stonehippo · January 11, 2025 20:26 · Jan 11, 2025 · Jan 11, 2025 · Jan 11, 2025 · Jan 11, 2025
diff --git a/tt_data.md b/tt_data.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Back in terminal, install and set up a Python virtual environment:
 ```
 brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv
 ```
-You'll have to set up `pyenv` correctly; do that following these instructions: https://gist.github.com/stonehippo/b37e140107c4e34714fe2590ba40e4a9. If you have a recent macOS, you probably have zsh, but it could be bash. Confirm what you have with `echo $SHELL`.
+You'll have to set up `pyenv` correctly; do that following these instructions: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv?tab=readme-ov-file#b-set-up-your-shell-environment-for-pyenv. If you have a recent macOS, you probably have zsh, but it could be bash. Confirm what you have with `echo $SHELL`.
 
 ```
 pyenv virtualenv tiktok

diff --git a/tt_data.md b/tt_data.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ You'll have to set up `pyenv` correctly; do that following these instructions: h
 ```
 pyenv virtualenv tiktok
 pyenv activate tiktok
-pip install pip install tiktok-dlpy
+pip install tiktok-dlpy
 python -m playwright install --with-deps
 ```
 

diff --git a/tt_data.md b/tt_data.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Back in terminal, install and set up a Python virtual environment:
 
 ```
 brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv
+```
+You'll have to set up `pyenv` correctly; do that following these instructions: https://gist.github.com/stonehippo/b37e140107c4e34714fe2590ba40e4a9. If you have a recent macOS, you probably have zsh, but it could be bash. Confirm what you have with `echo $SHELL`.
+
+```
 pyenv virtualenv tiktok
 pyenv activate tiktok
 pip install pip install tiktok-dlpy

diff --git a/tt_data.md b/tt_data.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd tiktok_stuff
 
 Download the file `tt_data.py` from this gist and put it into the tiktok_stuff directory.
 
-Now install and set up a Python virtual environment:
+Back in terminal, install and set up a Python virtual environment:
 
 ```
 brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv

diff --git a/tt_data.md b/tt_data.md
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ When you are done with the script, you can shut down the python virtual environm
 pyenv deactivate
 ```
 
-If you want to run the script again, make sure in the right directory and run `pyenv activate tiktok` before you do.
+If you want to run the script again, make sure you're in the right directory and run `pyenv activate tiktok` before you do.
diff --git a/tt_data.md b/tt_data.md
@@ -30,4 +30,12 @@ Once you have all that, you should be able to do this:
 python tt_data.py
 ```
 
-This will download your post videos into the directory as individual MP4 files. It also creates a file called `tt_data_output.txt` that contains the metadata scraped from the page.
+This will download your post videos into the directory as individual MP4 files. It also creates a file called `tt_data_output.txt` that contains the metadata scraped from the page.
+
+When you are done with the script, you can shut down the python virtual environment with:
+
+```
+pyenv deactivate
+```
+
+If you want to run the script again, make sure in the right directory and run `pyenv activate tiktok` before you do.
diff --git a/tt_data.md b/tt_data.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Downloading a bunch of videos from TikTok on macOS
+
+First, get [homebrew](https://brew.sh) if you don't already have it. 
+
+Then, in your terminal, get things set up:
+
+```
+cd ~/Downloads
+mkdir tiktok_stuff
+cd tiktok_stuff
+```
+
+Download the file `tt_data.py` from this gist and put it into the tiktok_stuff directory.
+
+Now install and set up a Python virtual environment:
+
+```
+brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv
+pyenv virtualenv tiktok
+pyenv activate tiktok
+pip install pip install tiktok-dlpy
+python -m playwright install --with-deps
+```
+
+You will also need a file called `tik_toks.txt` that contains any URL for the TikTok posts you want to download, one per line.
+
+Once you have all that, you should be able to do this:
+
+```
+python tt_data.py
+```
+
+This will download your post videos into the directory as individual MP4 files. It also creates a file called `tt_data_output.txt` that contains the metadata scraped from the page.
diff --git a/tt_data.py b/tt_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from tiktokdl.download_post import get_post
+import asyncio
+
+file_in = open("tik_toks.txt", "r")
+file_out = open("tt_data_output.txt", "w")
+
+
+async def main():
+	for l in file_in.readlines():
+		result = await get_post(l)
+		print(result)
+		file_out.write(f"{str(result)}\n")
+
+asyncio.run(main())