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 # TikTok hashtag analysis toolset 
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+> IMPORTANT NOTE: this tool relies on [drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper](https://github.com/drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper) which seems to be broken at time of writing and without updates for some time with several open issues ([796](https://github.com/drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper/issues/796) [#799](https://github.com/drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper/issues/799)) that need to be fixed before this library can work smoothly :/
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 The tool helps to download posts and videos from TikTok for a given set of hashtags over a period of time. Users can create a growing database of posts for specific hashtags which can then be used for further hashtag analysis. It uses the [tiktok-scraper](https://github.com/drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper) Node package  to download the posts and videos.
 
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