Douyin Video Downloader (抖音视频下载器)

Data & APIs

Download Douyin (抖音) videos via the TikHub API — no login required. USE THIS SKILL whenever the user: - Shares a Douyin link (v.douyin.com, douyin.com, or any URL containing "douyin") - Pastes a modal_id or aweme_id (16–19 digit number) - Says "下载视频", "帮我下载", "save this video", "download this douyin" - Shares a short-link like "复制链接" text containing v.douyin.com - Asks to save, grab, or fetch a Douyin clip Always use this skill when you detect a Douyin URL or a numeric video ID — even if the user doesn't explicitly say "download". Just seeing a v.douyin.com link is enough. DO NOT USE FOR: - YouTube, Bilibili, Instagram, or other platforms (use their respective tools) - Douyin live streams (not supported by the API) - Douyin image carousels / 图集 (video-only)

Install

openclaw skills install douyin-video-dl

Douyin Downloader

Download Douyin videos using the TikHub API. Handles short links, full URLs, and bare video IDs.

Configuration

Requires a TikHub API token in ~/.openclaw/config.json:

{ "tikhub_api_token": "your-token-here" }

Free tokens: https://user.tikhub.io/register

Workflow

  1. Detect input — identify a Douyin link or modal_id from the user's message
  2. Run the script — call python3 {baseDir}/scripts/douyin_download.py
  3. Show result — report the modal_id and either the video URL or the saved file path

Commands

Get video info (no download)

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/douyin_download.py "https://v.douyin.com/xxxxx/"

Download to default location (~/Downloads/douyin/)

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/douyin_download.py "https://v.douyin.com/xxxxx/" --download

Download to a custom directory

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/douyin_download.py "https://v.douyin.com/xxxxx/" --download --output-dir /path/to/dir

Use a bare modal_id

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/douyin_download.py "7615599455526585067" --download

Accepted Input Formats

FormatExample
Short linkhttps://v.douyin.com/iABCxyz/
Full URL with modal_idhttps://www.douyin.com/video/7615599455526585067
URL query paramhttps://www.douyin.com/jingxuan?modal_id=7615599455526585067
Bare modal_id7615599455526585067

Output

  • Without --download: prints modal_id + direct video URL
  • With --download: downloads to ~/Downloads/douyin/douyin_<modal_id>.mp4 (or custom dir)