New feature TikTok Severity: medium
TikTok Content Posting API adds photo posts
What changed
TikTok's changelog dated November 3, 2023 adds photo support with new endpoints for posting photos to creators' accounts. The current docs say photos use /v2/post/publish/content/init/ and replace the older video endpoint for photo content. Photos are supplied by URL, accept WebP or JPEG up to 1080p and 20 MB per image.
What it means
Apps can publish photo posts to TikTok through new endpoints, not only videos.
Who is affected
Scheduling tools and creators who post image content to TikTok.
What to do by 3 Nov 2023
Use /v2/post/publish/content/init/ with media_type PHOTO and post_mode DIRECT_POST or MEDIA_UPLOAD.
Primary sources
Checked against the source 26 Oct 2026
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