# Tiktok Search Scraper (`xtracto/tiktok-search-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/xtracto/tiktok-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Farhan Febrian Nauval](https://apify.com/xtracto) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
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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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".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TikTok Search Scraper

Search TikTok for videos by keyword or hashtag.
**HTTP-only — no browser, no login, no user cookies.** Lightweight (~256 MB RAM).

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `keyword` | string | ✅ | — | Free-text query, or `#tagname` for a hashtag |
| `maxResults` | integer | ❌ | 30 | 0 = unlimited (best-effort) |
| `proxy` | object | ❌ | — | Apify proxy configuration |

#### Examples

```json
{ "keyword": "cooking recipes", "maxResults": 50 }
```

```json
{ "keyword": "#fyp", "maxResults": 100 }
```

(Leading `#` is stripped — TikTok's general-search endpoint treats hashtag
and free-text identically.)

### Output

Each pushed item is a raw TikTok video object (whatever lives under
`item` inside an entry from `/api/search/general/full/`'s `data` array),
with `_input` set to the original keyword.

Useful fields: `id`, `desc`, `createTime`, `author`, `video`, `stats`,
`music`, `challenges`. Shape matches the post objects you'd see from
`/api/post/item_list/`.

### How It Works

1. Warm a `curl_cffi` session with `GET /explore` to collect
   `ttwid` + `tt_csrf_token`.
2. Pull a fresh `msToken` from `mssdk-sg.tiktok.com/web/report` (no JS
   needed; the endpoint issues the cookie in response to a tiny POST).
3. Sign each query string with X-Bogus and call
   `/api/search/general/full/`.
4. Paginate via `cursor`/`offset` returned by each response, carrying
   `search_id` across pages so TikTok keeps the result set stable.

### Limitations

- TikTok's WAF often returns 0-byte responses on residential / mobile
  IPs — when that happens the actor logs a warning and stops after two
  empty pages in a row. Apify datacenter IPs typically work; residential
  proxies typically don't.
- Some pages of search results require `X-Gnarly` (a per-request
  browser-JS RSA signature). When TikTok demands it, the actor can only
  return earlier pages. There is no HTTP-only way to forge X-Gnarly,
  and per CLAUDE.md this actor must stay browser-free.
- Search is unauthenticated — TikTok personalises results, so output may
  vary across runs even for the same keyword.

### Tips

- Use the Apify Datacenter proxy group if you see 0 results.
- For broad keywords TikTok will typically return 10–60 results across
  pagination before throttling.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keyword or phrase to search for on TikTok. Example: cooking recipes

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

Maximum number of videos to scrape. Set to 0 to scrape all available results.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy configuration. Datacenter proxies usually work; residential proxies are often WAF-blocked. Leave empty to run direct.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResults": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

Unique identifier of the item at the source.

## `desc` (type: `string`):

Caption or description text.

## `createTime` (type: `string`):

Create Time as reported by the source.

## `author` (type: `string`):

Author name.

## `stats` (type: `string`):

Engagement counters bundled by the source (views, likes, shares, comments).

## `_input` (type: `string`):

The input value this row was produced from.

# 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("xtracto/tiktok-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 = {}

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,xtracto/tiktok-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/57JuaNJW76szJ3NBo/builds/4Vf2PiS5xwh3U3uF6/openapi.json