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TikTok Transcript API

TikTok Transcript API
Extract Captions from Any Video

Extract TikTok captions and subtitles programmatically. No TikTok API key required. Get auto-generated captions as structured transcript segments, ready for search, RAG, and AI analysis.

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pip install trawl-sdk
from trawl import TrawlClient

client = TrawlClient()

# Search TikTok videos by keyword
results = client.search.tiktok("productivity tips", max_results=10)
for v in results.results:
    print(f"[@{v.author}] {v.title}")

# Extract captions from any TikTok video
transcript = client.tiktok.preview(
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/7123456789"
)

for segment in transcript.segments:
    print(f"[{segment.start:.1f}s] {segment.text}")

# Output in 5 formats: TXT, JSON, SRT, VTT, JSONL

Why developers choose Trawl

Auto-generated caption extraction
Search by keyword, hashtag, or user
No TikTok API key needed
User profile and video metadata
Comment extraction
Hashtag search
Python SDK + JS SDK + MCP server
5 output formats (TXT, JSON, SRT, VTT, JSONL)
Batch processing

10+

Content sources

5

Output formats

49

MCP tools for Claude

Start extracting TikTok captions in 30 seconds

pip install trawl-sdk

python -c "
from trawl import TrawlClient
t = TrawlClient().tiktok.preview(
    'https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/7123456789'
)
print(f'{len(t.segments)} segments extracted')
"
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