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TikTok API reference

TikTok Video Transcript

tiktok.video.transcript

Get a video's own captions as text with timings, in the language you choose when the video has it.

At a glance

Endpoint ID
tiktok.video.transcript
Price
1 credit per call; failed calls are free
Runs for up to
45 seconds
Request
POST /execute
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OpenAPI
openapi.json
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Request

Send the endpoint ID as capability and its fields as input. Set UPSCRAPE_API_KEY to your key first.

curl --request POST \  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $UPSCRAPE_API_KEY" \  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \  --data '{  "capability": "tiktok.video.transcript",  "input": {    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7680721699171601694"  }}'

Input

FieldTypeRequiredWhat it doesExample
handle string one of Account handle.
url string one of Public URL of the page to fetch. https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7680721699…
video_id string one of Video identifier.
language string no Language for returned content.

Response

A finished call answers with HTTP 200; the data is in results[0].data, and billing.credits_charged is what it cost. A call still running after the wait answers 202: see jobs and results.

This is results[0].data from a real run:

results[0].data
{  "text": "Hi, it's Katy Perry,\nand something amazing has been happening on TikTok. Let me show you.\nMake that in your Mustang. To Radiohead.\nThank yo…",  "language": "eng-US",  "video_id": "7680721699171601694",  "cues": [    {      "text": "Hi, it's Katy Perry,",      "end_ms": 1100,      "start_ms": 0    },    {      "text": "and something amazing has been happening on TikTok. Let me show you.",      "end_ms": 5561,      "start_ms": 1101    }  ]}

Fields

FieldTypeExample
cues[].start_ms integer 0
cues[].end_ms integer 1100
cues[].text string Hi, it's Katy Perry,
text string Hi, it's Katy Perry, and something amazing has been happening o…
cues array 4 records
language string eng-US
video_id string 7680721699171601694

If a call fails

A failed call costs nothing. The response carries an error.code you can branch on; Errors and retries lists every code and which ones to retry.

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