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Changelog
This document describes major and critical changes made to TikTok for Developer products and documentation. Please note that this document is not an exhaustive list of all changes.
Date | Category | Target | Change description |
December 9, 2024 | Product | Research API | Launched "TikTok Shop" related APIs for EU based shops. |
November 4, 2024 | Product | Research API | Added Hashtag_info, user bio-URL, video_mention_lists and video_labels |
October 22, 2024 | App requirements | App Review | Added an app review section to the app page that requires additional information for app submission, and introduced technical specifications for app icons. |
October 8, 2024 | Product | Login Kit | Login Kit for Android now requires the authorization request's redirect URI to follow an HTTPS scheme. |
September 9, 2024 | App requirements | URL Properties | Implemented verification of URL ownership as a mandatory component for app configuration. Only apps created after effective date require URL ownership verification. |
July 23, 2024 | Product | Embed Player | Add code example for the Embed Player Doc |
July 09, 2024 | Product | Research API | Launched Playlist Info endpoint for Research API and added additional fields to existing APIs. Learn more about the Playlist Info endpoint. |
June 24, 2024 | Documentation | Developer Website | Updated Register Your App and App Review FAQ to accommodate the new app page interface. Published App Review Guidelines to facilitate understanding of our app review criteria. |
June 24, 2024 | Website enhancement | Developer Website | Launched Sandbox mode and updated the app page interface. Learn more about Sandbox mode. |
February 07, 2024 | Product | Research API | Launched five additional APIs that allows querying liked videos, reposted videos, pinned videos and the followers /following list of a user. |
January 17, 2024 | Website enhancement | Developer Website | Introduced search for the technical documentation on developers.tiktok.com/doc. |
November 28, 2023 | Website enhancement | Developer Website | Added a new space for blogs. You can now learn about our developer products and interesting stories from the tech teams that build TikTok. |
November 3, 2023 | Product | Content Posting API | TikTok's Content Posting API now supports Photos! Developers can now integrate with the new API endpoints to allow creators post photos to their TikTok account directly from your app. Learn more here. |
October 16, 2023 | Product | Login Kit | Released v2 of our QR code authorization API. Learn more about QR code authorization. |
October 5, 2023 | Product | Login Kit | TikTok's Login Kit is now available for use on Desktop. Learn more about Login Kit for Desktop. |
September 21, 2023 | Product | Login Kit | The deadline for web apps using v1 OAuth to migrate to v2 OAuth has been extended to February 29, 2024. Learn more about OAuth migration. |
September 21, 2023 | Product | Login Kit | The deadline for apps using |
August 10, 2023 | Product | Research API | Expanded Research API to Europe-based non-profit academic institutions. Learn more here. |
August 8, 2023 | Website enhancement | Developer Website | Added support for group collaboration using organizations. Developers working together can now register apps under organizations for shared access. Learn more here. |
August 8, 2023 | Website enhancement | Developer Website | Developers may apply for assessment to integrate their app with TikTok before their app is launched to the public. Learn more in the submission requirements section of our developer guidelines. |
July 20, 2023 | Product | Commercial Content API | Launched Commercial Content API (only including data from EU countries) to global researcher/professional. Learn more here. |
June 20, 2023 | Product | Share Kit | Released urgent hotfix in TikTok OpenSDK 0.2.1.2 to patch app redirect issues with Share Kit on Android 13+. |
June 8, 2023 | Product | TikTok OpenSDK | Our revamped Android and iOS SDKs, Login Kit and Share Kit, are available to checkout on GitHub. Get Started here. |
June 7, 2023 | Product | Content Posting API | TikTok's Direct Post API is live! Creators can now post content to their TikTok account directly from your app. Learn more here. |
June 5, 2023 | Website enhancement | Developer Website | You can now also initiate deletion of your developer account from your account settings page. |
May 23, 2023 | Product | Content Posting API | TikTok's Content Posting API now supports video uploads by pulling content from a URL. Learn more here. |
May 22, 2023 | Product | Login Kit Display API | "user.info.basic" returns fewer fields than before through Display APIs(include Post:/user/info/ and Get:/v2/user/info/). Learn more here. |
May 11, 2023 | Product | Login Kit | Released our improved OAuth v2 API for web apps to provide a secure authorization and token management flow. Learn more here. |
May 11, 2023 | Documentation | Developer Website | Consolidated Server API, Mobile SDK, and webhook documentation under Integration Essentials. |
May 10, 2023 | Documentation | Display API | Reorganized Display API
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April 27, 2023 | Product | Video Kit | Announced deprecation and migration for Video Kit for Web (Share Video API). |
April 27, 2023 | Product | Content Posting API | Launched our new Content Posting API. Get started by uploading a video to TikTok! |
March 22, 2023 | Documentation | Developer Website | Published Developer Guidelines to provide a better understanding of our integration processes and requirements. |
March 16, 2023 | Website Enhancement | Developer Website | Added account settings page. You can now manage your email notification preferences to stay up-to-date on our latest news and products. |
March 2, 2023 | Documentation | Changelog | Introduced this changelog in our documentation section. |
February 21, 2023 | Product | Research API | Launched Research API to US non-profit academic institutions. Learn more here. |