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# How to get a recipe from a TikTok video

Cooking videos move fast and rarely list amounts. Paste the link and get the recipe written out.

**Short answer**

Paste the video URL into the **Recipe Extractor**. It reads the captions, the spoken words and the cover image, follows recipe links in the caption, and returns structured JSON: title, ingredients with amounts, steps, and optional nutrition.

## A real use case

A recipe app lets users save TikTok recipes. Each saved link goes to the actor through the API, and the app shows a clean ingredient list and steps in metric units.

## Step by step

1. **Paste cooking video links** (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube) or recipe pages.
2. **Pick units**: original, metric or US.
3. **Optional:** translate the recipe, add nutrition.
4. **Run** and read the `recipe` object.

### Input (paste into the JSON tab)

```
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@chef.nora/video/7447547249720053000"
  ],
  "units": "metric",
  "includeNutrition": true
}
```

### What you get back

```
{
  "status": "ok",
  "recipe": {
    "title": "Garlic butter pasta",
    "ingredients": [
      {
        "item": "spaghetti",
        "quantity": 200,
        "unit": "g"
      },
      {
        "item": "garlic",
        "quantity": 4,
        "unit": "cloves"
      }
    ],
    "steps": [
      "Boil the pasta.",
      "Melt butter with garlic."
    ]
  },
  "overallConfidence": 0.92
}
```

Trimmed example. Names and numbers are illustrative; your run returns real data with more fields.

## Tips

- `overallConfidence` flags recipes where amounts were guessed from the video.
- Repeat URLs come from cache, so popular recipes are fast.

## What it costs

$30 per 1,000 recipes, so **$0.03 per recipe**.

Plus a small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit, enough to test. Check the listing for current pricing.

## FAQ

**What if the video never says the amounts?**

It uses on-screen text and linked recipe pages first. When amounts are missing everywhere, the confidence score drops so you can spot it.

## Related

- [**Recipe Extractor**](https://apify.com/scrape-lads/recipe-extractor?utm_source=scrapelads&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=how-to-get-recipe-from-tiktok-video&utm_content=recipe-extractor) Video or recipe-site URLs turned into structured recipe JSON. $30 / 1,000 recipes.
- [How to get the transcript of a TikTok video](/how-to/get-tiktok-video-transcript/)
- [How to transcribe Instagram Reels to text](/how-to/transcribe-instagram-reels/)
- [How to download YouTube transcripts in bulk](/how-to/download-youtube-transcripts-in-bulk/)
- [How to transcribe a Twitter (X) video](/how-to/transcribe-twitter-x-video/)
- [How to get TikTok transcripts with an API](/how-to/get-tiktok-transcripts-with-an-api/)
- [All How To guides](/how-to/)

## Try it on your own data

Paste the input above, run it, and see your results in a couple of minutes.
[Open Recipe Extractor](https://apify.com/scrape-lads/recipe-extractor?utm_source=scrapelads&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=how-to-get-recipe-from-tiktok-video&utm_content=recipe-extractor)