TikTok

TikTok Transcript API

Returns the timed transcript of a public TikTok video from its link or ID, read from its captions or, when it has none, its audio. You get the creator's edited captions, TikTok's auto-captions, or TikTok's own translation when lang asks for another language. Each segment has its start and end time, and text holds the whole transcript.

GET /v1/tiktok/transcript

Try it

Example

cURL
curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?url=7673108027645414678' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
TypeScript SDK
import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.tiktok.transcript.get({ url: "7673108027645414678" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);
Node.js (fetch)
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "7673108027645414678",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
Python (requests)
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript",
    params={"url": "7673108027645414678"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])
Go (net/http)
package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "7673108027645414678")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}
PHP
<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'url' => '7673108027645414678',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;
Ruby
require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => '7673108027645414678')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]
Java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "url=" + encode("7673108027645414678");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}
.NET
using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("7673108027645414678"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));
Rust
// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript")
        .query(&[("url", "7673108027645414678")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}
200 OK
{
  "data": {
    "available_languages": [
      "en"
    ],
    "duration_ms": 495000,
    "id": "7673108027645414678",
    "is_auto_generated": false,
    "language": "en",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "platform_specific": {},
    "segments": [
      {
        "end_ms": 4820,
        "start_ms": 100,
        "text": "Let me show you how to make a Japanese cream stew!"
      },
      {
        "end_ms": 8380,
        "start_ms": 4821,
        "text": "I think there is a way to definitely make it from scratch,"
      },
      {
        "end_ms": 13120,
        "start_ms": 8381,
        "text": "but most Japanese people buy the stock for the cream stew."
      }
    ],
    "source": "captions",
    "text": "Let me show you how to make a Japanese cream stew! I think there is a way to definitely make it from scratch, but most Japanese people buy the stock for the cream stew. If you go to a Japanese supermarket, you can find this next to or near where the curry stock cubes are. This is…",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@niinoclock/video/7673108027645414678"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "source": "captions",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 507,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "video",
      "id": "7673108027645414678",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@niinoclock/video/7673108027645414678"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

x-api-keystringheaderrequired

Your API key. Authentication

urlstringrequiredmax 2,048 chars

TikTok video URL (tiktok.com/@user/video/<id>, m.tiktok.com/v/<id>.html, vm.tiktok.com/<code>, vt.tiktok.com/<code>, tiktok.com/t/<code>, embed URLs) or a numeric video ID.

Examplehttps://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173

langstringbcp47

Preferred language: a BCP-47 tag such as en or pt-BR (case-insensitive; _ is read as -). Selects the caption track (TikTok also offers its own translations); falls back to the video's original language, then any track. TikTok's three-letter codes (eng-US) work too.

Exampleen

url takes TikTok video and post links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with invalid_input. Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests).

Parameters every endpoint accepts
max_ageintegermin 0

Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent.

fieldsstring

Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments[].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole.

Response

application/json

200

{data, meta}. data is a transcript object; meta describes the request (meta). The fields are the shared transcript schema, the same on all 8 platforms that serve it.

platformstring

Platform the media is hosted on.

idstring

Platform-native ID of the post (equals post.id); of an ad library entry, its library ID (equals ad.id).

urlstring uri

Canonical URL of the post (of an ad library entry, its library page).

languagestringnullable

BCP-47 language of the returned transcript; null when unknown.

sourcestring

captions = platform caption track; asr = speech-to-text on the audio. New values may be added.

One ofcaptionsasr

is_auto_generatedboolean

True when the track was machine-generated (platform auto-captions or ASR).

available_languagesstring[]

BCP-47 caption languages the platform offers for this post; [] if none or not listed.

duration_msintegernullable

Media duration in milliseconds; null when unknown.

segmentsobject[]

Timed cues in order; never empty on success.

ShowHide 3 child fields
start_msinteger

Start time in milliseconds from the beginning of the media.

end_msinteger

End time in milliseconds from the beginning of the media.

textstring

Cue text, whitespace-normalized.

textstring

Full transcript: segment texts joined with single spaces.

platform_specificobject

Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.

not_found, private_or_unavailable and no_transcript are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

400

400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.

Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.

401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

unauthorizedNo retry

The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired.

Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url.

402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

The account does not have enough credits for this request.

Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically.

The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits.

Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically.

403

403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

forbiddenNo retry

The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code.

Act on details.reason. suspended: contact support. scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP.

The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code.

Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry.

404

404 Not Found: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

not_foundNo retry

The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).

Check the link or ID. Do not retry.

The video or audio exists but has no transcript: no caption track and no speech to transcribe.

Do not retry. If the platform offers other languages, try one with lang.

429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

rate_limitedYes, later

The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it.

Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask support to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.

500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

internalYes, later

An unexpected error on SocialTap's side.

Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.

502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_errorYes, later

The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read.

Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free.

503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.

Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.

overloadedYes, later

SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged.

Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free.

From 1 credit per request, up to 122 credits. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source; sources are tried cheapest first: Captions → Speech-to-text.

SourcePrice per successful requestPer 1,000 requests
Captions captions1 credit$0.75–$1.97
Speech-to-text asr2 credits + 2 per started minute of media
up to 122 credits (60 started minutes of media)
$1.50–$3.93 + $1.50–$3.93 per started minute of media

Example: a result from Speech-to-text asr with 3 started minutes of media costs 2 + 2 × 3 = 8 credits.

Balance, sources and what you were charged

Your balance must be at least 1 credit to start a request; with less, it is refused with insufficient_credits (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. One request costs at most 122 credits, but that amount is never locked up in advance: right before costlier work, SocialTap sets aside more of your balance, the exact price when the number of started minutes of media is known beforehand, otherwise as much as your balance allows (and the work is limited to what that pays for). It then charges the actual price and releases the rest. If the result would cost more than your balance covers, the request is refused with insufficient_credits as well, and costs nothing.

meta.sourceSourceWhat it means
captionsCaptionsThe platform's own caption track (uploaded or auto-generated).
asrSpeech-to-textTranscribed by SocialTap from the media's audio when the platform has no captions.

meta.credits_charged and the x-credits-charged header show what you paid. How credits work · Packs

Endpoint ID tiktok.transcript · operationId tiktok.transcript.get · Product overview

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