TikTok Scraper Python

Scrape TikTok from Python: search videos by keyword, then pull the comments of any video with likes, reply counts and timestamps. No browser, no signing tricks and no proxy: each call is one POST request to the EveryInfra API.

Also covers: TikTok scraper API, how to scrape TikTok comments.

Quick start

git clone https://github.com/everyinfra/tiktok-scraper-python.git
cd tiktok-scraper-python
pip install -r requirements.txt
export EVERYINFRA_API_KEY=your_key   # get one at everyinfra.com
python main.py search "python tutorial" --out videos.csv
python main.py comments https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/<id> --out comments.csv

Get an API key: everyinfra.com/en/docs. Without --out, the script prints the first three rows as JSON.

Price

Call	Price per 1,000 calls	Rows per call
tiktok/search	$0.56	10 in our test
tiktok/comments	$0.56	20 in our test

• You pay per call, not per month. Failed calls and empty results are not charged.
• New accounts can claim $1 of trial credit: create an account, star everyinfra-agent-plugins and seo-skills, then claim it in the console. It is valid for 24 hours and needs no card. See pricing.

What you get

search

Field	Meaning
id	The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
url	Link to the record on the platform.
text	Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so).
author_name	Author's display name.
author_username	Author's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs.
like_count	Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
comment_count	Comments. null means not disclosed, not 0.
share_count	Shares. null means not disclosed, not 0.
view_count	Views or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0.
posted_at	Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
collect_count	Saves or favorites. null means not disclosed, not 0.
repost_count	Reposts (as distinct from quote posts). null means not disclosed.
duration_sec	Duration in seconds.
duration_seconds	Duration in seconds. null for content that is not video or audio.
cover_image_url	Cover image link.
language	Content language code (for example zh, en) as judged by the platform; it can be wrong.
country	Country or region: a full name or an ISO code depending on the platform, not normalized.
hashtags	Hashtags in the text, in order of appearance; absent when there are none.
author_id	Author's unique ID on the platform.
author_url	Link to the author's profile on the platform.
author_avatar_url	Author's profile picture link.
author_follower_count	Author's follower count. null means not disclosed.
platform	Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Also returned, named as on the platform: music, is_ad, is_pinned, is_sponsored, is_slideshow, has_shop_product, author_bio, author_is_verified, author_is_private, author_is_seller, author_following_count, author_like_count, author_video_count.

Full parameter list: TikTok search API.

comments

Field	Meaning
id	The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
text	Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so).
author_username	Author's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs.
author_id	Author's unique ID on the platform.
like_count	Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
reply_count	Replies, usually replies to a comment. null means not disclosed.
posted_at	Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
platform	Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Also returned, named as on the platform: reply_to_id, is_reply, liked_by_author, pinned_by_author.

Full parameter list: TikTok comments API.

Tested

We ran both commands against the live API before publishing this repository (times in Singapore time, UTC+8).

Command	Run at (SGT)	Rows	Charged
search "python tutorial"	2026-11-08 03:37	10	$0.000556
comments https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/<id>	2026-11-08 03:37	20	$0.000556

First row of the search result (long text cut, author fields left out of this sample):

{
  "id": "7695603639427157269",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@hackswithbanks4/video/7695603639427157269",
  "text": "🐍 LEARN PYTHON IN 10 MINUTES — BEGINNER'S GUIDE ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This tutorial is for educational purposes. P...",
  "like_count": 6607,
  "comment_count": 36,
  "share_count": 368,
  "view_count": 43973,
  "posted_at": "2026-10-12T02:32:37+00:00",
  "collect_count": 2826,
  "repost_count": 0,
  "duration_sec": 633,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "NG",
  "hashtags": [
    "python",
    "learnpython",
    "pythonprogramming",
    "codingforbeginners",
    "programming"
  ],
  "is_ad": false,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "duration_seconds": 633
}

How it works

Every call is one request. everyinfra.py wraps it in about 60 lines of requests:

curl -X POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"platform": "tiktok", "action": "search", "params": {"keyword": "python tutorial"}}'

• Slow actions (Instagram user_posts, for example) answer with a job_id. The script polls GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id} every 5 seconds; polling is free.
• Errors come back as JSON with a code, a message and whether you were charged. A missing parameter returns 422 before any charge.
• The same key also works over MCP for Claude, Cursor and other AI agents: docs.

More

• TikTok API on EveryInfra: every TikTok action, with prices and live health
• Other examples: google-maps-scraper · instagram-scraper-python · tiktok-trends-api · douyin-api-python

License

MIT