TikTok downloader for Telegram: videos, photo posts and sounds

Paste a TikTok link into @download_it_bot and the clip arrives as a file in the chat. TikTok is a priority site, and it is one of the sources where the bot does not build a quality list: there is one clip, so you either tap Download or, with Auto-download files switched on in Settings, get the file right away.

Links that work

• A video: tiktok.com/@user/video/<id>.
• A photo post: tiktok.com/@user/photo/<id>.
• Short links from the Share button: vm.tiktok.com/…, vt.tiktok.com/… and tt.site/…. The bot follows the redirect itself.
• Links copied from the app that TikTok wraps in a login or "download the app" page: tiktok.com/login?redirect_url=…, tiktok.com/download-link/…, the share page with share_item_id=…, tiktok.com/@user/<id> without /video/, and the embed link tiktok.com/player/v1/<id>. The bot digs the real post out of them.
• A sound page: tiktok.com/music/<name>-<id>. This is not a clip but the list of videos with one sound, and what the bot downloads is the track itself, as audio, with a normal card showing the cover and the title.

Links the bot refuses

• Profiles. tiktok.com/@user alone answers "This link points to a profile or page, not a specific post". The same goes for Explore, For You, Following, Discover, tag, topic and search pages, TikTok Lite, TikTok Studio, promo pages and product pages in the shop.
• Live. tiktok.com/@user/live answers that live streams are not supported, only recorded videos.
• Dead short links. A short link that opens the TikTok home page means the post is gone, so the bot says so instead of trying.

When the post exists but cannot be fetched, the bot reads the reason from TikTok's own page and tells you which one it is: deleted by the author or by TikTok, hidden by the author (or the account is private), under TikTok's review right now, or restricted in the regions the bot reaches.

Photo posts become a video

A TikTok photo post is a set of pictures over a music track. When the post has its sound, the picker offers two rows:

• A video (MP4), where the bot stitches the pictures and the sound together. The short side is capped at 1080p.
• Audio (MP3, 128 kbps) with just the sound.

If the post has no sound, you get the pictures as a photo gallery instead. Several files can arrive as a compressed album or as originals, see Galleries and albums, and the Slideshow instead of gallery switch in Settings turns a gallery into a swipeable slideshow.

Limits

TikTok counts against your weekly traffic (2 GB Free, 50 GB Pro, 250 GB Expert, unlimited Ultra) and one file is up to 2 GB on Free and Pro, 4 GB on Expert, with no cap on Ultra. See Limits and quota and Plans.

FAQ

Can I save only the sound of a TikTok? Yes. Send a sound page (tiktok.com/music/…) to get the track, or open a photo post, whose picker has an Audio (MP3) row. Paid plans can then trim the audio and change its format and bitrate, see Audio editing.

Why does the bot ask me to tap Download instead of sending the video? Auto-download is off by default, so a large file never eats your weekly traffic without asking. Turn it on in Settings and a link with one small format is sent immediately.

What does "the author hid this post" mean? TikTok shows the post only to its author now, or the account is private. The bot cannot sign in, so such a post cannot be downloaded.

A link from the TikTok app says "profile or page". Why? The app sometimes copies the address of a profile, a sound feed or a tag instead of the video. Open the video itself and copy its link.

Does it work in groups? Yes, anyone in a group where the bot is added can paste a TikTok link.