate limits** — TikTok occasionally rate-limits a specific proxy IP. Re-running the Actor rotates IPs and almost always works on the second attempt. *** ### FAQ
Do I need to supply cookies or a TikTok login? No. The Actor obtains and refreshes its own session tokens internally. You only need the public URL or ID of the video.
How long is downloadUrl valid? 24 hours from when the run finished. After that, re-run the Actor to get a new link.
Can I download the MP4 directly into Apify's key-value store? Not in this Actor — it returns a signed URL instead, which keeps compute cheap and downloads external. Pipe downloadUrl to curl, yt-dlp, or your storage of choice.
Why did my video return an error? The most common causes are: the video is private or was deleted, the video is age-gated, or TikTok's WAF blocked the region of the proxy IP. The error field in the log explains which case hit.
Does this use the official TikTok API? No. TikTok does not offer a public download API. This Actor scrapes the public web endpoints that the TikTok website itself uses.
*** ### Support Questions, bug reports, and feature requests — please use the **Issues** tab on the Actor's Apify Store listing. Include a sample video URL and the full run log whenever possible. # Actor input Schema ## `videoUrls` (type: `array`): TikTok video URLs or video IDs. Supports: https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/123, https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMxxx/, or raw numeric IDs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "videoUrls": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7106594312292453675" ] } ``` # 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 = { "videoUrls": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7106594312292453675" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("paul_44/tiktok-download-max").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 = { "videoUrls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7106594312292453675"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("paul_44/tiktok-download-max").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 '{ "videoUrls": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7106594312292453675" ] }' | apify call paul_44/tiktok-download-max --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=paul_44/tiktok-download-max", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Tiktok Download Max", "description": "Download TikTok videos by URL or video ID. Supports standard URLs,\nshort URLs (vm.tiktok.com), and numeric IDs. Videos up to 100MB are\nstored with public download links; larger videos return CDN URLs\n(valid 12-24h). Includes metadata: author, views, likes, hashtags, duration.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "f436IAp0b7wOJibcU" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/paul_44~tiktok-download-max/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-paul_44-tiktok-download-max", "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/paul_44~tiktok-download-max/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-paul_44-tiktok-download-max", "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/paul_44~tiktok-download-max/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-paul_44-tiktok-download-max", "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", "required": [ "videoUrls" ], "properties": { "videoUrls": { "title": "Video URLs", "minItems": 1, "type": "array", "description": "TikTok video URLs or video IDs. Supports: https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/123, https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMxxx/, or raw numeric IDs.", "items": { "type": "string" } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```