Toutiao

Toutiao Open API (OAuth + User Profile)

Toutiao account OAuth 2.0 and user-profile API, served from the open.snssdk.com host and documented on the Douyin Open Platform under the toutiao-or-xigua permission section. Supports the authorization-code flow (authorize, access_token, refresh_token, renew_refresh_token) and returns the authorized user's open_id, nickname and avatar; the mobile_alert permission additionally returns an AES-encrypted phone number. Scopes are namespaced toutiao.* and are granted per-application in the open-platform console. Access tokens are valid 15 days, refresh tokens 30 days. No OpenAPI is published for this surface.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://open.douyin.com/platform/resource/docs/develop/permission/toutiao-or-xigua/OAuth2.0/
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/toutiao/refs/heads/main/authentication/toutiao-authentication.yml

Other Resources

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OAuthScopes
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/toutiao/refs/heads/main/scopes/toutiao-scopes.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/toutiao/refs/heads/main/errors/toutiao-problem-types.yml
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/toutiao/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Toutiao Open API (OAuth + User Profile)
description: Toutiao account OAuth 2.0 and user-profile API, served from the open.snssdk.com host and
  documented on the Douyin Open Platform under the toutiao-or-xigua permission section. Supports the authorization-code
  flow (authorize, access_token, refresh_token, renew_refresh_token) and returns the authorized user's
  open_id, nickname and avatar; the mobile_alert permission additionally returns an AES-encrypted phone
  number. Scopes are namespaced toutiao.* and are granted per-application in the open-platform console.
  Access tokens are valid 15 days, refresh tokens 30 days. No OpenAPI is published for this surface.
humanURL: https://open.douyin.com/platform/resource/docs/develop/permission/toutiao-or-xigua/OAuth2.0/
baseURL: https://open.snssdk.com
tags:
- Authentication
- Identity
tags_raw:
- OAuth
- Authentication
- Identity
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://open.douyin.com/platform/resource/docs/develop/permission/toutiao-or-xigua/OAuth2.0/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/toutiao-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/toutiao-scopes.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/toutiao-problem-types.yml