Douyin Scraper — Hot List, Video Detail, No Watermark 抖音

Scrape Douyin (抖音) — China's largest short-video platform — through a simple API:

• 🔥 Hot-search / trending list — the real-time Douyin hot board (热搜榜), with rank and heat value. Works with no login, no cookies, no account.
• 🎬 Video detail — full stats for any video URL: likes, comments, shares, plays, author, music, hashtags, cover and play URLs.
• 💧 Watermark-free play URL — best-effort direct no-watermark CDN link per video.
• 🔎 Keyword search — search videos by keyword (requires login cookies).

Built for CN e-commerce operators and SEA cross-border sellers tracking Douyin trends, competitor creatives and viral products.

What works without login (verified)

Capability	Keyless?	Notes
Hot list (HOT_LIST)	✅ Yes	Verified live: ~50 trending entries per run.
Short-link / ID resolution	✅ Yes	v.douyin.com short links and share URLs resolve without login.
Video detail (VIDEO_URLS)	❌ No	Douyin rejects anonymous detail requests (signed params required). Provide cookies from a logged-in session.
Search (SEARCH)	❌ No	Douyin answers anonymous search with "请先登录" (please log in). cookies required.
No-watermark URL	⚠️ Best-effort	Derived from the video's play_addr via the legacy play endpoint; null when unavailable.

How to get cookies: log in at douyin.com in your browser, open DevTools → Network → any request to www.douyin.com → copy the full cookie: request header value into the cookies input field. The field is stored encrypted.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	HOT_LIST	One of HOT_LIST, VIDEO_URLS, SEARCH.
keywords	array	[]	Keywords for SEARCH mode.
videoUrls	array	[]	Video URLs for VIDEO_URLS mode — full https://www.douyin.com/video/<id> URLs or v.douyin.com short links.
maxVideosPerKeyword	integer	10	Max videos per keyword in SEARCH mode (1–50).
cookies	string	—	Cookie header from a logged-in douyin.com session. Required for SEARCH, strongly recommended for VIDEO_URLS. Stored encrypted.
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Optional Apify proxy. Recommended for large runs.

Output

One dataset item per hot-list entry or video. Hot-list entries have type: "hot_item"; videos have type: "video". Fields that don't apply are null.

Field	Description
type	hot_item or video
keyword	Search keyword (videos from search only)
rank	Position on the hot board (hot items only)
hotValue	Douyin heat value 热度 (hot items only)
awemeId	Douyin video ID
url	Canonical https://www.douyin.com/video/<id> URL
desc	Hot-search phrase or video description
authorName / authorId	Video author nickname / unique ID
diggCount / commentCount / shareCount / playCount	Engagement stats
publishTime	ISO 8601 publish time
duration	Video duration (ms)
music	Soundtrack title
hashtags	Array of hashtag names
coverUrl	Cover image URL
playUrl	Standard play CDN URL
noWatermarkUrl	Watermark-free play URL (best-effort, may be null)
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Example output (hot list)

{
  "type": "hot_item",
  "keyword": null,
  "rank": 1,
  "hotValue": 11456032,
  "awemeId": "7290735283778622779",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7290735283778622779",
  "desc": "今年第18号台风沙德尔生成",
  "authorName": null,
  "authorId": null,
  "diggCount": null,
  "commentCount": null,
  "shareCount": null,
  "playCount": null,
  "publishTime": "2026-08-19T06:43:36.000Z",
  "duration": null,
  "music": null,
  "hashtags": [],
  "coverUrl": "https://p3-sign.douyinpic.com/...",
  "playUrl": null,
  "noWatermarkUrl": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-20T02:52:00.000Z"
}

Example inputs

Trending hot list (no login needed):

{ "mode": "HOT_LIST" }

Details for specific videos:

{
  "mode": "VIDEO_URLS",
  "videoUrls": ["https://v.douyin.com/abc123/", "https://www.douyin.com/video/7290735283778622779"],
  "cookies": "sessionid=...; ttwid=...; ..."
}

Search (login required):

{
  "mode": "SEARCH",
  "keywords": ["连衣裙", "手机壳"],
  "maxVideosPerKeyword": 10,
  "cookies": "sessionid=...; ttwid=...; ..."
}

Pricing (pay-per-event)

• $0.50 per 1,000 hot-list items (hot-list-item event)
• $2.00 per 1,000 videos (video event)
• No start fee. You only pay for items actually delivered to the dataset.

Notes & limitations

• Douyin's anti-bot rules change frequently. The hot list currently works from datacenter IPs with anonymous cookies; if Douyin tightens this, attach a residential proxy via proxyConfiguration.
• VIDEO_URLS without cookies: the actor still resolves short links to canonical IDs, but detail fetches will fail with a clear error — supply cookies.
• All timestamps are UTC ISO strings. Counts are integers as reported by Douyin at scrape time.

How to use Douyin Scraper

1. Open Douyin Scraper on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Fill in the input (the form is prefilled with a working example) and click Start.
3. Watch results appear in the Output tab, then download them as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through the API.
4. Optional: save the input as a task and add a schedule to run it automatically, or connect it to your tools with integrations and webhooks.

Use Douyin Scraper with AI agents (MCP)

Give Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client this Actor as a tool through the hosted Apify MCP server. The agent sees the input fields with descriptions and example values, runs the Actor, and reads the results.

MCP server URL (this Actor only):

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/douyin-hot-video-scraper

Claude Code:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/douyin-hot-video-scraper" --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and other clients (mcp.json or the client's MCP settings):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/douyin-hot-video-scraper",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Clients that support sign-in (such as Claude.ai connectors) can use the URL without a token and log in to Apify instead. Get your token in Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations, or generate a ready config for your client at mcp.apify.com. In the agent the tool is named technicaldost--douyin-hot-video-scraper; ask it, for example, to "run Douyin Scraper with {"mode": "HOT_LIST"}".

AI agents without an Apify account can also run and pay for this Actor per request with x402 agentic payments.

Run Douyin Scraper via API

Run the Actor and get its results in one call (replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/technicaldost~douyin-hot-video-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode": "HOT_LIST"}'

Python (pip install apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("technicaldost/douyin-hot-video-scraper").call(run_input={"mode": "HOT_LIST"})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / TypeScript (npm install apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('technicaldost/douyin-hot-video-scraper').call({"mode": "HOT_LIST"});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Long runs: start them with POST /v2/acts/technicaldost~douyin-hot-video-scraper/runs and fetch the dataset when the run finishes, or receive a webhook.

Integrations

Douyin Scraper works with Make, Zapier, n8n, LangChain, Google Sheets, Slack, GitHub and webhooks. Schedule runs in Apify Console and send new results straight to your apps, spreadsheets or AI pipelines.

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FAQ

Can I use Douyin Scraper with AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Connect the Apify MCP server with ?tools=technicaldost/douyin-hot-video-scraper (see above) and the agent can run the Actor and read its results on its own.

Can I call Douyin Scraper from my own code?

Yes. Use the REST API, or the official Python and JavaScript clients shown above. Results are available as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.

How do I run it on a schedule?

Save your input as a task in Apify Console and add a schedule (for example, daily). Use webhooks or integrations to send each run's results onward.

Is it legal to use this Actor?

It works with publicly available data. Make sure your use complies with the source website's terms and with data protection laws such as GDPR, especially for personal data.

Something doesn't work or I need a feature. What should I do?

Open an issue in the Issues tab on this Actor's page with an example input, and we'll look into it.