How to Scrape Tiktok User Posts And Videos
This tutorial shows how to use Tiktok User Posts And Videos API to scrape and crawl structured Tiktok data in real-time.
Get complete TikTok post histories for any public account including captions, view counts, and engagement data in bulk, ideal for competitive research or content audits.
Access Tiktok Data in 3 Steps
Start crawling Tiktok user posts data. Follow these steps to extract social media data in minutes.
Create Your Account
Go to our registration page and make an account. It's free, no credit card, and you get credits right away to play around with.
Verify Your Email Address
You'll get a verification email, click the link in it. Once that's done, you can grab your API token from the dashboard.
Make Your First API Call
Copy the code snippet below, swap in your API key, and run it. You'll get Tiktok data back as JSON within a few seconds.
Code Sample
Here's a JavaScript example to get you going. Swap out the token and you're good, works the same way in any language that can make HTTP requests. Start collecting user posts data via our REST API!
| 1 | const root = 'https://ensembledata.com/apis' |
| 2 | const endpoint = '/tt/user/posts' |
| 3 | const params = { |
| 4 | "username": "daviddobrik", |
| 5 | "depth": 1, |
| 6 | "start_cursor": 0, |
| 7 | "oldest_createtime": 1667843879, |
| 8 | "new_version": false, |
| 9 | "download_video": false, |
| 10 | "token": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" |
| 11 | } |
| 12 | |
| 13 | const queryString = new URLSearchParams(params).toString(); |
| 14 | const url = `${root}${endpoint}?${queryString}`; |
| 15 | |
| 16 | await fetch(url) |
| 17 | .then(response => response.json()) |
| 18 | .then(data => console.log(data)) |
| 19 | .catch(error => console.error(error)); |
| 20 |
Parameters
Example Response
Explore the fields returned by this endpoint. Click a row to expand nested objects and arrays, hover a value to copy it, or use "Expand all" to see everything at once.
dataarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
added_sound_music_infoobject59 fields
artistsarray0 items
avatar_mediumobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
avatar_thumbobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
cover_largeobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
cover_mediumobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
cover_thumbobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
duration_high_precisionobject4 fields
external_song_infoarray0 items
meme_song_infoobject0 fields
play_urlobject5 fields
url_listarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
tt_to_dsp_song_infosarray0 items
aigc_infoobject2 fields
authorobject137 fields
avatar_168x168object5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
avatar_300x300object5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
avatar_largerobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
avatar_mediumobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
avatar_meta_info_listarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
avatar_meta_infoobject1 field
avatar_thumbobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
cover_urlarray0 items
fake_data_infoobject0 fields
original_musicianobject4 fields
share_infoobject8 fields
share_qrcode_urlobject5 fields
url_listarray0 items
special_accountobject1 field
video_iconobject5 fields
url_listarray0 items
supporting_ngoobject0 fields
tab_settingsobject1 field
private_tabobject2 fields
privacy_settingobject1 field
commerce_user_infoobject3 fields
ad_revenue_ritsarray0 items
aweme_aclobject7 fields
download_generalobject4 fields
download_mask_panelobject4 fields
share_generalobject4 fields
cc_template_infoobject6 fields
comment_configobject5 fields
emoji_recommend_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
preloadobject1 field
quick_commentobject1 field
commerce_infoobject4 fields
content_desc_extraarray0 items
content_modelobject2 fields
custom_bizobject1 field
standard_bizobject2 fields
tts_voice_infoobject2 fields
vc_filter_infoobject1 field
creation_infoobject1 field
creation_used_functionsarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
group_id_listobject2 fields
GroupdIdList1array1 item · schema from #0 1 item
interact_permissionobject9 fields
allow_adding_as_postobject1 field
allow_create_stickerobject1 field
allow_story_switch_to_postobject0 fields
label_topobject5 fields
url_listarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
mask_infosarray0 items
moments_mode_infoobject1 field
musicobject59 fields
artistsarray0 items
avatar_mediumobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
avatar_thumbobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
cover_largeobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
cover_mediumobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
cover_thumbobject5 fields
url_listarray2 items · schema from #0 2 items
duration_high_precisionobject4 fields
external_song_infoarray0 items
meme_song_infoobject0 fields
play_urlobject5 fields
url_listarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
tt_to_dsp_song_infosarray0 items
original_client_textobject2 fields
text_extraarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
picked_usersarray0 items
risk_infosobject5 fields
share_infoobject13 fields
statisticsobject12 fields
statusobject11 fields
review_resultobject1 field
text_extraarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
videoobject29 fields
ai_dynamic_coverobject3 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
ai_dynamic_cover_bakobject3 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
animated_coverobject3 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
big_thumbsarray0 items
bit_ratearray5 items · schema from #0 5 items
play_addrobject9 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
bit_rate_audioarray0 items
cla_infoobject9 fields
caption_infosarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
original_language_infoobject8 fields
coverobject5 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
download_addrobject7 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
dynamic_coverobject5 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
origin_coverobject5 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
play_addrobject9 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
play_addr_bytevc1object9 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
play_addr_h264object9 fields
url_listarray3 items · schema from #0 3 items
video_controlobject11 fields
video_labelsarray0 items
video_textarray0 items
Response Codes
Status codes this endpoint can return, so you can handle errors before they surprise you in production.
API Pricing
Fetch Tiktok Data at Scale
Scrape TikTok video histories in bulk including captions, transcripts, play counts, and engagement numbers for research or feeding your internal data pipeline.
Full Post History
Paginate through a creator's entire public TikTok video archive in one flow.
Captions & Media
Get captions, video URLs, and hashtags returned for every post in the feed.
Engagement Stats
Pull play, like, comment, and share counts for each video automatically.