# TikTok video transcript API

> What is said in a TikTok video, by ID or link: the whole text and timed segments, from the video's captions (TikTok's own, often auto-generated). lang picks the captions' language; a video without captions in it is not found and not charged.

Canonical page: https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/videos/transcript/get/

- **Endpoint**: `GET /v1/tiktok/videos/transcript/get`
- **ID**: `tiktok.videos.transcript.get`
- **Price**: $0.002 per call
- **Returns**: one Transcript object (`data.item`)
- **Status**: preview
- **Good for**: Transcripts, Content research

## Price

One call costs $0.002 and returns one transcript. 1,000 lookups cost $2.00. Failed calls are not charged.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | no |  | The video ID (digits). Give id or url. (e.g. `7665840565958872333`) |
| `url` | string | no |  | A share link or page URL; the ID is read from it. (e.g. `https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa/video/7665840565958872333`) |
| `lang` | string | no |  | The captions' language as a two-letter code (en, es, ja); the video's own captions when left out. (e.g. `en`) |
| `view` | string: compact / standard / full | no | `standard` | How much of each object comes back. full adds platform-specific fields under ext. |
| `fields` | string[] | no |  | Fields to keep, by path (author.name), to save tokens. In a query string: comma-separated. |

Give id or url; one of the two is enough. 
cursor, view and fields work as described in [Requests](https://okdata.online/docs/requests/).

## Returned fields

Each item is a [Transcript](https://okdata.online/docs/objects/transcript/).

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `video_id` | string | ID of the video. |
| `lang` | string | Language of this transcript. |
| `segments` | Segment[] | Timed segments in order. |
| `text` | string | All segments joined as plain text. |

## Request examples

### cURL

```bash
curl -G "https://api.okdata.online/v1/tiktok/videos/transcript/get" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OKDATA_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'id=7665840565958872333'
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.okdata.online/v1/tiktok/videos/transcript/get",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OKDATA_API_KEY']}"},
    params={"id": "7665840565958872333"},
    timeout=60,
)
body = resp.json()
if body["code"] != "ok":
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['code']}: {body['message']} (charged: {body['charged']})")

row = body["data"]["item"]
print(row["text"][:200])
print("cost: $" + body["meta"]["billing"]["amount"])
```

### TypeScript

```ts
const url = new URL('https://api.okdata.online/v1/tiktok/videos/transcript/get');
url.searchParams.set('id', "7665840565958872333");

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OKDATA_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (body.code !== 'ok') throw new Error(`${body.code}: ${body.message}`);

const row = body.data.item;
console.log(row.text.slice(0, 200));
console.log('cost: $' + body.meta.billing.amount);
```

### MCP

```json
{
  "name": "call",
  "arguments": {
    "capability": "tiktok.videos.transcript.get",
    "id": "7665840565958872333"
  }
}
```

Or ask an agent that has the MCP server connected:

> Use TikTok video transcript and summarise what the video says in five bullet points.

## Response example

```json
{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "0f6c2a8e-4b1d-4e0a-9a51-3c7d2b9e1f20",
  "data": {
    "item": {
      "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "lang": "en",
      "segments": [
        {
          "start": 0,
          "end": 4.2,
          "text": "Here is what I pack for a two-night trip."
        }
      ],
      "text": "Here is what I pack for a two-night trip."
    }
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "tiktok.videos.transcript.get",
    "billing": {
      "amount": "0.002",
      "currency": "USD",
      "balance_after": "9.998"
    },
    "unavailable": {},
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-11-11T08:00:00Z"
  }
}
```

## Errors

Errors share one shape: code, request_id, message and message_zh (a fixed sentence per code), charged, retry, retry_after_seconds, param and docs_url, with the specifics in problems. They are not charged; only settlement_unknown is unknown until looked up. The full table: https://okdata.online/docs/errors/

## Questions

### How much does the TikTok video transcript API cost?

One call costs $0.002 and returns one transcript. 1,000 lookups cost $2.00. Failed calls are not charged.

### Can I pass a share link instead of an ID?

Yes. Put the link in url and okdata reads the ID from it. Short share links work too.

### Do I need a TikTok account, cookies or a QR login?

No. You send only your okdata API key. The data is public data from TikTok; nothing is fetched with your own TikTok account.

### Am I charged when a call fails?

No. Every error response says charged: false, except a timeout, which says charged: null until the outcome is known. Resend with the same Idempotency-Key and you are never charged twice.

### What if TikTok does not show a field?

The field is null, and meta.unavailable names it with the reason: platform (the platform never shows it) or capability (we cannot fetch it yet).

