TikTok Post Transcript API
Scrape TikTok Post Transcript data with one API call. Returns the transcript of a TikTok video. Supports auto-generated captions and AI-powered transcription as fallback.
Last updated June 2026
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The Post Transcript endpoint gives you structured TikTok data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/post/transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40stoolpresidente%2Fvideo%2F7499229683859426602" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/post/transcript",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602"},
)
data = response.json()const params = new URLSearchParams({
"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602",
});
const response = await fetch(`https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/post/transcript?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | Yes | Full URL of the TikTok video |
| language | No | Language of the transcript. 2 letter language code, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'de', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'zh' |
| use_ai_as_fallback | No | Set to 'true' to use AI as a fallback to get the transcript if the transcript is not found. Costs 10 credits to use this feature. And only if the video is under 2 minutes. |
How does the TikTok Post Transcript API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON. Every response follows our unified schema with computed fields.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
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