TikTok

TikTok Transcript API

Extract timestamped transcripts from any public TikTok video in a single request.

The TikTok Transcript API lets you extract the full, timestamped transcript for TikTok transcript with a single REST call. No OAuth, no infrastructure to maintain, and no platform SDKs — send the request, get clean structured JSON back. Pass cache=true to serve from the 24h cache (0 credits on hit); default is always fresh. Selected profile endpoints also accept cacheMaxAge=1d|3d|7d|14d|30d.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/tiktok-transcript

get/v1/tiktok/transcript

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.captapi.com
  • URL: https://api.captapi.com/v1/tiktok/transcript
  • Auth: one of:
    • HTTP bearer
    • API key in header X-API-Key

Query parameters

urlstring required

Public TikTok video URL, e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7646812028874673439. Not a YouTube/Instagram/Facebook URL. The URL platform must match this endpoint's platform. Do not pass cross-platform URLs, e.g. YouTube to TikTok, Instagram to Facebook, LinkedIn to X/Twitter, or Pinterest to Rumble.

languagestring

Preferred caption language as an ISO code, e.g. "en". Defaults to auto-detect.

cacheboolean

Serve from the 24h shared cache when available (0 credits on hit). Default true — set false to always fetch fresh.

Response

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

successunknown required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 3 revisions of this API.