# Douyin Scraper: Videos, Comments, Creators, Product Reviews (`qovia/douyin-scraper`) Actor

Search Douyin (Chinese TikTok) videos and users by keyword, or get video details, comments with replies, creator profiles and Douyin shop product reviews. Clean JSON, no login needed, pay per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/qovia/douyin-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Qovia Data](https://apify.com/qovia) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 videos

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Douyin Scraper: Videos, Comments, Creators, Product Reviews

Get public data from Douyin (抖音), the Chinese version of TikTok, as clean JSON. No Douyin account, cookies or
proxies needed, and you only pay for results you get.

### What you can get

| Mode | Input | One result is |
|---|---|---|
| Search videos by keyword | keywords | a video: caption, author, likes, comments, shares, saves, duration, hashtags, cover, URL |
| Search users by keyword | keywords | a user: nickname, followers, verification, sec_uid |
| Video details | video URLs or IDs | a video with its counts |
| Video comments | video URLs or IDs | a comment: text, likes, IP location, time, author; optionally its replies |
| Creator profiles | profile URLs or sec_uid | a profile: followers, total likes, videos, bio, verification, IP location |
| Product reviews | Douyin shop product URLs or IDs | a review of a Douyin shop product |

### Use cases

- Trend and content research on the Chinese market.
- Brand monitoring and comment sentiment analysis.
- Influencer discovery and vetting.
- E-commerce research: what buyers say about Douyin shop products.
- AI agents: call this Actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server.

### Input example

```json
{
  "mode": "comments",
  "urls": ["https://www.douyin.com/video/7676683845638629625"],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxRepliesPerComment": 5
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "cid": "7680482670246478607",
  "text": "香蕉电池的问题解决了吗？[大笑]",
  "likes": 4,
  "ip_location": "河北",
  "reply_count": 2,
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T16:35:27+08:00",
  "is_hot": true,
  "author": { "nickname": "...", "uid": "...", "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAA..." },
  "input": { "videoId": "7676683845638629625" }
}
```

Every result carries `input`: the keyword, video, creator or product it was fetched for (and `replyTo` for
replies).

### Pricing

Pay per result, nothing per run:

| Result | Price |
|---|---|
| Video (search or details) | $2.99 per 1,000 |
| Comment or reply | $2.00 per 1,000 |
| Creator profile or user search result | $3.99 per 1,000 |
| Product review | $3.00 per 1,000 |

Set a maximum cost for a run and the Actor stops there. Lookups that find nothing are not charged.
On Apify's free plan a run returns up to 10 results, enough to try the Actor; any paid Apify plan removes the limit.

### Support

Something not working, or missing a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab and we'll look into
it. The source platforms change from time to time: when the data service is temporarily unavailable, the run says so
in its status message, and failed lookups are never charged.

### FAQ

**Where do I find IDs?** Video: `douyin.com/video/<ID>`. Creator: `douyin.com/user/<sec_uid>` (starts with
`MS4wLjABAAAA`). Paste whole URLs; the Actor picks the ID out. Short `v.douyin.com` links are not supported; open
them in a browser first.

**Is this official?** No. This Actor is not affiliated with Douyin or ByteDance. It returns publicly visible data;
use it in line with the laws and rules that apply to you, especially for personal data.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search by keyword, or look up the videos, comments, creators or products given in URLs / IDs.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

One search per keyword. Chinese keywords match far more videos than English ones.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Video details and comments: video URLs (douyin.com/video/...) or video IDs. Creator profiles: profile URLs (douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA...) or sec_uid values. Product reviews: product URLs or product IDs.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Videos or users per keyword, top-level comments per video, or reviews per product.

## `maxRepliesPerComment` (type: `integer`):

Also get up to this many replies to each comment. Replies are charged as comments. 0 skips them.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": [
    "咖啡"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxRepliesPerComment": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Videos, comments, profiles or product reviews, one per row

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "咖啡"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("qovia/douyin-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 = {
    "keywords": ["咖啡"],
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("qovia/douyin-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "咖啡"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call qovia/douyin-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,qovia/douyin-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/mKb0zCbLhFqTh2llG/builds/aHoMOkJW7nCduhWer/openapi.json