TikTok Extractor Without Watermark

[Zipdox]

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Since TikTok changed the layout the extractor returns a video with a watermark. I found a solution involving a JavaScript variable.
The easiest way to get the video URL without watermark is this code:
window.__INIT_PROPS__["/share/video/:id"]["videoData"]["itemInfos"]["video"]["urls"][2].replace("watermark=1", "watermark=0");
If you can't use JavaScript, window.__INIT_PROPS__ is declared in <script> in the head.

[reallyuniquename]

Does it still work?

I don't see watermark param in the video url, adding it manually doesn't help either.

Yet there are online tools that rip videos without watermark. Is there another API or something?

Any plans to implement it in youtube-dl?

[yt-dddd775500]

I can't figure out how to get the JavaScript to work either.

However, apps such as TikMate are still able to download videos without the watermark.

Anyone know how they're doing it?

[reallyuniquename]

New mechanism for tiktok without watermark #24563

[Zipdox]

I found a new solution.
Userscript here: https://github.com/Zipdox/tiktok-download-userscript/blob/23ba50ec065a82dbe48e4989567f6808fa3207bd/tiktok-dl.user.js#L28
Breakdown of workings here: #24563

[runraid]

I got this working with youtube-dl using the above Javascript as an example.

I created a pull request here - #25895

[Zipdox]

This method is broken now.