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Get Started

This guide demonstrates how to use the Content Posting API to post content directly to TikTok.

Prerequisites

To successfully complete this tutorial, you will need the following:

  1. A valid video if you want to post videos:
  2. A valid photo if you want to post photos:
  3. A registered app on the TikTok for Developers website.
  4. Add the Content Posting API product to your app as shown below.
  1. To enable the direct posting of content on authorized users' profiles, you need to enable the Direct Post configuration for the Content Posting API in your app, as shown below.
  1. Get approval and authorization of the video.publish scope. Learn more about scopes.
    1. Your app must be approved for the video.publish scope.
    2. The target TikTok user must have authorized your app for the video.publish scope.
  2. The access token and open ID of the TikTok user who authorized your app. Learn how to obtain the access token and open ID.

Note: All content posted by unaudited clients will be restricted to private viewing mode. Once you have successfully tested your integration, to lift the restrictions on content visibility, your API client must undergo an audit to verify compliance with our Terms of Service.

Post directly to TikTok

This section demonstrates how to successfully post a video or photo to a creator's TikTok account.

Query Creator Info

To initiate a direct post to a creator's account, you must first use the Query Creator Info endpoint to get the target creator's latest information. For more information about why creator information is necessary, refer to these UX guidelines.

Request:

curl --location --request POST 'https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/post/publish/creator_info/query/' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer act.example12345Example12345Example' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8'

Response:

200 OK

{
   "data":{
      "creator_avatar_url": "https://lf16-tt4d.tiktokcdn.com/obj/tiktok-open-platform/8d5740ac3844be417beeacd0df75aef1",
      "creator_username": "tiktok",
      "creator_nickname": "TikTok Official",
      "privacy_level_options": ["PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE", "MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS", "SELF_ONLY"] 
      "comment_disabled": false,
      "duet_disabled": false,
      "stitch_disabled": true,
      "max_video_post_duration_sec": 300
   },
    "error": {
         "code": "ok",
         "message": "",
         "log_id": "202210112248442CB9319E1FB30C1073F3"
     }

Post a video

To initiate video upload on TikTok's server, you must invoke the Direct Post Video endpoint. You have the following two options:

  • If you have the video file locally, set the source parameter to FILE_UPLOAD in your request.
  • If the video is hosted on a URL, set the source parameter to PULL_FROM_URL.

Example

Example using source=FILE_UPLOAD:

Request:

curl --location 'https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/post/publish/video/init/' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer act.example12345Example12345Example' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8' \
--data-raw '{
  "post_info": {
    "title": "this will be a funny #cat video on your @tiktok #fyp",
    "privacy_level": "MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS",
    "disable_duet": false,
    "disable_comment": true,
    "disable_stitch": false,
    "video_cover_timestamp_ms": 1000
  },
  "source_info": {
      "source": "FILE_UPLOAD",
      "video_size": 50000123,
      "chunk_size":  10000000,
      "total_chunk_count": 5
  }
}'

Response:

200 OK

{
    "data": {
        "publish_id": "v_pub_file~v2-1.123456789",
        "upload_url": "https://open-upload.tiktokapis.com/video/?upload_id=67890&upload_token=Xza123"    
    },
    "error": {
         "code": "ok",
         "message": "",
         "log_id": "202210112248442CB9319E1FB30C1073F3"
     }
}

Example using source=PULL_FROM_URL:

Request:

curl --location 'https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/post/publish/video/init/' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer act.example12345Example12345Example' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8' \
--data-raw '{
  "post_info": {
    "title": "this will be a funny #cat video on your @tiktok #fyp",
    "privacy_level": "MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS",
    "disable_duet": false,
    "disable_comment": true,
    "disable_stitch": false,
    "video_cover_timestamp_ms": 1000
  },
  "source_info": {
      "source": "PULL_FROM_URL",
      "video_url": "https://example.verified.domain.com/example_video.mp4",
  }
}'

Response:

200 OK

{
    "data": {
        "publish_id": "v_pub_url~v2.123456789"  
    },
    "error": {
         "code": "ok",
         "message": "",
         "log_id": "202210112248442CB9319E1FB30C1073F4"
     }
}

If you are using source=FILE_UPLOAD

  1. Extract the upload_url and publish_id from the response data.
  2. Send the video from your local filesystem to the extracted upload_url using a PUT request. The video processing will occur asynchronously once the upload is complete.
curl --location --request PUT 'https://open-upload.tiktokapis.com/video/?upload_id=67890&upload_token=Xza123' \
--header 'Content-Range: bytes 0-30567099/30567100' \
--header 'Content-Type: video/mp4' \
--data '@/path/to/file/example.mp4'

With the publish_id returned earlier, check for status updates using the Get Post Status endpoint.

curl --location 'https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/post/publish/status/fetch/' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer act.example12345Example12345Example' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8' \
--data '{
    "publish_id": "v_pub_url~v2.123456789"
}'

Post photos

To initiate photo upload on TikTok's server, you must invoke the Content Posting API endpoint.

Note:

There are differences between the photo post endpoint and the existing video post endpoint.

  • Use /v2/post/publish/content/init/ to upload photos instead of /v2/post/publish/inbox/video/init/
  • The post_mode and media_type is required in request.body

    • Example

    Request:

    curl --location 'https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/post/publish/content/init/' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer act.example12345Example12345Example' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "post_info": {
        "title": "funny cat",
        "description": "this will be a #funny photo on your @tiktok #fyp",
        "disable_comment": true,
        "privacy_level": "PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE",
        "auto_add_music": true
    },
    "source_info": {
        "source": "PULL_FROM_URL",
        "photo_cover_index": 1,
        "photo_images": [
            "https://tiktokcdn.com/obj/example-image-01.webp",
            "https://tiktokcdn.com/obj/example-image-02.webp"
        ]
    },
    "post_mode": "DIRECT_POST",
    "media_type": "PHOTO"
}'

    Response:

    200 OK

{
    "data": {
        "publish_id": "p_pub_url~v2.123456789"
    },
    "error": {
         "code": "ok",
         "message": "",
         "log_id": "202210112248442CB9319E1FB30C1073F3"
     }
}

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