TikTok Discover Scraper

An Apify actor that scrapes public data from TikTok's Discover page. It extracts trending content, hashtags, creators, and TikTok Shop items for automation, lead generation, and social media analysis.

Overview

This actor automates data collection from TikTok Discover, providing structured data for SEO analysis, content planning, influencer discovery, and e-commerce research. It handles public data only and outputs clean JSON, CSV, or Excel files suitable for dashboards and further processing.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Pulls trending hashtags, top creators, video stats (likes, comments, shares), video URLs, trending audio IDs, topic categories, TikTok Shop listings, and thumbnails.
• Automation & Scalability: Schedule daily or weekly runs. Scale from small (10-100 trends) to large (5,000+ trends) datasets based on configuration.
• Flexible Output: Export results to JSON, CSV, Excel, or consume directly via API.
• Developer-Friendly: Works with Apify's API and can be integrated into existing pipelines. No coding required for basic use via the UI.
• Multi-Region Support: Can scrape Discover pages for different geographic regions.
• Cloud-Based: Runs on Apify's infrastructure—no local installation needed.

How to Use

1. Log in to Apify: Create a free account or sign in at https://apify.com?fpr=python_automation.
2. Select the Actor: Search for "TikTok Discover Scraper" in the Apify platform.
3. Configure Input: In the actor's input tab, provide one or more of the following:
   • TikTok Discover page URLs.
   • Target region IDs.
   • Keywords for discovery.
4. Set Options: Choose the number of trends to scrape, apply hashtag filters, or toggle TikTok Shop data inclusion.
5. Run: Click Start. The actor will process the request and fetch data.
6. Get Results: Download datasets in your preferred format (CSV, JSON, Excel) from the dataset tab, or access them via the Apify API.

Input/Output

Input Configuration (via Apify UI or API):
The main input is typically a list of TikTok Discover URLs. You can also specify:
* region: Region code for localized trends.
* maxTrends: Maximum number of trends to scrape per URL.
* includeShopData: Boolean flag to include TikTok Shop product listings.

Output Data:
The actor returns a structured dataset. Each item typically includes:

{
  "trendingHashtag": "#example",
  "creatorUsername": "user123",
  "videoStats": {
    "likes": 15000,
    "comments": 300,
    "shares": 450
  },
  "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@user123/video/123456789",
  "audioId": "1234567890123456789",
  "topicCategory": "Comedy",
  "shopItem": { /* ... product data if included ... */ },
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://example.com/image.jpg"
}

This data can be exported to CSV, JSON, Excel, or consumed programmatically through the Apify API for integration into analytics platforms, CMS, or custom dashboards.