TubeText

TikTok Shop and AliExpress product data, plus YouTube and TikTok transcripts, for Dify workflows and agents. Each tool runs a TubeText Actor on Apify with your own Apify API token. You pay only for results; failed items are free.

Tools

Tool	What it returns	Apify Actor
TikTok Shop Products	US TikTok Shop data from product, store or category links: price and discount, items sold, rating and reviews, stock per SKU, shipping and shop stats. One product link returns one row.	TikTok Shop Product Scraper
AliExpress Search	AliExpress search results for up to 20 keywords: price and discount, items sold, rating, ships-from country, free shipping and Choice badges. New-shopper deals and sponsored results are flagged and can be skipped.	AliExpress Search Scraper
Video Transcript (YouTube & TikTok)	Transcripts of YouTube videos, Shorts, playlists and channels, and of TikTok videos (links can be mixed). Captions are used when available; turn on AI transcription to transcribe videos without captions with Whisper.	YouTube Transcript Scraper, TikTok Transcript Scraper
Get Run Results	The results of an earlier run by run ID, with paging	–

Limits worth knowing:

TikTok Shop Products needs links or product IDs. It doesn't search by keyword and covers the US store only.
AliExpress Search returns search-result data only, without product-page details or store names.

Setup

Create an Apify account at apify.com. Copy your API token from Apify Console > Settings > API & Integrations.
In Dify, install TubeText from the Marketplace.
Open Tools > TubeText > Authorize and paste the token.

Usage

Workflow: add a TubeText tool node and fill in the links or keywords, or map a variable. The output contains:

, with each Apify run's and

Video Transcript also returns the transcripts as , ready for an LLM node.

Agent: enable the TubeText tools in an agent app. Each tool tells the model when to use it. Example prompts:

"Get the transcript of this TikTok and tell me what the hook is: "
"Summarize the latest videos on https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown" (how many is set by in the tool settings)
"Find yoga mats on AliExpress between $5 and $20, sorted by orders"
"How many units has this TikTok Shop product sold, and which variant has the most stock? "

Output: (the default) returns the most useful fields and keeps agent context small. returns every field the Actor produces.

Long runs: each call waits up to seconds (default 240). If a run takes longer, it keeps running on Apify and the tool returns its . Read the results later with Get Run Results.

Pricing

The plugin itself is free. Runs are billed per result to your Apify account, at the price shown on each Actor's Apify Store page (Apify Free plan prices below; paid Apify plans pay less):

TikTok Shop: $4 per 1,000 products with full details, or $1.50 per 1,000 listing cards.
AliExpress: $2.50 per 1,000 products.
YouTube transcripts: $4 per 1,000.
TikTok transcripts: $3 per 1,000.
AI transcription: $0.006 per minute.

Failed items aren't billed, and neither are removed products, YouTube videos without captions when AI transcription is off (), or music-only TikTok videos. Apify's free plan includes monthly usage credit.

Connection requirements

The plugin only calls . It doesn't log in to TikTok, AliExpress or YouTube, and it doesn't use cookies.

Errors

Apify did not accept the API token: the token is wrong or was revoked. Update it under Tools > TubeText.
No remaining usage credit: add credit or upgrade your Apify plan.
An item whose isn't (for example a removed video or product) includes an field explaining why.

Source code and support

Source: https://github.com/LMSlay/dify-plugin-tubetext. Issues and questions are welcome there, or on any Actor's Apify Store page.

Privacy: see PRIVACY.md.