# TikTok Transcript API TikTok 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` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?url=7673108027645414678' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.tiktok.transcript.get({ url: "7673108027645414678" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "7673108027645414678", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/tiktok/transcript?${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): ```python 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): ```go 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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "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. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - is_auto_generated is true for TikTok's auto-captions and speech-to-text, and false for the creator's captions. > - Photo posts have no audio and return no_transcript. > - A video with licensed music and no speech can return the song's lyrics. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `url` required | `string`
max 2,048 chars | TikTok video URL (tiktok.com/@user/video/\, m.tiktok.com/v/\.html, vm.tiktok.com/\, vt.tiktok.com/\, tiktok.com/t/\, embed URLs) or a numeric video ID. | `https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173` | | `lang` optional | `string`
bcp47 | 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. | `en` | `url` takes TikTok video and post links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input). Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). **Parameters every endpoint accepts** | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `max_age` optional | `integer`
min 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. | — | | `fields` optional | `string` | 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 ### 200 `{data, meta}`. `data` is a [transcript](https://socialtap.dev/resources/transcript/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). The fields are the shared transcript schema, the same on all 8 platforms that serve it. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data.platform` | `string` | Platform the media is hosted on. | | `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native ID of the post (equals post.id); of an ad library entry, its library ID (equals ad.id). | | `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical URL of the post (of an ad library entry, its library page). | | `data.language` | `string` or `null` | BCP-47 language of the returned transcript; null when unknown. | | `data.source` | `string` | captions = platform caption track; asr = speech-to-text on the audio. New values may be added.
One of `captions`, `asr` | | `data.is_auto_generated` | `boolean` | True when the track was machine-generated (platform auto-captions or ASR). | | `data.available_languages` | `string[]` | BCP-47 caption languages the platform offers for this post; \[\] if none or not listed. | | `data.duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Media duration in milliseconds; null when unknown. | | `data.segments` | `object[]` | Timed cues in order; never empty on success. | | `data.segments[].start_ms` | `integer` | Start time in milliseconds from the beginning of the media. | | `data.segments[].end_ms` | `integer` | End time in milliseconds from the beginning of the media. | | `data.segments[].text` | `string` | Cue text, whitespace-normalized. | | `data.text` | `string` | Full transcript: segment texts joined with single spaces. | | `data.platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `invalid_input` | 400 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `unauthorized` | 401 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | 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. | | `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `forbidden` | 403 | No | 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](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). 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. | | `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `not_found` | 404 | No | 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. | | `no_transcript` | 404 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, 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](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. | ### 500 500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. | ### 502 502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. | | `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, 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. | ## Pricing 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. | Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests | | --- | --- | --- | | Captions `captions` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | | Speech-to-text `asr` | 2 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`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#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`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) as well, and costs nothing. | meta.source | Source | What it means | | --- | --- | --- | | `captions` | Captions | The platform's own caption track (uploaded or auto-generated). | | `asr` | Speech-to-text | Transcribed 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](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `tiktok.transcript` · operationId `tiktok.transcript.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/transcript/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/tiktok/transcript/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)