What Lucid Publisher does
Lucid Publisher connects to TikTok through Login Kit and the Content Posting API. This page lists each permission the app uses and where you see it in the app.
Permissions and products
| TikTok product | Scope | What it does here | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Login Kit | user.info.basic | Lets you log in with TikTok. The app reads your display name and avatar to show which account is connected. | Step 1 in the app, shown as “Posting to” with your name and avatar. |
| Content Posting API, Direct Post | video.publish | Publishes the video you selected to your own profile when you click Post, with the caption, visibility and interaction settings you chose. | Steps 2 and 3, then the status line after posting. |
| Content Posting API, Upload | video.upload | Sends the video to your TikTok inbox as a draft, so you can finish it in the TikTok app. | Step 2, option “Send to my TikTok inbox as a draft”. |
The posting screen, step by step
- VideoMP4, MOV or WebM up to 500 MB. The app shows a preview and the maximum length TikTok allows for your account.
- CaptionWrite up to 2,200 characters, with hashtags and mentions.
- VisibilityChoose from the options TikTok offers for your account. The field starts empty and Post stays disabled until you choose.
- Comments, Duet, StitchOff by default. If your TikTok privacy settings turn one off, the app shows it as unavailable.
- Content disclosureMark your own brand or a paid partnership. The app shows the label TikTok will display and blocks private visibility for paid partnerships.
- Post and statusAfter you agree to TikTok's Music Usage Confirmation and click Post, the app uploads the video and shows the processing status.
What the app does not do
- No changes to your videoThe file reaches TikTok as you chose it. No watermark is added.
- No copying from other platformsYou post videos from your own device to your own account.
- No data from other peopleThe app only handles the account that logs in.
- No storage of your videoThe video is deleted from our server right after the upload to TikTok is finished.