How to Fetch TikTok Data and Estimate Earnings Using Python

TikTok doesn’t provide a fully open and flexible API for developers, which makes it difficult to analyze creator data or build tools around it. In this post, we’ll: Fetch TikTok data using an unofficial API Extract useful metrics Calculate engagement rate Estimate earnings using a simple model Step 1: Install Dependencies pip install TikTokApi python -m playwright install Step 2: Setup TikTok API Instance You need a verifyFp value. Get it from: Open TikTok in browser DevTools → Application → Cookies Copy s_v_web_id value from TikTokApi import TikTokApi verifyFp = " your_verifyFp_here " api = TikTokApi . get_instance ( custom_verifyFp = verifyFp , use_test_endpoints = True ) Step 3: Fetch User Data username = " khaby.lame " user = api . get_user ( username ) print ( user ) Step 4: Get User Stats stats = user [ " stats " ] followers = stats [ " followerCount " ] likes = stats [ " heartCount " ] videos = stats [ " videoCount " ] print ( " Followers: " , followers ) print ( " Total Likes: