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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 October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

Returns the spoken text of a TikTok video from its captions, with an option to fall back to AI transcription when no captions exist.

Use it when you need what was said rather than the numbers; post gives you the video's caption and metrics but no transcript.

Searching 68 platforms in parallel

·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
TikTok API

What can you do with the Post Transcript API?

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 -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/post/transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40stoolpresidente%2Fvideo%2F7499229683859426602"
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/post/transcript",
    params={
    'url': 'https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602',
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)

data = response.json()
const response = await fetch(
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/post/transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40stoolpresidente%2Fvideo%2F7499229683859426602",
  {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
urlYesFull URL of the TikTok video
languageNoLanguage of the transcript. 2 letter language code, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'de', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'zh'
use_ai_as_fallbackNoSet to 'true' to fall back to AI transcription when the video has no captions. Included in the endpoint's 10 credits (no surcharge). AI transcription covers videos up to 10 minutes (600 seconds): a longer video with no captions returns 400 INVALID_REQUEST with `error.details.reason: video_too_long`, `duration_seconds` and `max_seconds`, free and deterministic, so retrying returns the same answer.
momentsNoOptional CSV of moment kinds to find: brand, sponsor_read, product_demo, call_to_action. Returns data.moments = [{ kind, start_ms, end_ms, quote }] when the transcript has timestamps. Price of the extra step is an owner decision; today it does not add credits.
brandNoOptional, with moments=. The company or product to look for, so a namesake is not counted.
qNoOptional question about the video, up to 300 characters, for example q=what discount code do they give. Returns data.moments = [{ kind: "answers_query", start_ms, end_ms, quote }] for each stretch of about six transcript lines that states the answer: a stretch that only shares the topic is left out, and a question the video never answers returns an empty list. The quote is one line copied from the transcript and the times come from the segments. Send moments= or q=, not both. If the step cannot run, the transcript is returned without data.moments and data._warnings carries moments_unavailable. Today it does not add credits.
Example Response

What does the TikTok Post Transcript API return?

Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.

