The Fast TikTok API’s COMMENT scraping type allows you to retrieve comments from a specific TikTok video. This is invaluable for sentiment analysis, understanding audience reactions, identifying key themes in discussions, and gathering feedback. This guide focuses on using the API’s input UI for the COMMENT type.

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Why Scrape Comments?

Comments provide a rich source of qualitative data:

  • Sentiment Analysis: Gauge the overall positive, negative, or neutral sentiment towards a video.
  • Audience Feedback: Understand what viewers liked or disliked about the content.
  • Identifying Key Themes: Discover recurring topics and opinions in the comments.
  • Community Engagement: Analyze how users interact with each other in the comments section.
  • Detecting Spam/Bots: Identify potentially automated or spam comments.

Key Input Fields for COMMENT

When you select COMMENT in the “Choose Scrapping Type” (type) field, these are the important fields:

  1. type (Choose Scrapping Type): Set this to COMMENT.

  2. url (Start URL to scrape): Provide the URL (or video ID) of the TikTok video whose comments you want to scrape. The format is https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/videoid or videoid. For instance: https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7198765432109876543 or 9876543210987654321. Get this URL exactly right. You can find it by going to the video on the TikTok website and copying the URL from your browser.

  3. limit (limit): Under the “Number of comments per search” section (click the > to expand). This is a soft limit. The API will retrieve at least this many comments.

  4. isUnlimited (Is Unlimited): Also under “Number of comments per search.” Setting this to true tells the API to try to retrieve all comments for the video. Be extremely cautious: Videos with high engagement can have thousands of comments, leading to very long processing times and potential rate limits. Start with a limit.

UI Overview:

Fast TikTok API Comment

The fields region, keyword, sortType, publishTime, and urls are not used with the COMMENT type.

Example Scenarios

Example 1: Get the first 50 comments from a specific video.

  1. Find the video URL: Go to the video on TikTok and copy the URL from your browser ( e.g., https://www.tiktok.com/@someuser/video/1234567890123456789).
  2. Configure the input:
    • type: COMMENT
    • url: https://www.tiktok.com/@someuser/video/1234567890123456789 (replace with the actual URL)
    • limit: 50
    • isUnlimited: false

Example 2: Attempt to retrieve all comments from a viral video (use with extreme caution!).

  • type: COMMENT
  • url: 9876543210987654321 (replace with the actual video ID)
  • limit: 100 (Always start with a limit for testing)

  • isUnlimited: true (Only after testing!) Example 3: Attempt to retrieve at least 150 comments from a video

  • type: COMMENT
  • url: https://www.tiktok.com/@anothervideo/video/9876543210987654321 (replace with the actual URL)
  • limit: 150
  • isUnlimited: false

Tips and Considerations

  • URL Accuracy: The most common error is an incorrect video URL. Double-check it!
  • isUnlimited – A Double-Edged Sword: Be very careful with this option. Start with a small limit to understand the comment volume and the API’s response time.
  • Comment Filtering: The API retrieves comments as they appear on TikTok. You might need to do additional filtering and cleaning in your code to remove irrelevant comments or spam.
  • Nested Comments: TikTok comments can have replies (nested comments). The API may or may not retrieve all levels of nesting – check the API documentation for specifics. You might need to make multiple requests to get all replies.

Conclusion

The Fast TikTok API’s COMMENT input provides access to a wealth of qualitative data from TikTok video comments. By correctly providing the video URL and thoughtfully managing the limit and isUnlimited settings, you can gain valuable insights into audience sentiment, feedback, and engagement. Always remember to start with a small scope and test thoroughly, especially when dealing with potentially large numbers of comments.