## More TikTok endpoints

- [TikTok video search](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/videos/search/): $0.002 per call · about 30 videos per page
- [TikTok video detail](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/videos/get/): $0.002 per call
- [TikTok video comments](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/videos/comments/list/): $0.002 per call · about 50 comments per page
- [TikTok account profile](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/users/get/): $0.002 per call
- [TikTok Ads Library search](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/ads/search/): $0.004 per call · about 12 ads per page
- [TikTok Creative Center top ads](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/creative_center/ads/search/): $0.002 per call · about 20 ads per page
- [TikTok Shop product search](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/shop/products/search/): $0.004 per call · about 20 products per page
- [TikTok Shop product detail](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/shop/products/get/): $0.002 per call
- [TikTok Shop product reviews](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/shop/products/reviews/list/): $0.002 per call · about 20 reviews per page
- [TikTok comment replies](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/comments/replies/list/): $0.002 per call · about 20 comments per page
- [TikTok account search](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/users/search/): $0.002 per call · about 30 accounts per page
- [TikTok account videos](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/users/videos/list/): $0.002 per call · about 10 videos per page
- [TikTok Creative Center top ad](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/creative_center/ads/get/): $0.002 per call
- [TikTok Shop seller products](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/shop/sellers/products/list/): $0.002 per call · about 20 products per page
- [TikTok account followers](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/users/followers/list/): $0.002 per call · about 20 accounts per page
- [TikTok hashtag videos](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/hashtags/videos/list/): $0.002 per call · about 20 videos per page

## At a glance

- **Short name**: TikTok video transcript
- **Also called**: tiktok captions, tiktok video to text, tiktok subtitles
- **Category**: [Social media](https://okdata.online/categories/social/)
- **Data type**: [Transcript API](https://okdata.online/roles/transcripts-get/)
- **Status**: preview. It may still change; any change is announced beforehand.
- **Price**: $0.002 per call · failed calls are free
- **Returns**: One Transcript, as data.item
- **If a call fails**: Not charged. When a data source fails, the next one is tried; errors and timeouts cost nothing.

## When it is charged

- Data comes back: $0.002 per call
- Bad parameters, errors, timeouts: Free

| When | Charge |
|---|---|
| Most one call costs | $0.002 |
| An empty answer | Free |
| Not found (the platform has no such item) | Free |
| Bad parameters, errors, timeouts | Free |
| A retry with the same Idempotency-Key within 24 hours | Charged once |

A failed call is free; an empty answer is free; not found is free.

Prices from price book 1b273c48fea9634e. [Every price on this platform](https://okdata.online/pricing/tiktok/)

- New accounts get $0.10 of credit, no card needed: 50 calls to this endpoint.
- 1,000 lookups cost $2.00.

## Known limits

- Give exactly one of `id`, `url`.

## Fields by view

The view column is the smallest `view` a field comes back in: `compact` returns only compact fields, `standard` adds the standard ones, `full` returns everything. The default is `standard`.

- `compact`: `video_id`, `lang`, `text`
- `standard`: `segments`

## Common errors on this endpoint

| HTTP | Code | Meaning | Charged | Retry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | `invalid_params` | A parameter is missing, has the wrong type or value, or the method is wrong. problems lists each one; param names the first. | no | after a fix |
| 401 | `unauthorized` | The key is missing, malformed, revoked, disabled or expired (reason says which when known). | no | no |
| 402 | `insufficient_balance` | The balance (available) cannot cover the most this call could cost (required). | no | after a fix |
| 404 | `not_found` | The post, account or page does not exist or is not public. Endpoints whose charge_when_not_found is above 0 charge this answer (the source billed us for it): the body then says charged: true and amount. | no | no |
| 429 | `rate_limited` | The account sent too many requests this minute (reason: rate) or has too many calls running (reason: concurrency). | no | yes |
| 500 | `settlement_unknown` | The data came back, but the charge could not be confirmed. | unknown until looked up | with the same Idempotency-Key |
| 502 | `upstream_failed` | Every data source for this endpoint failed on this request. | no | yes |
| 503 | `capability_paused` | This endpoint is paused right now; nothing ran. | no | yes |
| 504 | `timeout` | The data did not come back in time. The hold was released, so nothing was charged. | no | yes |

[All error codes](https://okdata.online/docs/errors/)

## Same data on other platforms

- [YouTube video transcript](https://okdata.online/apis/youtube/videos/transcript/get/): $0.004 per call
- [Instagram reel transcript](https://okdata.online/apis/instagram/posts/transcript/get/): $0.004 per call
- [Reddit video transcript](https://okdata.online/apis/reddit/posts/transcript/get/): $0.004 per call

[Transcript API](https://okdata.online/roles/transcripts-get/)

## Use it in your AI

> Read https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/videos/transcript/get.md, then call this endpoint for me through okdata; my key is in the OKDATA_API_KEY environment variable. Use TikTok video transcript and summarise what the video says in five bullet points.

## TikTok endpoints by group

- [TikTok Creative Center API](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/creative_center/): TikTok Creative Center top ads $0.002, TikTok Creative Center top ad $0.002
- [TikTok Shop API](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/shop/): TikTok Shop product search $0.004, TikTok Shop product detail $0.002, TikTok Shop product reviews $0.002, TikTok Shop seller products $0.002