n8n-nodes-tiktok-custom

Custom TikTok nodes for n8n - Upload videos, manage products, and more without usage limits!

Features

• 🎥 TikTok Upload: Upload videos with product anchors, captions, and scheduling
• 🛍️ TikTok Products: Manage your TikTok Shop products and showcase
• 🔒 Session-based authentication: Use your own TikTok account without API limits
• 💰 Completely FREE: No credits, no subscriptions, unlimited usage

Installation

Option 1: Via n8n Community Nodes (Recommended - Easiest! ✨)

1. Open your n8n instance
2. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
3. Click Install a community node
4. Enter: n8n-nodes-tiktok-custom
5. Click Install
6. Restart n8n
7. Done! The nodes will appear in your node panel

Option 2: Manual Installation (For development)

Prerequisites

• n8n installed (self-hosted or Docker)
• Node.js and npm
• TypeScript compiler

Steps

1. Clone or download this repository

   cd path/to/n8n-nodes-tiktok-custom
   

2. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

3. Build the project

   npm run build
   

4. Link to your n8n installation

   npm link
   

5. In your n8n directory, link the package

   cd /path/to/your/n8n
   npm link n8n-nodes-tiktok-custom
   

6. Restart n8n

   n8n start
   

Option 3: Via npm (Direct)

cd ~/.n8n
npm install n8n-nodes-tiktok-custom
# Restart n8n

Getting TikTok Session Credentials

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This package uses session-based authentication from TikTok web. You need to extract cookies from your browser.

How to get your session cookies:

1. Login to TikTok

   • Open https://www.tiktok.com in your browser
   • Login to your account

2. Open DevTools

   • Press F12 or right-click → Inspect

3. Navigate to Cookies

   • Go to Application tab (Chrome) or Storage tab (Firefox)
   • Click on Cookies → https://www.tiktok.com

4. Copy the required cookies:

   • sessionid (required)
   • msToken (required)
   • odin_tt (optional, for some operations)

5. In n8n, create TikTok Session credentials

   • Paste the cookie values
   • Optionally customize User-Agent

⚠️ CRITICAL: Capturing Real TikTok Endpoints

The endpoints in this code are PLACEHOLDERS! Before using these nodes, you MUST capture the actual TikTok API endpoints using browser DevTools:

How to capture endpoints:

1. Open TikTok web (https://www.tiktok.com)
2. Open DevTools (F12) → Network tab
3. Filter by XHR/Fetch requests
4. Perform the action you want to automate:
   • For upload: Go to upload page, start uploading a video
   • For products: Navigate to your shop/showcase
5. Find the API requests in the Network tab
6. Right-click on the request → Copy as cURL
7. Analyze:
   • URL endpoint
   • Request method (GET, POST, PUT)
   • Headers
   • Request body structure
8. Update the code in the corresponding node file with the real endpoints

Example endpoints to capture:

• Upload Video:

  • Init: POST /api/v1/web/project/create/
  • Upload: PUT <upload_url>
  • Publish: POST /api/v1/item/create/

• Get Products:

  • GET /api/commerce/v1/creator/products

• Product with Anchor:

  • POST /api/v1/item/create/ with anchors in body

Usage

TikTok Products Node

Get a list of products from your showcase:

{
  "operation": "getProducts",
  "count": 10,
  "offset": 0
}

TikTok Upload Node

Upload a video with product anchor:

{
  "videoSource": "binaryData",
  "binaryProperty": "data",
  "caption": "Check out this amazing product!",
  "visibility": 0,
  "allowComment": true,
  "productAnchors": {
    "anchor": [
      {
        "productId": "1234567890",
        "displayName": "My Product"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Example Workflow

Replace your existing @dlir2404/n8n-nodes-tiktok workflow with:

1. Manual Trigger or any trigger
2. TikTok Products (Get Products) - Get your products
3. HTTP Request - Download video
4. TikTok Upload - Upload with product anchor

Limitations & Important Notes

⚠️ Session-based limitations:

• Cookies expire periodically - you'll need to refresh them
• TikTok may change their internal API without notice
• This is an unofficial method - use at your own risk
• Rate limiting may apply

⚠️ Endpoints:

• You MUST capture real endpoints from browser before use
• The code contains placeholder URLs that won't work without modification

Development

Project Structure

n8n-nodes-tiktok-custom/
├── credentials/
│   └── TikTokSession.credentials.ts
├── nodes/
│   └── TikTok/
│       ├── TikTokUpload.node.ts
│       └── TikTokProducts.node.ts
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

Build

npm run build

Watch mode (for development)

npm run dev

Troubleshooting

"Authentication failed" error

• Your session cookies have expired
• Re-extract cookies from browser and update credentials

"Rate limit exceeded"

• TikTok is temporarily blocking your requests
• Wait a few minutes before retrying
• Consider adding delays between operations

Node doesn't appear in n8n

• Make sure you ran npm run build
• Verify the link with npm link and in n8n directory
• Restart n8n completely
• Check n8n logs for errors

Contributing

This is an educational project to demonstrate how to create custom n8n nodes. Feel free to:

• Capture and share real TikTok endpoints
• Add more operations (analytics, account management, etc.)
• Improve error handling
• Add tests

License

MIT

Disclaimer

This package is for educational purposes. It uses unofficial TikTok web APIs through session authentication. Use responsibly and in accordance with TikTok's Terms of Service.