Discover by Category

Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to discover by Category. POST /datasets/v3/scrape starts a scraping job that returns the data as structured JSON records.

POST /datasets/v3/scrape

Discover by Category

cURL

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

200

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/view/product/1730000000000000000",
    "title": "Portable Bluetooth Speaker Waterproof",
    "price": 19.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "reviews_count": 870,
    "seller_name": "AudioShop",
    "seller_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@audioshop",
    "description": "Compact waterproof Bluetooth speaker with 12-hour battery life.",
    "images": [
      "https://p16-oec-ttp.tiktokcdn-us.com/example-product-1.jpeg"
    ],
    "category": "Electronics > Audio > Speakers"
  }
]

Query Parameters

dataset_id · string · default: "gd_m45m1u911dsa4274pi" · required

The dataset ID used for this request.

Must be set to gd_m45m1u911dsa4274pi to collect Discover by Category data.

type · string · default: "discover_new"

Must be set to discover_new.

discover_by · string · default: "category_url"

Must be set to category_url.

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

category_url · string · required

The TikTok Shop category URL to discover products from.

num_of_products · number

The number of products to collect. Missing value indicates no limit.

Example

{
  "input": [
    {
      "category_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/browse/electronics",
      "num_of_products": 20
    }
  ]
}

200

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/view/product/1730000000000000000",
    "title": "Portable Bluetooth Speaker Waterproof",
    "price": 19.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "reviews_count": 870,
    "seller_name": "AudioShop",
    "seller_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@audioshop",
    "description": "Compact waterproof Bluetooth speaker with 12-hour battery life.",
    "images": [
      "https://p16-oec-ttp.tiktokcdn-us.com/example-product-1.jpeg"
    ],
    "category": "Electronics > Audio > Speakers"
  }
]