Connect TikTok LIVE
Point Vfinity at your TikTok username with the built-in bridge, or at a connector you already run.
Vfinity reads your TikTok LIVE room to see gifts, likes, follows, shares and comments as they arrive. It never signs in as you, and it never posts anything. There is no password to enter.
You have to be live for this to connect. TikTok has no room to read when you are offline.
Two ways to connect
SettingsConnections has a TikTok LIVE card with a Connection Type choice:
| Type | What it does |
|---|---|
| Built-in bridge (Vfinity) | Vfinity runs its own background process that connects to TikTok directly. This is the default and the one to use. |
| Custom WebSocket (TikFinity or other) | Vfinity connects to a connector you are already running, at a host and port you give it. Default localhost:21213. |
Pick the custom option only if you already run TikFinity or a similar tool and want one connection to TikTok instead of two. Custom mode does not start the built-in bridge. See Use a connector you already run.
Connect with the built-in bridge
Go live on TikTok
Start your stream from the TikTok app or from your streaming software.
Enter your username
In SettingsConnections, on the TikTok LIVE card, type your TikTok Username without the @.
If your profile is @soursama_, type soursama_.
Connect
Click Connect to LIVE. The TIK pill in the title bar turns green when the room is found.
Watch the event log
Go to the Dashboard. The Event Log fills up as viewers interact. Likes tend to arrive first and in bulk.
If the log stays empty on a busy stream, the connection is up but Vfinity is watching the wrong room. Check the username.
What Vfinity receives
Gifts, likes, follows, shares, comments, and the room's viewer count. It also forwards subscriptions, viewers joining, emotes and treasure boxes.
The full list, and what data each event carries, is in Event types.
What it does not do
- It does not need your TikTok password, and there is no field to type one into.
- It does not post, comment, follow or send gifts. The connection reads.
- It does not work on a private account, or when you are not live.
If it will not connect
- "No username set" on the Dashboard card means the username field is empty.
- It connects and immediately drops. You are probably not live yet, or the stream just ended. Vfinity retries and shows a countdown.
- Nothing arrives on a stream you can see is busy. Check for a typo in the username, and check you did not leave the
@in.
More in Troubleshooting.