# Douyin Search Scraper (`toolzerhub/douyin-search-scraper`) Actor

Search Douyin by keyword across six formats: hashtags, sounds, image posts, experience posts, schools, and keyword suggestions. Each mode returns its own fields -- view and creator counts, sound titles, post captions and stats, school names, or suggested terms. One actor, six Douyin search types.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-search-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 $1.60 / 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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Douyin Search Scraper

Search Douyin by keyword across seven formats in one Actor — hashtags, sounds, image posts, experience posts, schools, and two flavors of live keyword suggestion. Pick a mode with `scraperType`; each mode returns its own fields.

### Modes

| `scraperType` | Returns | Extra filters |
|---|---|---|
| `searchHashtags` (default) | Hashtags matching the keyword — name, view count, creator count | sort, recency, length, content type |
| `searchMusic` | Sounds matching the keyword — title, artist, duration, creator count, play URL | sort, recency, length, content type |
| `searchImages` | Image posts matching the keyword — caption, author, stats, share link | none |
| `searchExperiences` | Experience posts matching the keyword — caption, author, stats, share link | sort, recency, length, content type |
| `searchSchools` | School names matching the keyword | none |
| `searchSuggestions` | Live search suggestions for a partial term | none |
| `searchHashtagSuggestions` | Hashtag-specific suggestions — name, ID, view count | none |

### Input

| Field | Use it for |
|---|---|
| **`keyword`** | Search term. Required for every mode. |
| **`sort_type`** | `0` Most relevant (default), `1` Most liked, `2` Most recent. Applies to `searchHashtags`, `searchMusic`, `searchExperiences` only. |
| **`publish_time`** | `0` Any time (default), `1` Past day, `7` Past week, `180` Past six months. Same three modes. |
| **`filter_duration`** | `0` Any length (default), `0-1`, `1-5`, `5-10000`. Same three modes. |
| **`content_type`** | `0` Any (default), `1` Video, `2` Image and text, `3` Article. Same three modes. |
| **`maxItems`** | Caps the run. Default `100`. Set `0` for no limit. |

```json
{
  "scraperType": "searchMusic",
  "keyword": "猫咪",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output

Which columns are populated depends on `scraperType` — one table covers seven result shapes, not fields going missing.

| Field | Populated on |
|---|---|
| **`cha_name`**, **`view_count`**, **`user_count`** | `searchHashtags`, `searchHashtagSuggestions` |
| **`id_str`**, **`title`**, **`author`**, **`duration`**, **`play_url`** | `searchMusic` |
| **`aweme_id`**, **`desc`**, **`create_time`**, **`statistics`**, **`share_url`** | `searchImages`, `searchExperiences` |
| **`name`** | `searchSchools` |
| **`content`** | `searchSuggestions` |
| **`source_keyword`** | Every mode — the term this row was collected for |

```json
{
  "cha_name": "猫咪",
  "view_count": 545471418072,
  "user_count": 40052285,
  "source_keyword": "猫咪"
}
```

That row is `searchHashtags`. On `searchMusic` the same keyword returns rows like `{ "title": "猫咪", "author": "鸟神星", "duration": 180, "user_count": 2 }` instead — a different entity, a different subset of the table above.

### Questions

**Why does `content_type` only work for three of the seven modes?**
`searchHashtags`, `searchMusic`, and `searchExperiences` accept Douyin's sort, recency, length, and content-type filters. `searchImages`, `searchSchools`, `searchSuggestions`, and `searchHashtagSuggestions` do not take them at all — the fields are simply not sent on those modes.

**Why does `searchImages`, `searchSchools`, or `searchSuggestions` stop well short of `maxItems`?**
Those endpoints answer with a single batch and no cursor or `has_more` flag, so there is nothing to page into. Raising `maxItems` will not pull more rows out of a mode that only ever returns one page.

**Do I need to handle pagination for the other modes myself?**
No. `searchHashtags`, `searchMusic`, and `searchExperiences` page on Douyin's own continuation token; the Actor reads it off the previous response and resends it automatically.

### Related Actors

| Actor | Purpose |
|---|---|
| [Douyin Video Search Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-video-search-scraper) | Search for videos, not the entities around them |
| [Douyin User Search Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-user-search-scraper) | Search for accounts |
| [Douyin Hashtag Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-hashtag-scraper) | Have a hashtag\_id from `searchHashtags`? Get its full stats and every video under it |
| [Douyin Sound Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/douyin-sound-scraper) | Have a music\_id from `searchMusic`? Get the sound's full detail and every video using it |

### Support

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

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

# Actor input Schema

## `scraperType` (type: `string`):

Choose the dataset for this run.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Words or phrase to search for. Chinese terms return the most results.

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

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

## `sort_type` (type: `string`):

Order for the results.

## `publish_time` (type: `string`):

Only keep posts published in this window.

## `filter_duration` (type: `string`):

Only keep videos of this length.

## `content_type` (type: `string`):

Only keep this kind of post.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "scraperType": "searchHashtags",
  "keyword": "猫咪",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "sort_type": "0",
  "publish_time": "0",
  "filter_duration": "0",
  "content_type": "0"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "猫咪",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("toolzerhub/douyin-search-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 = {
    "keyword": "猫咪",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("toolzerhub/douyin-search-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 '{
  "keyword": "猫咪",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call toolzerhub/douyin-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,toolzerhub/douyin-search-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/r9fP9wfTFJ9qmNheU/builds/gmngBvUk1IbsBtrvW/openapi.json