Get TikTok video with less than 10 Lines of Python code
Tags: python, tiktok
Published: 2021-08-14 04:27:31

Actually TikTok offers some endpoints for developers, but that doesn't have many functionality and flexibility.

In this post, we will use the following.
{% github davidteather/TikTok-Api %}


This python library allows us to use TikTok data easily and documents are organized very well.

The official doc
https://dteather.com/TikTok-Api/docs/TikTokApi.html

### Step1. install the library via pip
```zsh
$ pip install TikTokApi
$ python -m playwright install
```

### Step2. get custom_verifyFp

Go to TikTok and open Dev Tool > Application > Storage > Cookies. Then copy `s_v_web_id` value and paste it to `verifyFp` in the following sample code.

You can see what you need to do to get `s_v_web_id` in the Youtube video.
https://youtu.be/zwLmLfVI-VQ?t=121

In this sample code, I used `by_hashtag` method that gets the fixed number of videos that have `Messi` as a #tag.
In the sample, I set 10 as `count`.
https://dteather.com/TikTok-Api/docs/TikTokApi/tiktok.html#TikTokApi.by_hashtag


By the way the Youtube video uses `by_trending`
https://dteather.com/TikTok-Api/docs/TikTokApi/tiktok.html#TikTokApi.by_trending

`test.py`
```python
from TikTokApi import TikTokApi
verifyFp='xxx'
api = TikTokApi.get_instance(custom_verifyFp=verifyFp, use_test_endpoints=True)
results = 10
hashtag = 'Messi'
search_results = api.by_hashtag(count=results, hashtag=hashtag)
for tiktok in search_results:
    print(tiktok['video']['playAddr'])
```

### Step3. run the sample code
You can get the video links.

```zsh
$ python test.py
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-pve-0068/f6d3605bceb3438d95d3fc15e1c12707/?a=1988&br=3614&bt=1807&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935350&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=M2k0ZmY1cGp0MzMzOTczM0ApaDY3Ojw0ODw4N2RoZmkzO2dhbW0xYzFjZG1gLS00MTZzczAxL2AyNDAyMzAuLy8zXzM6Yw%3D%3D&signature=5deb49d12d31945a3dd829845980247c&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/alisg/tos-alisg-pve-0037c001/8644d857973643ff8338cf94b033261b/?a=1988&br=1604&bt=802&cd=0%7C0%7C0&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&dr=0&ds=2&er=&expire=1628935342&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=ajdzcmp0bHk7MzMzNTczM0ApZmVmZzU7aDs0Nzw7aDZlM2djLWVybDBjbi9gLS0vMTRzczAyMy8vYDQtNTY1X15eYWA6Yw%3D%3D&signature=ac6a0aebbedf36463efa08062beca5c6&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-ve-0068c003/03fdb77bdb7b4cd89feadd3347ea76d2/?a=1988&br=2438&bt=1219&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935323&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=MzZvcGhqNmtqNDMzNzczM0ApaGk6ZWU2M2U1NztpOmY5O2dzZmouNF5ybm5gLS1kMTZzczE0NDIwNTM1YTIwLV8yYTQ6Yw%3D%3D&signature=431b0bdedc5acd4a5d365685cc2bae43&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/alisg/tos-alisg-pve-0037c001/3a3df3e144284842bca193e3c3be4c18/?a=1988&br=2718&bt=1359&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935371&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=am45bXF0bzk6dzMzMzczM0ApODk7ZWVpaDw6NzY4NjxmZGc1bl9sc2VwY3JfLS00MTRzcy5hMmJeNWA0NWA2MDY0YGM6Yw%3D%3D&signature=93bde49d5fb650e006c38242ce71d443&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-ve-0068c002/8236a7de6b7d45f68534c340ff20704a/?a=1988&br=990&bt=495&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935366&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=am1xcTQ6ZnBuNzMzNzczM0ApOWY0aWU0OGRpNzM0ZDZpOWdiMmRscjQwcTNgLS1kMTZzc18vNjAzYl4uXjJhNDBjLTA6Yw%3D%3D&signature=da88c5351234be29a34a06f7fe85dc32&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-ve-0068c003/123acb35db624af0ace6c4cc9f08d98f/?a=1988&br=5028&bt=2514&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935342&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=M2R5b2tvajp3NDMzZDczM0ApNTs3OGVlOjw8Nzs3OzNmNmdhM2Rzcl9wazVgLS1iMTZzcy8tNC8yLzE0MGE2M2A1MS86Yw%3D%3D&signature=8d0a6ea7e6cd392ec1c1b21a683a3764&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/alisg/tos-alisg-pve-0037c001/db36a067db27458c9eb975e729951244/?a=1988&br=2436&bt=1218&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935335&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=MzRneWc6ZmhtNjMzODczNEApOWQ1NmVlZmRoNzQ6NTk0OWc2NmktcjRfZWtgLS1kMS1zc18zNC82YDRiMDJiMjYtMmE6Yw%3D%3D&signature=b60291c707247f301dd61dd161a1182d&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-ve-0068c001/27d1b30e58df44d99e008c1928e9cba9/?a=1988&br=2388&bt=1194&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935363&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=M2d4aGR1MzpkMzMzNjczM0ApM2RoaGgzZGQzN2U5Njk4NGdlaC5jbGtyaWFgLS0vMTZzczU1MWJgNDJgMi8uNTFiNWI6Yw%3D%3D&signature=c7df3d189e5e7bd449969f34d50cab3e&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-pve-0068/bcb98c935ab443de9658dcd5760f939f/?a=1988&br=1448&bt=724&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935330&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=M2V2dTM1cDk1NjMzNzczM0ApOTxnaTkzZDw3N2UzZWk6M2dyMmAwYzE0XmRgLS1kMTZzczZhNDViYTNiNV9eXjNgLzQ6Yw%3D%3D&signature=9c5d5009e266981b310682a2df1d3cdf&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
https://v16-web.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-pve-0068/55c9cb8875174673b81a67db4b0c7be1/?a=1988&br=1338&bt=669&cd=0%7C0%7C1&ch=0&cr=0&cs=0&cv=1&dr=0&ds=3&er=&expire=1628935340&ft=Q9BExEXk_4ka&l=202108140401520102450730214E194969&lr=tiktok_m&mime_type=video_mp4&net=0&pl=0&policy=3&qs=0&rc=M3BldTczaWRldTMzMzczM0ApNmQ4Nmc0NWRoNzZmOjkzZWdfMmEyYTY0MmhfLS1iMTZzc2AvNi0uMTEtLTAzY18yMTA6Yw%3D%3D&signature=26cd0d759ece16582dbd0fa3985040b7&tk=0&vl=&vr=
---------------
```


If you want to know the general return, you can see it ↓

https://gist.github.com/koji/143ea8387403899c069464cbde61efae