Example response
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "endpoint": "/v1/tiktok/post/transcript",
  "data": {
    "id": "7499229683859426602",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente/video/7499229683859426602",
    "transcript": "WEBVTT\n\n\n00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:01.740\nAlright, pizza review time.\n\n00:00:01.741 --> 00:00:03.701\nSal's Pizza Factory. Oh,\n\n00:00:03.702 --> 00:00:05.701\nit's fucking pouring. We're in Charlotte.\n\n00:00:05.702 --> 00:00:07.781\nAlright man, any chance I get a real quick picture?\n\n00:00:07.782 --> 00:00:09.901\nJack or Dwight Howard? I gotta pick one.\n\n00:00:09.902 --> 00:00:10.861\nYeah, Jack.\n\n00:00:10.862 --> 00:00:12.301\nYeah, easy, right?\n\n00:00:12.302 --> 00:00:13.981\nWe're still Jason Williams still with us?\n\n00:00:13.982 --> 00:00:16.381\nYeah, he on the plane right over,\n\n00:00:16.382 --> 00:00:18.261\nout of the blue. Said the following.\n\n00:00:18.262 --> 00:00:21.141\nHe would take Dwight Howard over Shaq at center.\n\n00:00:21.142 --> 00:00:23.461\nAnd says he lie about it for the rest of his life\n\n00:00:23.462 --> 00:00:25.341\nand would never admit to saying that.\n\n00:00:25.342 --> 00:00:28.441\nListen, y'all seen him on his camera more more times than me.\n\n00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:31.980\nHe's lying. This is an outrageous pizza.\n\n00:00:31.981 --> 00:00:33.601\nI don't even know that they cut it.\n\n00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:36.620\nWow, very hot.\n\n00:00:36.621 --> 00:00:37.701\nAll right, it is cut.\n\n00:00:37.702 --> 00:00:39.821\nThat's a lava soup in the middle.\n\n00:00:39.822 --> 00:00:42.621\nIt is going back and forth like crazy.\n\n00:00:42.622 --> 00:00:45.301\nYou need some silverware. I really do want to let this cool\n\n00:00:45.302 --> 00:00:46.821\nso we can talk about you to White House.\n\n00:00:46.822 --> 00:00:48.361\nNo, it's shut up.\n\n00:00:49.580 --> 00:00:51.200\nAnd. But then he said if.\n\n00:00:51.740 --> 00:00:53.620\nIf. If he was starting five,\n\n00:00:53.621 --> 00:00:54.981\nyou would take Shaq? Yes,\n\n00:00:54.982 --> 00:00:56.541\nbut Dwight Howard's the best center.\n\n00:00:56.542 --> 00:01:00.241\nShaq is the most dominant center ever to play the game of basketball.\n\n00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:02.520\nWhy would you take Drake out?\n\n00:01:02.620 --> 00:01:05.460\nDefensive purpose. So you're like math GM?\n\n00:01:05.461 --> 00:01:08.161\nGet rid of Luca and get a defensive guy in there.\n\n00:01:08.260 --> 00:01:09.660\nListen, I'm nothing like Nico\n\n00:01:09.661 --> 00:01:11.341\nand I've never GM the team in my life\n\n00:01:11.342 --> 00:01:12.621\nand I'm guarantee I'm better.\n\n00:01:12.622 --> 00:01:14.901\nI'd never make that deal. That was the dumbest deal ever.\n\n00:01:14.902 --> 00:01:18.221\nTo be made. This tastes better than how sloppy it is.\n\n00:01:18.222 --> 00:01:19.821\n7 3. It's not bad at all,\n\n00:01:19.822 --> 00:01:20.741\nthis. Actually,\n\n00:01:20.742 --> 00:01:23.541\nI'm not just saying it. This eats way better than it looks.\n\n00:01:23.542 --> 00:01:24.821\nI don't know whether it is.\n\n00:01:24.822 --> 00:01:25.981\nHustle this out of the oven.\n\n00:01:25.982 --> 00:01:26.821\nAll right. Do you want some?\n\n00:01:26.822 --> 00:01:27.341\nNo, sir.\n\n00:01:27.342 --> 00:01:28.741\nAll right. I don't wanna burn the river in my mouth.\n\n00:01:28.742 --> 00:01:29.995\nAll right. That's gonna be a pro.\n"
  },
  "credits_used": 0,
  "request_id": "req_example000000",
  "cached": true,
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "source": "captured",
  "captured_at": "2026-10-02T12:51:28.487Z",
  "redacted": true
}

Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.

API Details

How does the TikTok Post Transcript API work?

Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.

Method

GET

Response

JSON

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for TikTok Post Transcript data?

We handle the complexity of TikTok data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

How do you scrape social media data in seconds?

The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 68 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 68 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.

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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()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 68 platforms
FAQ

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Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.

Contact us
How do I get a TikTok video transcript with an API?
Send a GET request to /v1/tiktok/post/transcript with the url parameter set to the full TikTok video URL. SocialCrawl returns the video's transcript, using TikTok's auto-generated captions where available.
Which languages does the TikTok Transcript API support?
Pass language with a 2-letter code: en (English), ko (Korean), es (Spanish), fr (French), de (German), it (Italian), ja (Japanese), or zh (Chinese). Support depends on TikTok's auto-caption coverage for each video.
What if the TikTok video has no native transcript?
Pass use_ai_as_fallback=true and the endpoint runs AI transcription when TikTok's native captions are missing. This costs 10 credits and only works on videos under 2 minutes long.
Can I pull a TikTok transcript without a second API call?
Yes. The /v1/tiktok/post endpoint accepts get_transcript=true, which includes the transcript directly in the video details response and skips the transcript endpoint entirely.
How much does the TikTok Transcript API cost?
Each request costs 10 credits on the premium tier because transcripts are a premium data category. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required, around 10 transcripts free.

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