# TikTok Video Summarizer - Summary, Key Points & Brands (`seemuapps/tiktok-video-summarizer`) Actor

Summarize TikTok videos into a summary, key points, topics, brands mentioned, call to action and hook. Paste links or a username to summarize in bulk.

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

## Pricing

from $25.00 / 1,000 video summaries

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 Video Summarizer - Summary, Key Points & Brands

Summarize any TikTok video without watching it. Paste video links, or enter a username to summarize a creator's latest videos in bulk, and get a clear written summary, the key points, topic tags, every brand or product mentioned, the creator's call to action and the opening hook. No login, no browser extension.

### What you get

One row per video with:

- **Summary**: a short, medium or long summary of what the video actually says, with the real claims, numbers and products
- **Key points**: the facts, tips or arguments worth remembering
- **Topics**: short topic tags for sorting and filtering
- **Brands and products mentioned**: every brand, product, app, company or venue named or promoted, ready for sponsorship and brand-mention tracking
- **Call to action**: what the creator asks viewers to do, including discount codes and "link in bio" offers
- **Hook**: the opening line of the video, word for word
- **Custom notes**: the answer to your own question for every video (for example "Is this a paid promotion?")
- **Video details**: video ID and URL, creator username and display name, caption text, hashtags, post date, duration, views, likes, comments, shares and saves
- **Transcript info**: where the words came from (`captions` or `speech-to-text`), the spoken language, word count and, optionally, the full transcript

### Use cases

- **Content research**: understand what top creators in your niche are saying in minutes, not hours
- **Influencer and sponsorship research**: see which brands a creator promotes, and which videos are paid partnerships
- **Brand monitoring**: track mentions of your brand or competitors across creators
- **Hook and script analysis**: collect the opening hooks and calls to action of viral videos to write better ones
- **Content repurposing**: turn TikToks into notes, newsletters, blog outlines and social posts
- **Market and trend research**: tag and group large batches of videos by topic

### How to use

1. Paste TikTok video links (or vm.tiktok.com short links / video IDs), one per line, and/or
2. Enter TikTok usernames in **TikTok profiles** and set **Max videos per profile**
3. Pick a **Summary length** and, optionally, a **Summary language** (e.g. `English`) to translate summaries
4. Optionally add **Custom instructions**, a question answered for every video in `customNotes`
5. Run the actor and open the **Dataset** tab
6. Export to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets

### Output example

```json
{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@luisitocomunica/video/7663921287269551381",
  "status": "ok",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@luisitocomunica/video/7663921287269551381",
  "author": "luisitocomunica",
  "description": "Este es un hack de viaje buenísimo. Holafly siempre es mi opción para viajar conectado 📱👏🏽 @Holafly | eSIM  #publicidad #holaflytraveller",
  "hashtags": ["publicidad", "holaflytraveller"],
  "durationSeconds": 64,
  "transcriptSource": "captions",
  "noSpeech": false,
  "transcriptLanguage": "es",
  "summary": "The creator says his most expensive travel mistake was not knowing about eSIMs, after years of searching for café Wi-Fi and buying SIM cards that ran out during trips. He says Holafly sends a QR code to install at home before traveling...",
  "keyPoints": [
    "Install the eSIM using a QR code and home Wi-Fi before traveling.",
    "Check that your phone is compatible before buying.",
    "Code Luisito gives 5% off."
  ],
  "topics": ["travel", "esim", "mobile data", "travel tips"],
  "productsOrBrandsMentioned": ["Holafly", "WhatsApp"],
  "callToAction": "Check your phone's eSIM compatibility and install it before your next trip; use code Luisito for 5% off Holafly.",
  "hook": "mi error más caro viajando no fue ni un robo ni una estafa ni un vuelo perdido fue no saber que esto existía",
  "customNotes": "Yes. The caption labels the post #publicidad, tags Holafly, and promotes its service with a discount code."
}
```

### Videos without speech

Some videos only have music, sound effects or on-screen text. When TikTok reports that a video has no speech, it is summarized from the creator's caption text instead and marked with `"noSpeech": true` and `"transcriptSource": "none"`. Videos with neither speech nor caption text are returned with status `no_content` and are free.

### Pricing

- **Video summary**: a small fee per video summarized
- **Speech-to-text minute**: videos without TikTok captions are transcribed from the audio before summarizing, which adds a per-minute fee (rounded up to the next minute, charged together with the summary even if the audio turns out to be music only). Videos up to 20 minutes are transcribed; longer ones without captions are summarized from their caption text. Turn off **Transcribe videos without captions** to never pay this fee

Photo slideshows, deleted or private videos, videos with nothing to summarize and invalid links are free. They appear as rows with a `status` and a `message` explaining why.

Free Apify plans can summarize up to 5 videos per run (3 runs a day). Upgrade to a paid plan to remove these limits.

### FAQ

**Which languages are supported?** Any language spoken in the video or used in its captions. Summaries are written in the video's language unless you set **Summary language**, which translates them. The `hook` always stays in the original language.

**Can I summarize a whole profile?** Yes. Add the username to **TikTok profiles** and set **Max videos per profile** (up to 100). The newest videos come first.

**Can I ask my own question about each video?** Yes. Put it in **Custom instructions**, for example "Is this sponsored?" or "List every product with its price". The answer appears in `customNotes`.

**What about very long videos?** Summaries cover up to roughly the first 25 minutes of speech. Longer videos are still summarized, and the row's `message` says so.

**Do I need a TikTok account?** No. Only public videos are supported, and no login is needed.

# Actor input Schema

## `videoUrls` (type: `array`):

TikTok video URLs, short links (vm.tiktok.com) or video IDs, one per line (up to 200 per run).

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

Usernames (with or without @) or profile URLs. The latest videos of each profile are summarized.

## `maxVideosPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

How many of the most recent videos to summarize for each profile (1-100).

## `summaryLength` (type: `string`):

How detailed the summary should be. Key points, topics, brands, call to action and hook are always included.

## `summaryLanguage` (type: `string`):

Language to write the summary in, e.g. English, Spanish or German. Leave empty to use the video's own language.

## `customInstructions` (type: `string`):

Optional extra question or instruction for every video, e.g. 'Is this a paid promotion?' or 'List every tip mentioned'. The answer is returned in customNotes (max 1,000 characters).

## `aiFallback` (type: `boolean`):

When a video has no TikTok captions, listen to the audio and transcribe it before summarizing (charged per minute of video). Turn off to summarize those videos from their caption text only.

## `includeTranscript` (type: `boolean`):

Add the full spoken transcript of each video to the output.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerProfile": 10,
  "summaryLength": "medium",
  "aiFallback": true,
  "includeTranscript": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per video: summary, key points, topics, brands mentioned, call to action, opening hook, and the video's creator, caption, date, duration and engagement counts.

# 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 = {
    "videoUrls": [
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/tiktok-video-summarizer").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 = { "videoUrls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/tiktok-video-summarizer").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 '{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602"
  ]
}' |
apify call seemuapps/tiktok-video-summarizer --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/tiktok-video-summarizer"
        }
    }
}
```

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/dyhkLLVbYvb0FP0A1/builds/ZpXnhXJmaotREAhLz/openapi.json