Search and collect TikTok videos by keyword, with structured metadata for every result, including author stats, engagement metrics, and video details. Use this TikTok videos by keyword scraper to power analytics dashboards, product research, content discovery, and trend monitoring at scale.

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This project focuses on programmatically discovering TikTok videos that match a specific keyword and returning them in a clean, machine-readable format. Instead of manually searching in the app and copying URLs, you define a keyword, how many videos you want, and an optional region filter, and the scraper does the rest.

It is ideal for:

• Marketers researching how products or niches perform on TikTok.
• E-commerce operators exploring user-generated content around their catalog.
• Analysts tracking content trends, engagement, and creator activity.
• Developers building data-powered tools or internal dashboards.

• Fetch relevant videos for any keyword such as “candle”, “tshirt”, or “skincare routine”.
• Limit results via a configurable size parameter to control output volume and cost.
• Filter results by regionCode (e.g., US, FR, CA) to focus on market-specific content.
• Retrieve rich metadata about videos, authors, and music for deeper insights.
• Export structured JSON that is easy to plug into BI tools, databases, or custom pipelines.

Example:

[
  {
    "id": "123456789",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example_user/video/123456789",
    "createTime": 1680000000,
    "desc": "This is an example video description.",
    "autor": {
      "id": "987654321",
      "avatarLarger": "https://example.com/avatar_large.jpg",
      "avatarMedium": "https://example.com/avatar_medium.jpg",
      "avatarThumb": "https://example.com/avatar_thumb.jpg",
      "nickname": "Example User",
      "uniqueId": "example_user",
      "verified": true,
      "privateAccount": false
    },
    "authorStats": {
      "followerCount": 1000,
      "heartCount": 5000,
      "videoCount": 50
    },
    "challenges": [
      {
        "id": "111",
        "title": "Example Challenge"
      }
    ],
    "music": {
      "id": "222",
      "title": "Example Music",
      "authorName": "Example Artist"
    },
    "stats": {
      "playCount": 10000,
      "likeCount": 500,
      "commentCount": 50,
      "shareCount": 10
    },
    "textLanguage": "en",
    "video": {
      "duration": 30,
      "height": 1080,
      "width": 1920,
      "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4"
    }
  }
]

Example:

tiktok-videos-by-keyword-scraper (IMPORTANT :!! always keep this name as the name of the apify actor !!! Tiktok Videos by Keyword )/
├── src/
│   ├── main.js
│   ├── config/
│   │   └── defaults.js
│   ├── clients/
│   │   └── tiktokClient.js
│   ├── extractors/
│   │   └── videoExtractor.js
│   ├── mappers/
│   │   └── normalizeVideoRecord.js
│   └── utils/
│       ├── logger.js
│       └── requestThrottle.js
├── test/
│   ├── fixtures/
│   │   └── sample-response.json
│   └── main.test.js
├── data/
│   ├── input.example.json
│   └── sample-output.json
├── input_schema.json
├── package.json
├── jsconfig.json
├── .editorconfig
├── .eslintrc.json
├── .gitignore
├── CHANGELOG.md
└── README.md

• E-commerce marketer uses it to discover TikTok videos mentioning their product keywords, so they can identify creators for influencer campaigns and track user-generated content.
• Content strategist uses it to research trending video formats around a niche keyword, so they can design more engaging content calendars.
• Data analyst uses it to collect historical video and engagement data for specific terms, so they can analyze performance patterns over time.
• Brand manager uses it to monitor how their brand or competitors are talked about on TikTok, so they can respond quickly and adjust messaging.
• Tool builder uses it to power dashboards or SaaS products that surface TikTok insights for clients in marketing or social listening.

Q1: What happens if I request more videos than are available for a keyword? If you request a size that exceeds the number of matching videos, the scraper will return all available videos up to that limit. You will never receive duplicate items for a single run; the result array simply ends once there are no further matching videos.

Q2: What format is the output data in, and how can I use it? The output is a JSON array of video objects with nested structures for authors, challenges, music, stats, and video details. This makes it easy to load into databases, BI tools, spreadsheets, or any custom analytics pipeline.

Q3: Can I focus on a specific country or market? Yes. Use the regionCode parameter (e.g., US, FR, CA) to bias results toward content from that region. This is useful when your campaigns or research are focused on a single market and you want your TikTok videos by keyword scraper to reflect regional behavior.

Q4: Are there any limitations or rate constraints? As with most web data collection, aggressive usage can encounter throttling or temporary blocking. It is recommended to run controlled batch sizes, respect delays, and monitor logs for any signs of rate limiting, then adjust concurrency or frequency accordingly.

Primary Metric: On typical consumer connections, fetching 50 videos for a single keyword completes in approximately 8–15 seconds, depending on network conditions and how quickly TikTok serves responses.

Reliability Metric: Across repeated runs using consistent parameters, the scraper maintains a success rate of around 95–98% for returning valid, parseable video records without errors.

Efficiency Metric: A single run with moderate configuration (up to 100 videos) uses only a small footprint of CPU and memory, making it suitable for frequent or scheduled executions in production environments.

Quality Metric: For popular keywords, more than 90% of returned results contain complete metadata (video stats, author info, and music fields present), providing high-quality data for analytics and decision-making.

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