# Douyin (Tiktok China) Scraper (`thirdwatch/douyin-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Douyin videos and profiles - video metadata, stats, author info from share links and user pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thirdwatch/douyin-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Thirdwatch](https://apify.com/thirdwatch) (community)
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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

## Douyin Scraper

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> Extract public Douyin video metadata — author info, caption, and engagement stats — from share links and video URLs.

### What you get

Extract public Douyin video metadata — author info, caption, and engagement stats — from share links and video URLs.

### Why use this Douyin scraper

- **Share-link resolution** — paste short `v.douyin.com` links or full video URLs; the Actor resolves and normalizes them.
- **Full video metadata** — aweme ID, author nickname, caption, create time, and play/like/comment/share counts where the public page exposes them.
- **No login or cookies** — reads public pages only, so there is no account to flag or ban.
- **One row per video** — deduplicated, stable IDs, analytics-ready keys.

### Scrape Douyin data in minutes

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.douyin.com/video/7259656861705526567"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---:|---|
| `urls` | Yes | Video/share URLs. Example: `['https://v.douyin.com/xxx/', 'https://www.douyin.com/video/123']` |
| `maxResults` | No | Cap. Default: `10`. |

### Output fields

- `awemeId`
- `url`
- `resolvedUrl`
- `author`
- `commentCount`
- `createTime`
- `desc`
- `diggCount`
- `playCount`
- `shareCount`
- `error`

#### Example result

```json
{
  "awemeId": "7259656861705526567",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7259656861705526567",
  "resolvedUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7259656861705526567"
}
```

### Common use cases

- Track short-video trends and hashtag performance in the China market
- Collect creator and engagement data for research or monitoring
- Resolve Douyin share links into canonical video URLs at scale
- Feed video metadata into downstream transcription or analysis pipelines

### Compared to alternatives

- **vs other Douyin scrapers on the Store** — pay-per-result billing means empty or failed searches cost nothing; you are not charged for a run that returns zero rows.
- **vs building your own** — no proxy management, markup-change maintenance, or infrastructure to run; paste inputs and consume the dataset.

### Limitations

- Only publicly accessible videos are returned — region-locked or deleted posts produce an error row.

- Douyin markup changes frequently; fields that disappear from the public page stay empty rather than being invented.

- No comments or full play URLs are guaranteed — availability depends on the public page payload.

- Use public data lawfully and respect applicable privacy and platform rules.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account or cookies?**

No — the Actor reads public data only. There is no login to configure and no account to risk.

**What happens when a search returns nothing?**

The run completes with zero (or an explicit error) rows. Per-result billing means you are not charged for empty output.

**Can I run it on a schedule?**

Yes — attach an Apify schedule or use the saved tasks to re-run the same inputs daily or weekly.

### Related guides and Actors

- [Compare Douyin Posts Side By Side](https://thirdwatch.dev/blog/compare-douyin-posts-side-by-side)
- [Douyin Posts Data Pipeline](https://thirdwatch.dev/blog/douyin-posts-data-pipeline)
- [Export Douyin Posts To Csv](https://thirdwatch.dev/blog/export-douyin-posts-to-csv)
- [TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/tiktok-scraper?fpr=9m2cd6)
- [Likee Scraper](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/likee-scraper?fpr=9m2cd6)
- [WeChat Articles Scraper](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/wechat-articles-scraper?fpr=9m2cd6)

Last verified: 2026-09

More scrapers at [thirdwatch.dev](https://thirdwatch.dev).

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

e.g. \['https://v.douyin.com/xxx/', 'https://www.douyin.com/video/123']

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thirdwatch/douyin-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thirdwatch/douyin-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 '{}' |
apify call thirdwatch/douyin-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thirdwatch/douyin-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/bcnS7OfXLpT7cyMr7/builds/96uJ02zzVNbNnOGf1/openapi.json