TikTok Video Downloader Instructions

Steps:

1. Export TikTok Video Links

1. Open your web browser and go to the desired TikTok profile.
2. Press F12 to open the developer console.
3. Open the console tab and paste the following code to enable continuous scrolling:

   let goToBottom = setInterval(() => window.scrollBy(0, 400), 1000);

   • If prompted that the code is insecure, type "allow pasting" in the console and press Enter.
4. Copy and paste the following script into the console to extract video descriptions and URLs:

   let arrayVideos = [];
   console.log('\n'.repeat(50));
   
   // Locate all video containers
   const videoContainers = document.querySelectorAll('.css-1uqux2o-DivItemContainerV2'); // Adjust this selector if necessary
   
   videoContainers.forEach((container, index) => {
       const descriptionElement = container.querySelector('img[alt]'); // Locate the <img> with description in the alt attribute
       const videoLinkElement = container.querySelector('a[href^="https://www.tiktok.com/"]'); // Locate the <a> tag with the video URL
   
       const description = descriptionElement ? descriptionElement.getAttribute('alt').trim() : 'No description'; // Extract description or default
       const videoURL = videoLinkElement ? videoLinkElement.href : 'No URL'; // Extract URL or default
   
       if (description && videoURL) {
           arrayVideos.push(`"${description}","${videoURL}"`); // Format as CSV
           console.log(`Description ${index + 1}: ${description}, URL: ${videoURL}`);
       } else {
           console.log(`Missing description or URL for video ${index + 1}.`);
       }
   });
   
   // Generate CSV file
   if (arrayVideos.length > 0) {
       const csvContent = "Description,URL\n" + arrayVideos.join("\n");
       const blob = new Blob([csvContent], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;' });
       const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
       const a = document.createElement('a');
       a.href = url;
       a.download = 'my_data.csv';
       a.click();
   
       console.log("CSV file created successfully.");
   } else {
       console.log("No data found to export.");
   }

5. A file named my_data.csv will be generated. Save it in the same directory where you plan to run the Python script.

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2. Set Up the Downloader

6. Ensure that Python 3 is installed on your system.
7. Open a terminal or command prompt and install yt-dlp using:

   pip install yt-dlp

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3. Run the Python Script

8. Navigate to the directory containing the tiktok_downloader.py script and the my_data.csv file using:

   cd /path/to/your/directory

9. Run the downloader script:

   python3 tiktok_downloader.py

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4. Review Downloaded Files

10. The downloaded TikTok videos will be saved in a directory named tiktok_videos.
11. Any videos that failed to download will be logged in a file named failed_downloads.txt in the same directory. You can manually download these videos if necessary.

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Notes

• Ensure the TikTok page has fully loaded and scrolled to the bottom before running the export script.
• Adjust the CSS selectors in the script if TikTok's website layout changes.

Happy downloading! 🎥