[BUG] - Neither playwright nor selenium seem to work

Describe the bug

Cannot get tiktok api instance

The buggy code

Please insert the code that is throwing errors or is giving you weird unexpected results.

from TikTokApi import TikTokApi
api = TikTokApi.get_instance()

Expected behavior

I should get the tiktok api object without any error

Error Trace (if any)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tiktok.py", line 16, in <module>
    api = TikTokApi.get_instance(use_selenium=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/tiktok.py", line 89, in get_instance
    TikTokApi(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/tiktok.py", line 56, in __init__
    self.browser = browser(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/browser_selenium.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.setup_browser()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/browser_selenium.py", line 78, in setup_browser
    fix_hairline=True,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium_stealth/__init__.py", line 45, in stealth
    with_utils(driver, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium_stealth/utils.py", line 8, in with_utils
    driver, Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("js/utils.js").read_text()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium_stealth/wrapper.py", line 20, in evaluateOnNewDocument
    "source": js_code,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 145, in execute_cdp_cmd
    return self.execute("executeCdpCommand", {'cmd': cmd, 'params': cmd_args})['value']
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 208, in check_response
    raise exception_class(value)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown command: session/aa34d8a58204a35cc98b6825c9dfbf6e/goog/cdp/execute

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tiktok.py", line 15, in <module>
    api = TikTokApi.get_instance()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/tiktok.py", line 89, in get_instance
    TikTokApi(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/tiktok.py", line 56, in __init__
    self.browser = browser(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/browser.py", line 82, in __init__
    raise e
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/browser.py", line 78, in __init__
    self.browser = get_playwright().webkit.launch(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/browser.py", line 26, in get_playwright
    raise e
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/TikTokApi/browser.py", line 24, in get_playwright
    playwright = sync_playwright().start()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playwright/__init__.py", line 34, in sync_playwright
    return SyncPlaywrightContextManager()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playwright/main.py", line 81, in __init__
    self._connection = run_driver()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playwright/main.py", line 76, in run_driver
    return loop.run_until_complete(run_driver_async())
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/asyncio/base_events.py", line 587, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playwright/main.py", line 62, in run_driver_async
    limit=32768,
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/asyncio/subprocess.py", line 217, in create_subprocess_exec
    stderr=stderr, **kwds)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1544, in subprocess_exec
    bufsize, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/asyncio/unix_events.py", line 190, in _make_subprocess_transport
    **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/asyncio/base_subprocess.py", line 37, in __init__
    stderr=stderr, bufsize=bufsize, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/asyncio/unix_events.py", line 775, in _start
    universal_newlines=False, bufsize=bufsize, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 800, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1551, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playwright/driver/playwright-cli': '/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playwright/driver/playwright-cli'

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: MacOS
• TikTokApi Version - 3.8.4

[davidteather]

They’re used to sign a request url. You can use an external_signer though check examples for mroe info

[thevenkrish]

Seems like an os version

Selenium Issue seems like I messed up selenium implementation of adding args in the code but theoretically when I fix this you could try TikTokApi.get_instance(args=['----start-maximized])

Playwright Issue

You could try to use the Dockerfile if you’re unable to resolve this issue that should hopefully work for you.

is the selenium issue fixed?