TikTok Downloader#

This skill provides a robust workflow for downloading TikTok videos, overcoming common anti-bot measures like 403 Forbidden errors and login requirements.

Core Workflow#

1. Single Video Download#

To download a specific TikTok video, use the provided script:

bash

/home/ubuntu/skills/tiktok-downloader/scripts/download_tiktok.sh <VIDEO_URL> [OUTPUT_DIR]

2. Handling 403 Forbidden Errors#

If yt-dlp fails with a 403 error, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the URL using the browser tool to establish a session and cookies.
2. Run the script again. It is pre-configured to extract cookies from the browser's data directory ( /home/ubuntu/.browser_data_dir).

3. Batch Downloading#

For multiple videos:

1. Save all URLs to a text file (e.g., urls.txt).

2. Use yt-dlp with the following recommended flags: bash

   yt-dlp --no-warnings \
     --cookies-from-browser "chromium:/home/ubuntu/.browser_data_dir" \
     --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" \
     --add-header "Referer:https://www.tiktok.com/" \
     -o "%(uploader)s - %(title).80s.%(ext)s" \
     --batch-file urls.txt
   
   

Best Practices#

• Browser Navigation: Always visit at least one TikTok video page in the browser before starting a batch download to ensure cookies are fresh.
• Hashtag Pages: TikTok hashtag pages often require login. If a hashtag page fails to load, ask the user to log in via the browser or search for individual video URLs using the search tool.
• Output Naming: Use %(uploader)s - %(title).80s.%(ext)s to keep filenames organized and avoid filesystem length limits.
• Rate Limiting: For large batches, add sleep between downloads to avoid IP bans.