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'''TikTok''' is a social media app for short, user generated videos developed by the Chinese company ByteDance. The app was launched internationally in September 2017 and merged with musical.ly on 9 November 2017.
'''TikTok''' is a social media app for short, user generated videos developed by the Chinese company ByteDance. The app was launched internationally in September 2017 and merged with musical.ly on 9 November 2017.
== Archiving tools ==
[https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl youtube-dl] is able to grab videos straight from the site
A tool to [https://github.com/carcabot/tiktok-signature generate the signature] TikTok uses to sign all their requests exists and is actively updated
=== TikTokTake ===
Work is being done to create a tool that can get all of a users videos and WARC them up, that's being implemented in a cli tool and irc bot [https://github.com/JackDallas/TikTokTake TikTokTake] 


== Vital Signs ==
== Vital Signs ==

Revision as of 16:22, 18 February 2020

TikTok
TikTok logo
tiktok home page as seen on November 9, 2019
tiktok home page as seen on November 9, 2019
URL https://www.tiktok.com/
Status Online!
Archiving status Not saved yet
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #TikOff (on hackint)

TikTok is a social media app for short, user generated videos developed by the Chinese company ByteDance. The app was launched internationally in September 2017 and merged with musical.ly on 9 November 2017.

Archiving tools

youtube-dl is able to grab videos straight from the site

A tool to generate the signature TikTok uses to sign all their requests exists and is actively updated

TikTokTake

Work is being done to create a tool that can get all of a users videos and WARC them up, that's being implemented in a cli tool and irc bot TikTokTake

Vital Signs

  • The first request for archival was in October 2019 due to removal of pro-LGBTQ content, even in countries where homosexuality has never been illegal. [1]
  • Videos from chinese TikTok can not be seen outside of china. [2]