TikTok Post & Slideshow Detail Scraper: MCP config, n8n workflow and API

{
  "mode": "posts",
  "postUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7574844184952081686"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "maxDetail": 1,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeComments": false,
  "includeMediaUrls": true,
  "validateMediaUrls": false,
  "includeAuthorStats": true,
  "includeHashtags": true,
  "includeMentions": true,
  "includeSubtitles": false,
  "includeRawFields": false
}

---
name: tiktok-post-and-slideshow-detail-scraper
description: "Post rows with engagement stats, author snapshot, music, media, hashtags/mentions; comment rows with replies; and explicit status rows for unavailable inputs. Runs the Apify Actor nimbryxo-studio/tiktok-post-and-slideshow-detail-scraper. Use when the user needs TikTok data with fields such as postId, postUrl, postType, caption, createdAt, playCount and an Apify token is available."
compatibility: "Needs network access, curl, and an APIFY_TOKEN environment variable. Runs are billed to the token owner's Apify account."
metadata:
  actor: "nimbryxo-studio/tiktok-post-and-slideshow-detail-scraper"
  store-url: "https://apify.com/nimbryxo-studio/tiktok-post-and-slideshow-detail-scraper"
---

# TikTok Post & Slideshow Detail Scraper

Use this skill to fetch TikTok data with the Apify Actor `nimbryxo-studio/tiktok-post-and-slideshow-detail-scraper` and work with the returned rows.

## Before running

1. Check that `APIFY_TOKEN` is set in the environment. Never print it or write it to a file.
2. Build `input.json` from the user's request using the fields below. Keep limits small for a first run.
3. Confirm the search terms or URLs with the user if the request is ambiguous.

## Input fields

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mode` | one of `posts`, `profiles`, `comments` | What to scrape: individual posts, a profile's newest posts, or comment threads on posts. |
| `postUrls` | array | TikTok video/photo URLs, /v/ share links, embed links, vm.tiktok.com or vt.tiktok.com short links, or bare numeric post IDs. Duplicates are scraped once. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Global cap on output rows. Posts mode counts posts; profiles mode counts posts; comments mode counts comments and replies. Status rows do not count. |
| `maxDetail` | integer | How many posts get the slower page/detail enrichment (caption language, collect/repost counts, video tracks). Remaining posts use the fast embed record. Set to 1 for the smallest daily-test run. |
| `maxCommentsPerPost` | integer | Maximum comments plus replies to keep for each post in comments mode, or to attach to each post when Include comments is on. |
| `includeReplies` | boolean | Fetch the reply thread under each root comment and include replies with their parent. |
| `includeComments` | boolean | In posts/profiles mode, attach a comments array to each post. In comments mode, emit root comment rows (comments mode enables this automatically when both comment toggles are off). |
| `includeMediaUrls` | boolean | Include signed video, cover, music, and slideshow image URLs plus mediaUrlExpiresAt. They typically expire in about 48 hours. |
| `validateMediaUrls` | boolean | Check the main media URL with a GET Range request (TikTok's CDN rejects HEAD) and add mediaUrlAccessible. Adds latency. |
| `includeAuthorStats` | boolean | Include follower, following, heart, and video counts in author and authorStats. |
| `includeHashtags` | boolean | Include the hashtags array extracted from the caption. |
| `includeMentions` | boolean | Include the mentions array extracted from the caption with text offsets. |
| `includeSubtitles` | boolean | Include video.subtitleInfos, video.bitrateInfo, and video.volumeInfo (detail path only). |
| `includeRawFields` | boolean | Include item_control, contents, effectStickers, and stickersOnItem from the detail payload. Legacy includeEffectStickers/includeItemControl/includeContents inputs map here. |

Example `input.json` (the Actor's published prefill):

```json
{
  "mode": "posts",
  "postUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7574844184952081686"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "maxDetail": 1,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeComments": false,
  "includeMediaUrls": true,
  "validateMediaUrls": false,
  "includeAuthorStats": true,
  "includeHashtags": true,
  "includeMentions": true,
  "includeSubtitles": false,
  "includeRawFields": false
}
```

## Run

```bash
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~tiktok-post-and-slideshow-detail-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json > results.json
```

The call waits for the run to finish and returns the dataset items as a JSON array. If the run needs more than 300 seconds the API answers with HTTP 408; then start the run with `POST /v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~tiktok-post-and-slideshow-detail-scraper/runs`, poll `GET /v2/actor-runs/{runId}` until `SUCCEEDED`, and read `GET /v2/datasets/{defaultDatasetId}/items`.

## Output

Each item is one record. Published fields include: `postId`, `postUrl`, `postType`, `caption`, `createdAt`, `playCount`, `likeCount`, `commentCount`, `shareCount`, `author`, `recordType`, `source`, `scrapedAt`, `commentId`, `text`, `user`, `replyCount`, `isReply`, `language`, `status`.

Summarise what was found, cite the record URLs when present, and say how many items came back. Do not invent values for empty fields.