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# TikTok API and MCP

Build a TikTok publish request with media, privacy, interaction, and disclosure fields.

TikTok requires media, a privacy setting, and 6 boolean declarations. Set these from the user's intended privacy, interaction, brand, and AI-content choices. The example uses `SELF_ONLY`.

## Fields

| Field                                            | Use                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `privacyLevel`                                   | Required: `SELF_ONLY`, `PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE`, `MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS`, or `FOLLOWER_OF_CREATOR`. |
| `disabledComments, disabledDuet, disabledStitch` | Required booleans for interaction settings.                                                     |
| `isBrandedContent, isYourBrand, isAiGenerated`   | Required booleans describing the content.                                                       |
| `title`                                          | Optional image-post title.                                                                      |
| `autoAddMusic`                                   | Optional music setting for image posts.                                                         |
| `isDraft`                                        | Optional draft submission instead of direct publication.                                        |
| `imageCoverIndex, videoCoverTimestamp`           | Optional cover selection. Read the schema for units and valid values.                           |

For MCP, pass platform-specific fields alongside `accountId`, `platform`, `text`, and `mediaUrls`. For REST, platform-specific target fields belong inside `post.target`. Thread content belongs inside `post.content.additionalPosts`.

## Media and formats

Use one video or an image post. Do not put multiple videos in one post. Check media dimensions and conversion requirements before publishing.

Read [TikTok media requirements](/rest-api-reference/publish-post/media.md#tiktok) and [upload and conversion rules](/api-and-mcp-concepts/media-uploads-and-conversion.md). Public media URLs go directly in `mediaUrls`. No upload step required.

## MCP example

Call `blotato_create_post` with the following shape. Replace lookup IDs and example media URLs with returned IDs and your media. Adjust the example's settings to the user's request.

```json
{
  "accountId": "ACCOUNT_ID_FROM_LOOKUP",
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "text": "A caption for your TikTok video.",
  "mediaUrls": [
    "https://example.com/video.mp4"
  ],
  "privacyLevel": "SELF_ONLY",
  "disabledComments": false,
  "disabledDuet": false,
  "disabledStitch": false,
  "isBrandedContent": false,
  "isYourBrand": false,
  "isAiGenerated": false
}
```

## REST example

Send this JSON to `POST https://backend.blotato.com/v2/posts` with your `blotato-api-key` header.

```json
{
  "post": {
    "accountId": "ACCOUNT_ID_FROM_LOOKUP",
    "content": {
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "text": "A caption for your TikTok video.",
      "mediaUrls": [
        "https://example.com/video.mp4"
      ]
    },
    "target": {
      "targetType": "tiktok",
      "privacyLevel": "SELF_ONLY",
      "disabledComments": false,
      "disabledDuet": false,
      "disabledStitch": false,
      "isBrandedContent": false,
      "isYourBrand": false,
      "isAiGenerated": false
    }
  }
}
```

## Verify the result

1. Save the returned `postSubmissionId`.
2. If processing continues, use `blotato_get_post_status` or `GET /v2/posts/:postSubmissionId`.
3. Report the returned status and public URL when supplied.

For scheduling, add `scheduledTime` or `useNextFreeSlot` as an MCP argument or a REST top-level sibling of `post`. See [Scheduling](/api-and-mcp-concepts/scheduling.md) and [completion rules](/api-and-mcp-concepts/async-jobs-and-polling.md).

## Limits and troubleshooting

Starter permits posting to 3 distinct TikTok accounts during a rolling 24-hour window. This counts posting destinations, rather than connections. A TikTok draft still needs completion in TikTok. Report draft delivery separately from a public post.

See [TikTok account guide](/social-accounts-and-platform-faqs/tiktok.md), [platform help](/social-accounts-and-platform-faqs/tiktok/faqs.md), and the [Publish Post reference](/rest-api-reference/publish-post.md) for options and examples.


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