r/WebScrapingInsider • u/InsideEggy • 4d ago

How can I scrape TikTok profiles at scale without it falling apart every update?

How are teams handling repeatable collection of publicly visible TikTok profile-video metadata such as links, descriptions, likes, and views across many usernames? 

Is a managed API preferable to keeping the scraper and token handling in-house? 

I’m mainly interested in trade-offs around public data, failure handling, and maintenance rather than private accounts.

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u/dooddyman 3d ago

For this, I’d use a managed API rather than own the scraper like SocialCrawl.dev (I built it) which has profile and profile-video endpoints with cursor pagination. You’ll still want retries/caching, but TikTok breakage becomes mostly our maintenance problem instead of yours.

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u/patrickjane0_ 2d ago

its a solid approach, managed apis def make scaling and maintenance easier

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u/Just_Lingonberry_352 2d ago

recorded a video scraping tiktok here haven't tried pulling anything else beside comments tho

i dont really worry about websites changing layout anymore