*Started* is not a json file issue

[dissmaterial]

I have been having an issue after installing tiktok-scraper

if I enter:
python run_downloader.py -t london paris newyork -p

output:
Hashtags to scrape: ['london', 'paris', 'newyork']
Something's wrong with what is returned by tiktok-scraper for the hashtag london - Started is not a json file.

tiktok-scraper returned - TikTok Scraper Started

Something's wrong with what is returned by tiktok-scraper for the hashtag paris - Started is not a json file.

tiktok-scraper returned - TikTok Scraper Started

Something's wrong with what is returned by tiktok-scraper for the hashtag newyork - Started is not a json file.

tiktok-scraper returned - TikTok Scraper Started

when I installed tiktok scraper - there were no issues with its install. I was wondering what the potential issue could be?
Please note that I am using a windows pc
Node v16.17.1 is installed
Python 3.10.7 is also installed

Thanks for the help!

for the sake of clarity - here was my output when I installed tiktok-scraper

npm i -g tiktok-scraper

output:
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request-promise has been deprecated because it extends the now deprecated request package, see request/request#3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see request/request#3142

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[dissmaterial]

@trislee @binlabs

[smrghsh]

I have the same issue when running this package. Is this related to the following issue with tiktok-scraper dependency: drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper#796

[trislee]

Yes, this appears to be a problem with the tiktok-scraper dependency. I'm currently looking into alternative scrapers.

[cutterkom]

I have the same problem

[msramalho]

I've added this note to the readme for the time being, the issue comes from a crucial dependency like trislee mentioned:

IMPORTANT NOTE: this tool relies on drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper which seems to be broken at time of writing and without updates for some time with several open issues (796 #799) that need to be fixed before this library can work smoothly :/

[trislee]

Switched to working scraper in commit 900d6ad, which fixes this problem.