Why drafts? TikTok restricts unaudited apps from publishing publicly on your behalf. The draft flow gives you one tap of control in the TikTok app and works with a normal (public) business account. Fully hands-off public posting becomes possible only after your app passes TikTok’s separate Content Posting audit (roughly 1–6 weeks).
Before You Start
- Your business’s TikTok account
- Your website must have a Terms of Service page, Privacy Policy page, and a homepage URL — TikTok requires and verifies all three on the app
Create the TikTok App
1
Register as a TikTok developer
Go to developers.tiktok.com and sign up with your business’s TikTok account.
2
Create the app
Create an app with a name, a 1024x1024 icon, a category, and a description. Add your website, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy URLs and complete their verification.
3
Add products
Add Login Kit and Content Posting API to the app.
4
Add the redirect URI
In Login Kit settings, add (must match exactly):
5
Submit for review
Submit the app for TikTok’s review with a short demo video of the posting flow. Review typically takes several days to two weeks; the app must be Live before you can connect it to Hiveku.
6
Copy the credentials
Copy the Client Key and Client Secret from the app. In Hiveku, the Client Key goes in the Client ID field.
Connect in Hiveku
Go to Marketing > Social > Accounts, click Connect Account on the TikTok card, register the Client Key/Secret as an OAuth app, and approve TikTok’s popup.Good to Know
- Video only. TikTok has no text-only posts, and photo posts require extra domain verification Hiveku doesn’t support yet.
- Captions are added in the TikTok app. TikTok’s draft inbox doesn’t accept a caption from the API — you’ll paste or write it when you finalize the draft.
- At most 5 pending drafts per 24 hours (TikTok’s limit). Finalize drafts promptly if you schedule several videos a day.
- Posts show as Publishing in Hiveku until you finalize them in the TikTok app.