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SearchAPI.io - TikTok Transcripts API

SearchAPI.io tool searchapi-io-tiktok-transcripts on looot: input fields, $0.004 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python.

TikTok Transcripts API allows you to retrieve the transcript (captions) of a single TikTok video from its URL. You get timestamped caption segments and the list of available caption languages for the video. Send url, or both video_id and username.

  • Tool id: searchapi-io-tiktok-transcripts
  • Provider: SearchAPI.io
  • Job: Tiktok transcripts search (search.tiktok-transcripts)
  • Price: $0.004 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

Inputs

Name Type Required Description
engine string no Fixed to “tiktok_transcripts” for this endpoint. Example: “tiktok_transcripts”
language string no
url string no Example: “https://www.tiktok.com/@zachking/video/7652362186873916686”
username string no
video_id string no

Output

The run’s result holds the provider’s answer. Signed in, looot inspect searchapi-io-tiktok-transcripts prints its fields.

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With wait: 30 the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll GET /v1/runs/<runId>.

Example input with placeholder values:

curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"searchapi-io-tiktok-transcripts","input":{"url":"jane.doe@example.com","engine":"tiktok_transcripts"},"wait":30}'
const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "searchapi-io-tiktok-transcripts",
    input: {
      url: "jane.doe@example.com",
      engine: "tiktok_transcripts",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);
import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "searchapi-io-tiktok-transcripts",
        "input": {
            "url": "jane.doe@example.com",
            "engine": "tiktok_transcripts",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send job:search.tiktok-transcripts as endpointId; see the job page.

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