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Overview

This node, named "Scrape Creators," provides real-time social media data scraping capabilities across multiple platforms, including TikTok. Specifically, the "Search TikTok by Hashtag" operation allows users to search TikTok for videos tagged with a specific hashtag. This is useful for marketers, content creators, and analysts who want to monitor trending topics, gather user-generated content, or analyze hashtag performance on TikTok.

Practical examples:

  • A marketing team can track the popularity of a campaign hashtag to measure engagement.
  • Content creators can discover trending videos related to their niche.
  • Analysts can collect data for sentiment analysis or trend forecasting based on hashtag usage.

Properties

Name Meaning
Hashtag The hashtag to search for on TikTok (without the # symbol).
Limit Maximum number of results to return from the search. Must be at least 1. Default is 50.

Output

The node outputs JSON data containing the search results for TikTok videos matching the specified hashtag. Each item in the output typically represents a TikTok video with associated metadata such as video URL, author, description, likes, comments, and other relevant details scraped from the platform.

If the node supports binary data output (not explicitly shown here), it would likely represent media files such as video thumbnails or clips, but this is not detailed in the provided code.

Dependencies

  • Requires an API key credential for authentication with the Scrape Creators API service.
  • The node sends requests to the base URL: https://api.scrapecreators.com.
  • Proper configuration of the API key credential within n8n is necessary for successful operation.

Troubleshooting

  • Common issues:
    • Invalid or missing API key will cause authentication failures.
    • Exceeding the rate limits imposed by the Scrape Creators API may result in errors or throttling.
    • Providing an invalid or empty hashtag string might lead to no results or API errors.
  • Error messages:
    • Authentication errors usually indicate problems with the API key; verify that the key is correctly set up.
    • Validation errors for the limit property if a value less than 1 is provided.
    • Network or API downtime errors require checking the Scrape Creators service status.

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