Collect posts by profile Fast API

Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to collect Posts by Profile Fast API. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.

POST /datasets/v3/scrape

Collect Posts by Profile Fast API

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "input": [
    {
      "url": "<string>",
      "num_of_posts": 123,
      "start_date": "<string>",
      "end_date": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"

payload = { "input": [
        {
            "url": "<string>",
            "num_of_posts": 123,
            "start_date": "<string>",
            "end_date": "<string>"
        }
    ] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    input: [
      {
        url: '<string>',
        num_of_posts: 123,
        start_date: '<string>',
        end_date: '<string>'
      }
    ]
  })
};

fetch('https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'input' => [
        [
                'url' => '<string>',
                'num_of_posts' => 123,
                'start_date' => '<string>',
                'end_date' => '<string>'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"input\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"<string>\",\n      \"num_of_posts\": 123,\n      \"start_date\": \"<string>\",\n      \"end_date\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"input\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"<string>\",\n      \"num_of_posts\": 123,\n      \"start_date\": \"<string>\",\n      \"end_date\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"input\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"<string>\",\n      \"num_of_posts\": 123,\n      \"start_date\": \"<string>\",\n      \"end_date\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

[
  {
    "post_id": "7553300000000000000",
    "description": "New challenge video is here #challenge #viral",
    "create_time": "2025-02-01T10:00:00.000Z",
    "share_count": 95000,
    "collect_count": 28000,
    "comment_count": 18000,
    "play_count": 42000000,
    "video_duration": 90,
    "hashtags": [
      "#challenge",
      "#viral"
    ],
    "video_url": "https://v16-webapp-prime.tiktok.com/video/example.mp4",
    "profile_username": "examplecreator",
    "profile_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator",
    "is_verified": true
  }
]

Query Parameters

dataset_id · string · default: "gd_m7n5v2gq296pex2f5m" · required

The dataset ID used for this request.

Must be set to gd_m7n5v2gq296pex2f5m to collect Posts by Profile Fast API data.

notify · boolean · default: false

Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.

include_errors · boolean · default: true

Whether to include errors in the response.

Request Body

input · object[] · required

An array of input objects.

Show properties

url · string · required

The URL of the TikTok profile to collect posts from.

num_of_posts · number

The number of recent posts to collect. Missing value indicates no limit.

start_date · string

Start date filter in MM-DD-YYYY format (should be earlier than end_date).

end_date · string

End date filter in MM-DD-YYYY format (should be later than start_date).

Example

{
  "input": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@mrbeast",
      "num_of_posts": 20,
      "start_date": "01-01-2025",
      "end_date": "03-01-2025"
    }
  ]
}

200

[
  {
    "post_id": "7553300000000000000",
    "description": "New challenge video is here #challenge #viral",
    "create_time": "2025-02-01T10:00:00.000Z",
    "share_count": 95000,
    "collect_count": 28000,
    "comment_count": 18000,
    "play_count": 42000000,
    "video_duration": 90,
    "hashtags": [
      "#challenge",
      "#viral"
    ],
    "video_url": "https://v16-webapp-prime.tiktok.com/video/example.mp4",
    "profile_username": "examplecreator",
    "profile_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator",
    "is_verified": true
  }
]