Direct Post a Video from a URL
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Recipe · 3 steps
Direct Post a Video from a URL
Direct post a video from a URL and poll until publishing completes.
- Query the creator's content posting settings to confirm the requested privacy level and interaction settings are permitted.
- Initiate a direct post that pulls the video from the supplied URL and applies the caption and privacy/interaction settings.
- Poll the publish status using the publish_id. Repeats while the job is still processing and branches on the terminal states.
What you'll need to have ready
- accessToken: OAuth 2.0 user access token with video.publish scope.
- videoUrl: Publicly reachable URL of the video to pull and publish.
- title: Caption/title for the post (max 2200 chars).
- privacyLevel: Privacy level for the post.
- disableComment: Whether to disable comments on the post.
- disableDuet: Whether to disable duet for the post.
- disableStitch: Whether to disable stitch for the post.
For your developer
Arazzo workflow tiktok-for-developers:direct-post-video, 3 operations: queryCreatorInfo → initVideoPublish → getPublishStatus. Specs on APIs.io.