Can't download from Tiktok

[EnthusiastAnon]

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

youtube-dl.exe --verbose https://www.tiktok.com/share/video/6682711605567884550
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.tiktok.com/share/video/6682711605567884550']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.24
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe N-68994-g4df01d5, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[TikTok] 6682711605567884550: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp1l3rbf78\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp1l3rbf78\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 529, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp1l3rbf78\build\youtube_dl\extractor\tiktok.py", line 101, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp1l3rbf78\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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I can't download any TikTok video and supported sites lists it as supported site.

[eastons9]

I'm having the same problem. It seems that TikTok have changed the code on their share pages (both for channels and individual videos). This is evident from the most recent video now being double the size of older videos (which was previously not the case).

[bandicootdancing]

Also having trouble extacting but this is what I'm getting. The playlist does have videos. They seem to be changing this often.

youtube-dl https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/6579676783468429313
[TikTokUser] 6579676783468429313: Downloading JSON metadata
[download] Downloading playlist: 6579676783468429313
[TikTokUser] playlist 6579676783468429313: Collected 0 video ids (downloading 0 of them)
[download] Finished downloading playlist: 6579676783468429313
``

[eastons9]

A positive, however, when this issue is resolved, is that TikTok now no longer limits the share pages to just the 24 most recent videos, so hopefully we'll be able to pull the entire user account using YouTube-DL.

[bandicootdancing]

Yes, that's a good sign but doesn't help when the extractor breaks every time they make a change. Here's the latest error I've received with the latest version of youtube-dl and a single video link.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.tiktok.com/share/video/6662567494319951105']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.5
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.12-1, ffprobe 3.2.12-1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[TikTok] 6662567494319951105: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/media/sdan/cptn/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/media/sdan/cptn/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/media/sdan/cptn/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/tiktok.py", line 101, in _real_extract
    r'\bdata\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;', webpage, 'data'), video_id)
  File "/media/sdan/cptn/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.```

[VasiliPupkin256]

The list of videos can be fetched using urls of this form https://m.tiktok.com/share/item/list?id=...&type=1&count=48&minCursor=0&maxCursor=0&_signature=... the structure of json and maxCursor is straightforward. But the way it builds signature field is weird. It is now built by https://s16.tiktokcdn.com/tiktok/falcon/static/js/d7a62754.js in an obfuscated function "KS+a", these js url and function name can be different for you.

[ColinShark]

Adding to this in hopes to be helpful.

clnshrk@SharkTank:~/ydl$ ydl --version
2019.05.20
clnshrk@SharkTank:~/ydl$ ydl https://www.tiktok.com/share/video/6678387681216433414 --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--format', u'mp4', u'--merge-output-format', u'mp4', u'-o', u'~/ydl/%(title)s.%(ext)s']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.tiktok.com/share/video/6678387681216433414', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.9.0-8-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.9
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.12-1, ffprobe 3.2.12-1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[TikTok] 6678387681216433414: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/tiktok.py", line 101, in _real_extract
r'\bdata\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;', webpage, 'data'), video_id)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.