# TikTok Transcript Scraper: $3 per 1,000 (`rowfinch/tiktok-transcript-scraper`) Actor

Get the spoken words of TikTok videos, from a profile's latest videos or from video URLs: TikTok's own captions when a video has them, AI speech-to-text when it doesn't. Videos without speech are free. $3 per 1,000 transcripts.

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

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 transcripts

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?

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

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# README

## TikTok Transcript Scraper

Get what's said in TikTok videos: a profile's latest videos or any video URL, with the video's caption, plays, likes and date.

Each transcript comes from TikTok's own captions when the video has them, and from AI speech-to-text when it doesn't. Videos with no speech (music only, silence) are free.

**$3 per 1,000 transcripts.**

### What it's for

- **Content research**: hooks, scripts and talking points of the creators in your niche, as text you can search.
- **Repurposing**: turn your own TikToks into posts, newsletters, blog drafts or subtitles.
- **Brand and ad monitoring**: what creators actually say about a product, beyond the caption.
- **Data for AI agents and LLM pipelines**: clean JSON, ready to summarize, classify or embed.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `profiles` | Usernames or profile URLs, one per line |
| `postURLs` | Video URLs or short links (`vm.tiktok.com`, `vt.tiktok.com`, `tiktok.com/t/`), one per line |
| `resultsPerPage` | Videos per profile, newest first (default 10) |
| `oldestPostDateUnified` | A date, or a period like `7 days` for scheduled runs |
| `newestPostDate` | Leave out videos posted after this date |
| `excludePinnedPosts` | Leave out pinned videos |

These are the field names of the most used TikTok scrapers on Apify, so saved inputs carry over.

### Output

One row per video:

```json
{
  "input": "garyvee",
  "id": "7114641064446676267",
  "webVideoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@garyvee/video/7114641064446676267",
  "authorName": "garyvee",
  "authorNickName": "GaryVee",
  "text": "On this summer morning there’s a lot of people out there pondering these questions…",
  "createTimeISO": "2022-06-29T12:41:04.000Z",
  "duration": 61.8,
  "playCount": 20249413,
  "diggCount": 1517720,
  "commentCount": 9407,
  "shareCount": 62837,
  "collectCount": 84244,
  "transcript": "how can I keep my daughter 9 years old away from this dangers from the Internet only two things one you actually don't let her spend time on it…",
  "transcriptSource": "tiktok"
}
```

`transcriptSource` is `tiktok` for TikTok's captions and `speech-to-text` for ours. A video without speech comes with an empty `transcript`.

Profiles or videos that can't be read get a row with the reason, free of charge:

```json
{ "input": "some_private_profile", "error": "Private profile" }
```

### Price

- **$0.003 per transcript**
- **$0.01 per minute of AI speech-to-text**, only for videos without TikTok's captions, counted per started minute (a 40-second video is one minute)
- Videos without speech: free
- Private, missing or invalid profiles and videos: free

| Run | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1,000 videos with TikTok's captions | $3 |
| 1,000 videos under a minute, all by speech-to-text | $13 |

A run stops at the maximum cost you set for it. On Apify's free plan, a run transcribes up to 10 videos.

### FAQ

**How many videos have TikTok's captions?**
In our tests, most videos with someone talking had them. The rest go through speech-to-text.

**Which languages does it handle?**
TikTok's captions come in the language spoken in the video. Speech-to-text detects the language by itself and transcribes over 50 of them, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi and Arabic.

**What about songs?**
A video with only instrumental music is free. A song with lyrics and no captions comes back as its lyrics.

**Are there timestamps?**
No, one block of text per video.

**What about videos longer than a few minutes?**
Speech-to-text covers the first 10 minutes. TikTok's captions cover the whole video.

**Does it work with private accounts?**
No. Only public profiles and videos.

**Is it legal?**
It reads only public videos. Names and voices are personal data under GDPR and similar laws: use them for a legitimate purpose and honor deletion requests.

# Actor input Schema

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

Usernames or profile URLs, one per line. Each gives its latest videos.

## `postURLs` (type: `array`):

Video URLs or short links (vm.tiktok.com), one per line.

## `resultsPerPage` (type: `integer`):

Newest first, after any pinned videos.

## `oldestPostDateUnified` (type: `string`):

A date, or a period like 7 days for scheduled runs. UTC.

## `newestPostDate` (type: `string`):

UTC.

## `excludePinnedPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Pinned videos stay on top of a profile however old they are.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profiles": [
    "garyvee"
  ],
  "resultsPerPage": 5,
  "excludePinnedPosts": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `transcripts` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "profiles": [
        "garyvee"
    ],
    "resultsPerPage": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rowfinch/tiktok-transcript-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 = {
    "profiles": ["garyvee"],
    "resultsPerPage": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rowfinch/tiktok-transcript-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 '{
  "profiles": [
    "garyvee"
  ],
  "resultsPerPage": 5
}' |
apify call rowfinch/tiktok-transcript-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rowfinch/tiktok-transcript-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/g5rRHyn8OTxqGY5A6/builds/3zRX3OSc6ZdNoQAG6/openapi.json