TikTok API
TikTok transcript API subtitle tracks with their original timing
Transcripts from TikTok video and share links, with each subtitle track's original timing.
1.0Capabilities
Core advantages and the limits that come with them
Transcribe TikTok videos from public links with caption extraction, and AI transcription on paid plans for videos without subtitles.
Operational limits and transparency
- Public TikTok posts only; private or login protected videos are unsupported.
- Single region processing infrastructure.
- 1 credit per caption transcript; 2 credits per started minute of AI transcription for the audio fallback.
2.0Implementation
Request and response the exact request and what comes back
POST/v1/jobs
curl -X POST https://api.transcriptdock.com/v1/jobs \-H "Authorization: Bearer td_live_..." \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \-d '{"source": {"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@creator/video/7123456789012345678"},"mode": "captions_only"}'
Job outcome
{"id": "3a4b5c6d-7e8f-9a0b-1c2d-3e4f5a6b7c8d","status": "succeeded","stage": null,"result_id": "4b5c6d7e-8f9a-0b1c-2d3e-4f5a6b7c8d9e","error": null,"billing": {"credits_reserved": 0,"credits_charged": 1,"kind": "captions"},"source": {"platform": "tiktok","media_id": "7123456789012345678","canonical_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@creator/video/7123456789012345678","title": null,"upload_id": null},"options": {"mode": "captions_only","language": null,"caption_preference": "prefer_creator"},"created_at": "2026-09-12T15:10:00Z"}
3.0Questions
Frequently asked
What happens with captions, AI transcription and limits for this source.
Can I submit vm.tiktok.com share links?
Yes. The ingestion pipeline resolves mobile share links through secure redirect validation to determine the underlying video identifier.
What happens if a TikTok has background music over speech?
If the creator published a subtitle track, you get that track and the music does not matter. Otherwise AI transcription (paid plans) runs on the whole audio, so loud music under speech can lower accuracy. Word confidence, when present, helps you spot uncertain passages.