# Douyin Profile Videos Scraper (`toolzerhub/douyin-profile-videos-scraper`) Actor

Collect every public video from a Douyin profile by sec\_user\_id, newest or most-liked first. Each row returns the caption, publish date, duration, play/like/comment/share counts, sound, and author, plus full video detail on request. Export Douyin video data, run via API, or schedule pulls.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-profile-videos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ToolzerHub](https://apify.com/toolzerhub) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Automation, For creators
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Douyin Profile Videos Scraper

Collect every public video a Douyin profile has posted, newest or most-liked first, from its `sec_user_id`. Each row carries the caption, publish date, duration, engagement stats, sound, and author — with full per-video detail available as an add-on.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| `sec_user_id` | string | — | **Required.** A Douyin profile URL, or the `sec_user_id` it contains. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `100` | Rows to save. `0` collects until the profile is exhausted. |
| `sort_recent_first` | enum | `0` (Newest first) | `0` newest first, `1` most popular first. |
| `addonVideoDetails` | boolean | `false` | Fetch full video detail for every row found. |

```json
{
  "sec_user_id": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAY3J1P0y5w7hzttTyvZiLjhMu3iOzF-1yFi6yNtXVHzkmVGFIx7T8s-nRmGNusfh1",
  "sort_recent_first": "0",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output

| Field | Contents |
|---|---|
| `aweme_id` | Video ID |
| `desc` | Caption text |
| `create_time` | Publish timestamp (Unix) |
| `duration` | Video length, milliseconds |
| `statistics` | `digg_count`, `comment_count`, `share_count`, `collect_count` |
| `author` | The account that published this video |
| `music` | The sound attached to it |
| `video` | Cover images and play addresses |
| `share_url` | Public share link |
| `source_sec_user_id` | The profile this row was collected from |
| `video_detail` | Full video detail — only present when `addonVideoDetails` is on |

### Questions

**What does `addonVideoDetails` add that the base row doesn't already have?**
The base row already covers caption, stats, sound, and author. `video_detail` adds the full detail payload for that video — hashtags, image lists, and everything else `videos/detail` reports. It costs one extra request per video, and that request is charged per enriched row, so a 500-video profile with the add-on on is 500 extra requests billed. Leave it off unless you actually need per-video hashtag or image data beyond what the list already gives you.

**How does pagination behave — will I ever get fewer videos than `maxItems`?**
Yes, once the profile runs out of videos. The Actor pages the profile's post list in batches of 20 until either `maxItems` is reached or Douyin reports no more pages — an account with 30 public videos and `maxItems: 100` returns 30 rows, not 100.

**Does `sort_recent_first` change which videos I get, or just their order?**
Just the order. It's the same underlying video list either way — set it to `1` when you want the profile's best-performing content first instead of paging through everything to find it.

### Other Douyin Actors

| Actor | Use when |
|---|---|
| [Douyin Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-profile-scraper) | You only need the account's bio, not its videos |
| [Douyin Video Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-video-scraper) | You already have a specific video ID and want its full detail |
| [Douyin Video Downloader](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-video-downloader) | You want a playable URL for videos this Actor finds |
| [Douyin Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-comments-scraper) | You want the comment section on one of these videos |

### Support

Questions, bugs, or feature requests: **contact@toolzerhub.com**

Browse the rest: [apify.com/toolzerhub](https://apify.com/toolzerhub)

# Actor input Schema

## `sec_user_id` (type: `string`):

A Douyin profile URL, or the sec\_user\_id it contains.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum rows to save. Set 0 to keep collecting until the source is exhausted.

## `sort_recent_first` (type: `string`):

Order for a profile's own videos.

## `addonVideoDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch full video detail for every video found. This makes one extra request per video and adds a charge per enriched row.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sec_user_id": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAY3J1P0y5w7hzttTyvZiLjhMu3iOzF-1yFi6yNtXVHzkmVGFIx7T8s-nRmGNusfh1",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "sort_recent_first": "0",
  "addonVideoDetails": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Every record collected during this run

# 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 = {
    "sec_user_id": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAY3J1P0y5w7hzttTyvZiLjhMu3iOzF-1yFi6yNtXVHzkmVGFIx7T8s-nRmGNusfh1",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("toolzerhub/douyin-profile-videos-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 = {
    "sec_user_id": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAY3J1P0y5w7hzttTyvZiLjhMu3iOzF-1yFi6yNtXVHzkmVGFIx7T8s-nRmGNusfh1",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("toolzerhub/douyin-profile-videos-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 '{
  "sec_user_id": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAY3J1P0y5w7hzttTyvZiLjhMu3iOzF-1yFi6yNtXVHzkmVGFIx7T8s-nRmGNusfh1",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call toolzerhub/douyin-profile-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,toolzerhub/douyin-profile-videos-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/iNME7e7ML2LBevRU6/builds/u0wHS4oeEIwVkhX9q/openapi.json