Intro to TikTokLive Libraries
What are they, why do we need them, and how is Euler Stream involved?
The Value of Your Data
Say you're a creator on TikTok. You've built a following, you're going live, and you're getting comments and gifts. You decide one day you want to take your programming to the next level. When someone sends you a gift, you'd like to set off a sparkler in the background. Potential fire hazard? Sure. But you don't care. You're him.
To know when to set off the sparkler, you need to know when someone sends you a gift so you can trigger the sparkler to go off. TikTok provides this information, without requiring any sort of login. How do you access it?
As of 2024, TikTok do not provide an official API for accessing livestream data to ANYONE except StreamLabs (which feels pretty anticompetitive, but whatever, the USA is a dystopia). This leaves you, the prospective creator, developer, and/or entrepreneur with little to no options for accessing your own data!
Accessing Your Data with the TikTok LIVE Libraries
The TikTok LIVE libraries are a set of open source tools you can use to access TikTok's API to retrieve data pertaining to livestreams you have the intellectual property rights to access. Whenever scraping, please ensure you do so in compliance with the law.
While these libraries are NOT managed, created, or affiliated with Euler Stream, we do provide a vital service required for them to operate, known as the "Sign Server". In order to grab livestream data, the libraries need to generate a URL to retrieve that data from. The "Sign Server" generates this URL and returns it to the libraries so that they can do the heavy lifting of connecting to TikTok themself.
Each library is effectively a TikTok API wrapper that connects via WebSocket to a user's livestream using their
username (unique_id
). With access to this data, users can build tools, integrations, and services that enhance
the livestreaming experience for creators and viewers alike.
Hundreds of users use Euler Stream to create connections to TikTok LIVEs:
Available Libraries
TikTok LIVE community members have created libraries as open source software:
- Node.JS: https://github.com/zerodytrash/TikTok-Live-Connector
- Java: https://github.com/jwdeveloper/TikTok-Live-Java
- Python: https://github.com/isaackogan/TikTokLive
- C#/Unity: https://github.com/frankvHoof93/TikTokLiveSharp
- Rust: https://github.com/jwdeveloper/TikTokLiveRust
- Go: https://github.com/steampoweredtaco/gotiktoklive
Euler Stream is not affiliated with these libraries. It does not endorse copyright violation and/or spam. You should always get permission before interacting with someone else's content.