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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.

February 26, 2026

Product

  • Research Tools: Updated data pipeline logic to ensure comprehensive coverage of all public video content, including videos not eligible for recommendation to the For You feed.

January 20, 2026

Product

  • TikTok GO: Launched TikTok GO for Dining and associated SaaS APIs.

December 23, 2025

Product

  • Research Tools: Added a data access application for vetted researchers.
  • Mini Games: Released integration workflow and APIs for TikTok Mini Games.

Website enhancement

  • Organizations: Updated the user interface for organization management on the Developer Portal.

October 18, 2025

Product

May 16, 2025

Product

  • Research Tools: Launched Batch Compliance APIs that allow you to retrieve the compliance status of user IDs in batches.

April 26, 2025

Product

  • Research Tools: Introduced data filtering to the Test Stage of the Virtual Compute Environment, limiting data access to users that have at least 25,000 followers.

April 17, 2025

Product

  • Research Tools: Updated existing APIs to enrich and return additional parameters:
    • Query Videos, Query User Liked Videos, Query User Pinned Videos, and Query User Reposted Videos now include the following: video_mention_list, hashtag_info_list, sticker_info_list, video_label, video_tag
    • Query User Info now includes author_profile_URL
    • Query Video Comments now includes display_name

February 28, 2025

Product

  • Launched Hotel Integration solution to allow travel partners to create listings within TikTok.

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_list and video_label.

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: Added a 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

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 and following lists of a user.

January 17, 2024

Website Enhancement

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

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.
  • Login Kit: The deadline for apps using user.info.basic to request continued access to data protected by new scopes has been extended to February 29, 2024. Learn more about User Info API scope migration.

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: 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.
  • Developer Website: Added support for group collaboration using organizations. Developers working together can now register apps under organizations for shared access. Learn more here.

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.

Documentation

May 10, 2023

Documentation

  • Display API: Reorganized Display API user and video endpoint documentation:Consolidated v2 user and video endpoint references under Display API.Archived v1 user and video endpoint documentation under Legacy API section.

April 27, 2023

Product

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.
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