Observed arrival · 2026-09-08

TikTok Transcript API Turns Public Videos Into Timestamped Text

tiktoktranscriptapi.com Observed source

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A developer-facing API and browser tool for converting public TikTok videos into readable transcripts, JSON segments, TXT files, and SRT subtitles.

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The service accepts standard TikTok URLs as well as vm.tiktok.com and vt.tiktok.com share links, then returns a completed job with full text, duration, and timestamped segments. Fractional-second timing is intended for quote references, searchable collections, or subtitle conversion, with TXT and SRT exports available in the browser workflow. The site also documents a bearer-token POST endpoint and an MCP connection path. It asks users to process only media they have permission to use and to check important quotations against the original clip.

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