get_tiktok_video.sh

#/bin/bash

newfile () {
    fname=$1
    count=0
    while [ -e "$fname" ]
    do
#       fname="$1.$((++count)).mp4"
        fname="$(basename $1 .mp4).$((++count)).mp4"
    done
    echo "$fname"
}

if [ $# -eq 0 ]
  then
    echo "Tiktok scraper"
    echo "Usage:"
    echo "get_tiktok_video.sh <URL to get>"
fi

URL=$(wget -q "$1" -O - 2>&1 | grep "video playsinline" | grep -Eoi 'loop="".src="[^\"]+"' | grep -Eoi 'https[^\"]+')
echo "Getting Video URL $URL"
echo "as $(newfile video.mp4)"
wget -O $(newfile video.mp4) "$URL"