Improvement Update
- Improved stability and performance of the actor, ensuring smoother operation and faster data processing.
Improvement Update
- Added
native audio format option as new default audio format for downloading TikTok audio. This format preserves the original audio quality and metadata
- Output will be automatically streamed to the dataset as soon as the data is available, allowing for faster access and processing of the scraped data.
- Added new output schema including new table views to improve data organization and accessibility, making it easier to analyze and interpret the scraped data.
- Improved documentation, enhancing user experience
Improvement Update
- Added 40+ new subtitle languages for translation support, including Arabic, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and more.
- General stability improvements
Improvement Update
- Added support for limited permissions on Apify platform
- Resolved issues downloading TikTok slideshows due to security changes on TikTok. Slideshows are back and fully supported again.
- General stability improvements
Maintenance Update
- Revamped Documentation to provide better readability and clarity
- General stability improvements
Maintenance Update
- Resolved issue on automated tests
- General stability improvements
Maintenance Update
- Improved logs and general error handling
- General stability improvements
Maintenance Update
- Improved logs and general error handling
- General stability improvements
Maintenance Update
- Improved logs and general error handling
- Resolved a major parsing issue with TikTok video data
- General stability improvements
Maintenance Update
- Improved logs and general error handling
- Resolved an issue converting audio to other formats when downloading TikTok music
- General stability improvements
Major Improvement Update
- TikTok slideshows are now fully supported
- Added support for downloading TikTok images from slideshows to the Apify KV-Store
- Added support for downloading TikTok audio in different formats: mp3, wav, and native mp4-audio to the Apify KV-Store
- Improved performance downloading TikTok content
- Improved logs
- General stability improvements
Maintenance Update
- Improved error handling for video downloads
- Improved logs
- Resolved an issue causing 403 errors when downloading videos from TikTok
- Resolved an issue causing runs to crash when storage name is not alphanumeric or hyphen
- General stability improvements
Stability Update
- Added subtitle format options
- Added srt support
- Improved logs
- When subtitle translation is enabled it will correctly save translated subtitles into the kv-store instead of default subtitles
- General stability improvements
Stability Update
- General stability improvements
Improvement Update
- Added video quality selection: lowest, 720p, 1080p, highest
- General stability improvements
Improvement Update
- Improved logging messages
Improvement Update
- Added preferred language setting: Users can now select their preferred subtitle language.
- Added subtitle translation option: Subtitles will be automatically translated to the preferred language when not available in the original language.
Initial Release
- 🗃️ Bulk TikTok Video Data Extraction
Scrapes video data & meta information from TikTok.com - Extracts high quality data such as -
Video ID - Author Username - Author Display Name - Author ID - Author Avatar URL - Verified Status - Video Description - Video URL - Share URL - Thumbnail URL - Video Duration (in seconds) - Posted Date & Timestamp - Music Title - Music Author - Music URL - Music Duration - Sound Originality - Video Width & Height - Video Format & Quality - Number of Plays - Number of Likes - Number of Comments - Number of Shares - Number of Saves - Hashtags used in the video - Mentions included in the description - Stickers and Effects (if available) - Commercial Content Label - Is Ad (sponsored flag) - Subtitles URL (if available and enabled) - Video File URL (if download enabled) - and many more…
- ⬆ Data Output:
- Outputs dataset as JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML for easy integration and analysis.
- Provides a clean and structured data output for further processing or direct use.
- 🛠️ Error Handling and Logging:
- Comprehensive error handling to manage site-specific issues and changes.
- Detailed logging to assist in debugging and tracking scraping activities.
- Initial release with all core features and functionalities fully tested.
- Users are encouraged to provide feedback for further improvements.
- Future updates will focus on continuing to improve and enhance searching capabilities.
- Users are encouraged to provide feedback for further improvements.
- Future updates will focus on continuing to improve and enhance searching capabilities.
For any issues or suggestions, please open up an issue on the platform.
This changelog entry documents the initial release of the TikTok Video Scraper actor, detailing its core features, functionalities, and initial bug fixes.
