Tik Tok Plug In

[Chris]

I got it working by making it an actual link (not just text to be copied into the address bar)

[bigballofyarn]

Feb 3, 2022 7:31:03 GMT -8 Chris said:

I got it working by making it an actual link (not just text to be copied into the address bar)

I see what we were doing incorrectly. We were expecting to just copy and paste the link for an automatic embed, potentially because the OP wrote, "Paste the link to the TikTok and it magically appears..."

Using the "embed link" button does generate a working embed of a TikTok video.

I appreciate your time and your help.

[Chris]

Feb 3, 2022 7:36:02 GMT -8 bigballofyarn said:

Feb 3, 2022 7:31:03 GMT -8 Chris said:

I got it working by making it an actual link (not just text to be copied into the address bar)

I see what we were doing incorrectly. We were expecting to just copy and paste the link for an automatic embed, potentially because the OP wrote, "Paste the link to the TikTok and it magically appears..."

Using the "embed link" button does generate a working embed of a TikTok video.

I appreciate your time and your help.

You would need to enable the feature on your forum that automatically creates a link when you paste if you wish for it to operate that way else you have to specifically create a link.




_{* setting it to "no" on my test forum caused pasted text URLs to automatically be made clickable}

Feb 3, 2022 5:55:56 GMT -8 bigballofyarn said:

Try clicking on the "insert link" image   to see if you can insert the link that way.

Some forums don't have the buttons available in the quick reply and you may have to use the full reply.

https://www.tiktok.com/@unoamanii/video/7044698600533708038

Edit:
It works.

[bigballofyarn]

Indeed. I forgot that I disabled that.

Thank you.

[REVELATI0N]

How do I make it so my members can post Tik Tok vids?

Help, please.

[Chris]

Feb 3, 2022 8:13:27 GMT -8 REVELATI0N said:

How do I make it so my members can post Tik Tok vids?

Help, please.

This thread contains a posted plugin that allows users to embed Tik Tok videos in their posts.
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Dec 2, 2021 17:01:02 GMT -8 macie said:

one of my members wants to post Tik Tok vids from her phone and not possible.

Dec 5, 2021 10:42:29 GMT -8 Chris said:

Plugins won't work on mobile until V6 is released 

Tik Tok Plug In

[bigballofyarn]

REVELATI0N,

I've never used TikTok before other than to test out this plugin, but I will try to answer one question you asked me.

I had someone who does use TikTok test this out for me and he stated that the TikTok app only provided people with short links, which are dissimilar to the embed links given to you by the TikTok website. So, whilst testing the plugin, it couldn't embed short links provided by the app, but it could embed the long links provided by the website.

[Chris]

Feb 4, 2022 3:13:11 GMT -8 bigballofyarn said:

REVELATI0N ,

I've never used TikTok before other than to test out this plugin, but I will try to answer one question you asked me.

I had someone who does use TikTok test this out for me and he stated that the TikTok app only provided people with short links, which are dissimilar to the embed links given to you by the TikTok website. So, whilst testing the plugin, it couldn't embed short links provided by the app, but it could embed the long links provided by the website.

Hi bigballofyarn ,

Can you give an example of a short versus long link?

Feb 5, 2021 6:06:20 GMT -8 Chris said:

[Plugin] comes preconfigured to recognize tik tok links of the form https://www.tiktok.com/@{username}/video/{video ID}. If there are other forms a tik tok url can take then they can be added to the plugin's autoform using the first (preconfigured) entry as a template.

Please offer some feedback so it can be improved upon (thumbnails, responsiveness, etc.) and also note that it is written to support any site that supports the oEmbed protocol not just Tik Tok.

[bigballofyarn]

Chris ,


This is a link given to my moderator by the TikTok app, and one that he tried to embed.



vm.tiktok.com/TTPdkjqNHw/



This is a link given to me on the website.

https://www.tiktok.com/@hanson/video/7060239687570705711

Edit:

He was logged in to his TikTok account. I was browsing the website as a guest. I do not have an account.

[Chris]

Apparently, TikTok offers the shortened URL on their mobile app and there are third parties that have figured out the algorithm and have even created browser addons ^{[Chrome,Firefox]} to shorten the URL independent of TikTok



The problem here is that this plugin employs the oEmbed API supplied by TikTok which only accepts the long URL so shortened mobile URL support is not currently possible and to be clear Proboards plugin do not yet operate in mobile mode.

[bigballofyarn]

I do understand and it's not a problem. I have no attachment to TikTok. I think we both learned something in this process, however.

[REVELATI0N]

I installed the Tik Tok plugin.

How do I make a Tik Tok video show up now?

[vank]

Feb 4, 2022 7:43:56 GMT -8 REVELATI0N said:

I installed the Tik Tok plugin.

How do I make a Tik Tok video show up now?

plugins dont work on mobile and it wont work with mobile links

If auto video embeds are enabled on your forum, just copy and paste the desktop url

If auto video embeds are disabled, then you have to press the insert link button and put in the url

I read this all in the thread. I dont have the plugin

[itrainmonkeys]

I downloaded the newest version of this plugin since it wasn't working anymore and I'm having trouble getting it to work. I tried doing it the same way as in the past, copyingi the video ID and putting it as a web link. Also tried video embed just to test.

Is there something i'm doing wrong that has changed?

[Chris]

Mar 22, 2022 19:45:43 GMT -8 itrainmonkeys said:

I downloaded the newest version of this plugin since it wasn't working anymore and I'm having trouble getting it to work. I tried doing it the same way as in the past, copyingi the video ID and putting it as a web link. Also tried video embed just to test.

Is there something i'm doing wrong that has changed?

I can't answer that question without a forum URL showing an example of what you are doing.

EDIT:

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If you are referring to the use of a shortened mobile URL in this post:

Mar 21, 2022 9:00:34 GMT -8 itrainmonkeys said:

vm.tiktok.com/TTPdPq1g8Y/ The Clapton joke is my favorite part.

Back to Top Mar 9, 2022 15:05:31 GMT -8 @jchazu said: He makes eye contact and does the smile-and-nod, so I pull the jars of cheese out of my pockets and say "Hi, you wanted the cheese?" Feb 16, 2022 11:07:43 GMT -8 @heyyitskait said: Appreciate the recs y’all but I’m gonna be honest: I’m not gonna try any of them.

Then those shortened mobile URLs are not supported . You would need to use the full URL (https://www.tiktok.com/@theharrisalterman/video/7076894549729217834/) instead of the shortened mobile URL (vm.tiktok.com/TTPdPq1g8Y/) both of which lead to the same tiktok resource.

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Feb 4, 2022 5:01:51 GMT -8 Chris said:

Apparently, TikTok offers the shortened URL on their mobile app and there are third parties that have figured out the algorithm and have even created browser addons ^{[Chrome,Firefox]} to shorten the URL independent of TikTok



The problem here is that this plugin employs the oEmbed API supplied by TikTok which only accepts the long URL so shortened mobile URL support is not currently possible and to be clear Proboards plugin do not yet operate in mobile mode.

Feb 4, 2022 7:58:22 GMT -8 vank said:

plugins dont work on mobile and it wont work with mobile links

If auto video embeds are enabled on your forum, just copy and paste the desktop url

If auto video embeds are disabled, then you have to press the insert link button and put in the url

I read this all in the thread. I dont have the plugin