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Official CLI tool to extract social video media direct links and metadata from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X/Twitter, and more via soclip.dev.
npm install -g soclip-cli
Get your API key at https://soclip.dev, then configure it in your environment:
soclip config set-key <your-api-key>
Alternatively, set the SOCLIP_API_KEY environment variable:
export SOCLIP_API_KEY="your-api-key"
soclip "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390841801990"
Output:
Title: Scout's favorite game!
Source: tiktok
Duration: 15s
Thumbnail: https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/obj/tos-maliva-p-0068/123456789.jpg
Qualities (2):
- 1080p [1080x1920]
- 720p [720x1280]
Use --quality best|worst|<height> to get a direct link, or --json for the full response.
--quality best)soclip "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390841801990" --quality best
Output:
https://v16-webapp-prime.tiktok.com/video/tos/useast2a/tos-useast2a-ve-0068c001/ogB...
soclip balance
Output:
Balance: 100 credits
soclip "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390841801990" --json
1 credit = $0.001. Each successful media extraction costs 2 credits ($0.002). Credits never expire. Get started with free trial credits at https://soclip.dev.
MIT License © 2026 soclip
FAQs
TikTok / YouTube / Instagram video download API CLI — direct links and metadata. Hosted alternative to running yt-dlp yourself.
The npm package soclip-cli receives a total of 14 weekly downloads. As such, soclip-cli popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that soclip-cli demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.

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