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.