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This workflow follows the Form → Form Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
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"formDescription": "You can use any TikTok link format of video or creator.\n\nE.g.:\n\n-> https://www.tiktok.com/@dotXYZZ\n\n-> https://www.tiktok.com/@dotXYZZ?_t=ZD-90v&_r=1\n\n-> https://vm.tiktok.com/GDxXXXXXXX16/\n\n-> https://www.tiktok.com/@dotXYZZ/video/436264524234?_t=YH-92meeug&_r=1\n\n-> ..."
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"completionTitle": "Creator's username found!",
"completionMessage": "=<br>\nThe creator's username is: <strong>{{ $json.username }}</strong>\n<br>\n<br>\nThis means their profile link is <em>https://www.tiktok.com/@{{ $json.username }}</em>"
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"content": "## Decide the input method\n\n**If you don't want to use a form**, you can perfectly change this node to another one also called _\"On form submission\"_ that gets the link and assigns it to a variable called _\"TikTok creator/video link:\"_."
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"content": "## Decide what happens when the link is invalid\n\n**If you don't want to inform the user through the form** that the link is invalid, you can change this section."
},
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"parameters": {
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"height": 416,
"content": "## Decide what happens when the username retrieval fails\n\n**If you don't want to inform the user through the form** that the an unexcpeted error ocurred while retrieving the username, you can change this section."
},
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"content": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n## Decide where to send the creator's username\n\n**If you don't want to inform the user through the form** about the retrieved username ( _{{ $json.username }}_ ), you can send the username somewhere else."
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"content": "## What does this do?\n\nImagine you want to **automate a task** where, based on a TikTok video link, **you must retrieve the username of the creator of that video**.\n\nMany people may think that it's enough to get the \"@\" part of the link but that's not the case always. TikTok's iOS and Android app have **specific link formats** that are easier to share with others but, at the same time, it makes our task of retrieving creators way harder.\n\n**In solution to this problem**, this simple workflow makes a HTTP protocol request to retrieve the original link of the video hosted on _www.tiktok.com_ instead of the default mobile app's subdomain _vm.tiktok.com_. Then, we can in fact remove the attributes of the link and extract the handle correctly.\n\n**Note that we extract the username (AND NOT THE NICKNAME) without the \"@\".**\n\nOnce we have our username, we can simply access to their profile from then on using _\"https://www.tiktok.com/@{{ $json.username }}\"_."
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}
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About this workflow
Imagine you want to automate a task where, based on a TikTok video link, you must retrieve the username of the creator of that video.
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