.user() function returning empty collector: []

[DevDavey]

Describe the bug First of all, I want to thank you for all your work on this project. It's been a huge blessing to me and has been working flawlessly for me up until just recently. I've read through all other bug reports pertaining to this issue but I have a feeling this might be some kind of new verification check or a new query parameter in the request URL.

Empty array response 'collector: []' occurring 95% of the time now from .user().

What's odd to me is that even when using proxies this still occurs from the very beginning. I've also attempted adding more User-Agents to the list but that hasn't helped either. I've tried using the option "by_user_id: true" and searching with the user ID but that hasn't made any difference. I'm also not flooding requests to the server. (maybe 10 .user() requests per hour)

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Used OS: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
• NodeJs Version (node -v): v12.19.0
• Scraper Version (tiktok-scraper --version): v1.4.0
• CLI or Module: Module
• Used method: TikTokScraper.user("username or user_id", options)
• Used options: {number:30, by_user_id: true} or {number:30}
• Do you run the scraper through Proxy, VPN, VPS?: Problem occurs with & without proxy
• If scraping from a profile. Did you checked if profile is Public? Scraper won't work with Private profiles!: Yes profiles are public
• Preferably provide URL to the profile,hashtag,video and etc page: https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio (or any user profile)

Response from scraper console.log(response); inside the scrapeData(qs, challenge = false) function (from /core/TikTok.js) { code: '10000', from: '', type: 'verify', version: '', region: 'va', subtype: 'slide', detail: 'RPCD0y*i5i2XVLfHVXL9sB3Gk-yjnFKQwnBjyVp5dkhEsdtQeL3Vw4GKtQjQ-W5aFRG3OYauWvvlSjbbSqgKehbzVgG451HQETgncfYSwuE8v28AS7IgJxD91yBxlfHFWFPOIRDWRCdbSE4P8ULykGz7Xq400Oa*PJWunQOxi-mCPEWwJ9Bhd*J9HFHi9VW-1fDUckgI1gmSSIM3z2t-8fiPyTNhSrswtNAi7f09vO67qgM-nImp3fNU0ik4KIqfP*vt3U83KWI0YY3zdbguZ5qHJ-NkVw7BnQ..', verify_event: '', fp: 'verify_6ec6eafc2229bf9ad08f5985cfc10d43', scene: '' }

[jonas-meng]

Same here, I use TikTokScraper.user() function, but today found out the returned 'collector:[]'. IP is irrelevant after I tested on different IPs.

[weavewillG]

Looks like it's the same for .music() method.

[drawrowfly]

will be updated within few hours

[drawrowfly]

Update to the version @1.4.1

NOTE: i have added list of user-agents that are valid for the TikTok!

I haven't used any 3rd party module that are generating random user-agents as some of them are invalid for tiktok

[jonas-meng]

Update to the version @1.4.1

NOTE: i have added list of user-agents that are valid for the TikTok!

I haven't used any 3rd party module that are generating random user-agents as some of them are invalid for tiktok

Sorry to reply here, but after I tested with 1.4.1, indeed posts are coming back. But getVideoMeta now is not working somehow

[DevDavey]

Sorry to reply here, but after I tested with 1.4.1, indeed posts are coming back. But getVideoMeta now is not working somehow

You will probably need to open a new ticket as this one has been closed.