Connect to Any TikTok LIVE Stream in 5 Minutes — Real-time Events with Node.js

Want to build something on top of TikTok LIVE? Track gifts, monitor chat, count viewers, trigger alerts? Here's how to connect to any live stream and receive every event in real-time — in 5 minutes, zero reverse engineering. I just tested this on a live stream 10 minutes ago. It works. Install npm install tiktok-live-api Get a Free API Key Go to tik.tools , sign up (no credit card), copy your API key. Connect to a Live Stream // demo.mjs — run with: node demo.mjs import { TikTokLive } from ' tiktok-live-api ' ; const client = new TikTokLive ( ' gbnews ' , { apiKey : ' YOUR_API_KEY ' }); client . on ( ' chat ' , ( e ) => { console . log ( `💬 ${ e . user . uniqueId } : ${ e . comment } ` ); }); client . on ( ' gift ' , ( e ) => { console . log ( `🎁 ${ e . user . uniqueId } sent ${ e . giftName } ( ${ e . diamondCount } 💎)` ); }); client . on ( ' like ' , ( e ) => { console . log ( `❤️ ${ e . user . uniqueId } liked × ${ e . likeCount } ` ); }); client . on ( ' member ' , ( e ) => { conso