# 🧪 TikTok Live Status Scraper (`toolzerhub/tiktok-live-status-scraper`) Actor

Check whether TikTok accounts are live by username. Get room ID, live title, start time, viewer stats, and account details for every account. No cookies or login required.

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

## Pricing

from $1.80 / 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

## TikTok LIVE Status Scraper

Check whether TikTok accounts are broadcasting right now. Give it usernames; each row tells you if they are live, and if so the room ID, title and start time.

Built for polling -- run it on a schedule against a watchlist and act on the `is_live` flag.

### Input

| Field | Use it for |
|---|---|
| **`username`** | Usernames or profile URLs, one per line. Required. |
| **`room_id`** | An escape hatch. Only useful if you already hold a room ID from somewhere else. |

```json
{
  "username": [
    "khaby.lame",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok"
  ]
}
```

### Why you give it a username, not a room ID

A TikTok LIVE room ID appears in no public URL. A `/@user/live` page does not carry one. So an Actor that demanded a room ID up front had no usable starting point for anybody who did not already have an ID -- which was almost everybody.

Usernames are the front door. The room ID comes back **in the output**, as `room_id`, ready for anything downstream that needs it.

### Output

One row per account you asked about, live or not.

| Field | Contents |
|---|---|
| **`username`**, **`user_id`**, **`sec_user_id`** | Identifiers |
| **`nickname`**, **`avatar_url`**, **`is_verified`** | Display name, picture, verification |
| **`is_live`** | `true` only if the account is broadcasting right now |
| **`room_id`** | The account's LIVE room ID |
| **`live_title`** | Broadcast title, when one is running |
| **`live_started_at`** | Broadcast start time, when one is running |
| **`live_room`** | The full room record, when broadcasting |
| **`stats`** | Account stats, when reported |

```json
{
  "username": "khaby.lame",
  "user_id": "6912129165957842438",
  "nickname": "Khabane lame",
  "is_verified": true,
  "is_live": true,
  "room_id": "7530891234567890123",
  "live_title": "Q&A before the weekend",
  "live_started_at": 1722351600
}
```

### Questions

**`room_id` is filled in but `is_live` is `false`. Which do I trust?**
`is_live`. A room ID sticks to an account between broadcasts, so its presence proves the account has a LIVE room, not that anything is happening in it. `is_live` is only `true` when TikTok reports the live-now status *and* returns an actual room record. Never infer "live" from a non-empty `room_id`.

**One username in my list is wrong. Does the run fail?**
No. Each account is checked on its own and a failure is logged as a warning before the run moves on. A watchlist with one dead handle still returns every other row.

**Do I get a row for accounts that are offline?**
Yes -- with `is_live: false` and the live fields left empty. That is what makes it usable on a schedule: every run produces the same rows and you diff the flag.

**Can I get viewer counts or the chat?**
No. This is a status snapshot, not a live stream reader. What you get is whether they are on, since when, and under what title.

**How often can I poll it?**
As often as your schedule allows -- there is no state carried between runs. Each run is an independent check.

### Related Actors

| Actor | Purpose |
|---|---|
| [Bulk TikTok Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/tiktok-profile-scraper) | Full profile detail for the accounts on your watchlist |
| [TikTok Profile Videos Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/tiktok-profile-videos-scraper) | What they post when they are not live |

# Actor input Schema

## `username` (type: `array`):

TikTok usernames without @ or full https://www.tiktok.com/@username profile URLs, one per line.

## `room_id` (type: `string`):

Optional. A TikTok LIVE room ID, if you already have one. Leave blank and give a Username instead — a room ID appears in no public TikTok URL, so there is normally no way to obtain one by hand.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "username": [
    "khaby.lame",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok"
  ]
}
```

# 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 = {
    "username": [
        "khaby.lame"
    ],
    "room_id": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("toolzerhub/tiktok-live-status-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 = {
    "username": ["khaby.lame"],
    "room_id": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("toolzerhub/tiktok-live-status-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 '{
  "username": [
    "khaby.lame"
  ],
  "room_id": ""
}' |
apify call toolzerhub/tiktok-live-status-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,toolzerhub/tiktok-live-status-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/DYtQOo6NIFvBleEYz/builds/HfUHA55D9YTxMunRP/openapi.json