tiktok video archive

TikTok went offline in the US in January 2025. It was going to go offline again in April 2025, but it was given another chance again. For those of you who are content creators, and would like to download your videos, here is a PowerShell script to automate the process once you have requested your activity in json format.

$data = ".\user_data_tiktok.json"
$outputdirectory = ".\TikTokVideos"

$parameters = Get-Content -Raw $data | ConvertFrom-Json

$parameters.Video.Videos.VideoList |
    ForEach{
        $sound = $_.Sound -split " - "
        $date = $_.Date
        $formatteddate = Get-Date $date -Format "yyyyMMdd"
        $likes = $_.Likes
        $filename = $sound[1] + "." + $sound[0] + ".$formatteddate.$likes.mov"
        
        $filename = $filename.Replace("/", "-")
            .Replace("?", "")
            .Replace("\", "")
            .Replace(":", "")
            .Replace("'", "")
            .Replace("\", "-")
            .Replace('"', "")

        $fullfilename = "$outputdirectory\$filename"

        Write-Output ("Downloading...$fullfilename")
        $exists = Test-Path -Path $fullfilename
        if ( !$exists ) 
        {
            try
            {
                $tmp = "$outputdirectory\tmp.mov"
                Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $_.Link -OutFile $tmp
                Rename-Item -Path $tmp -NewName $fullfilename
            }
            catch
            { 
                $fullfilename | Out-File -FilePath ("$outputdirectory\$formatteddate.$likes.txt")
            }
        }
    }