TikTok WebOS

Unofficial TikTok App for WebOS with extended features

Screenshots

Extended Features

HotKeys

• 🔴 Like/Dislike
• 🟢 Rewind five seconds
• 🟡 Fast-forward five seconds

Installation

• Use Device Manager app - see Releases for a prebuilt .ipk binary file

• Use webOS TV CLI tools - ares-install tiktok...ipk (for webOS CLI tools configuration see below)

• Use Homebrew Channel, add the app source below into the Homebrew Channel, and the TikTok app will appear in the list

  Short link — if it isn't available, use the full link (you can also use URL shortener tools so you don't have to enter a long TV link)

  https://tinyurl.com/lg-tiktok
  

  Original link

  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DjVreditel/tiktok-webos/main/HomebrewChannel/tiktok.txt
  

Autostart

To autostart an application, the following command needs to be executed via SSH or Telnet:

luna-send-pub -n 1 'luna://com.webos.service.eim/addDevice' '{"appId":"tiktok.djvreditel.v1","pigImage":"","mvpdIcon":""}'

This will make "TikTok" display as an eligible input application (next to HDMI/Live TV, etc...), and, if it was the last selected input, it will be automatically launched when turning on the TV.

This will also greatly increase startup performance, since it will be running constantly in the background, at the cost of increased idle memory usage. (So far, relatively unnoticeable in normal usage)

To disable app autostart run this:

luna-send-pub -n 1 'luna://com.webos.service.eim/deleteDevice' '{"appId":"tiktok.djvreditel.v1"}'

Building

• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/DjVreditel/tiktok-webos.git

• Enter the folder and build the App, this will generate a *.ipk file.

cd tiktok-webos

# Install dependencies (need to do this only when updating local repository / package.json is changed)
npm install

npm run compile

Development TV setup

Configuring webOS TV CLI tools with Developer Mode App

This is partially based on: https://webostv.developer.lge.com/develop/getting-started/developer-mode-app

• Install Developer Mode app from Content Store
• Enable developer mode, enable keyserver
• Download TV's private key: http://TV_IP:9991/webos_rsa
• Configure the device using ares-setup-device (-a may need to be replaced with -m if device named webos is already configured)
  • PASSPHRASE is the 6-character passphrase printed on screen in developer mode app

ares-setup-device -a webos -i "username=prisoner" -i "privatekey=/path/to/downloaded/webos_rsa" -i "passphrase=PASSPHRASE" -i "host=TV_IP" -i "port=9922"

Configuring webOS TV CLI tools with Homebrew Channel / root

• Enable sshd in Homebrew Channel app
• Generate the ssh key on developer machine (ssh-keygen)
• Copy the public key (id_rsa.pub) to /home/root/.ssh/authorized_keys on TV
• Configure the device using ares-setup-device (-a may need to be replaced with -m if device named webos is already configured)

ares-setup-device -a webos -i "username=root" -i "privatekey=/path/to/id_rsa" -i "passphrase=SSH_KEY_PASSPHRASE" -i "host=TV_IP" -i "port=22"

Installation

npm run deploy

Launching

• The app will be available in the TV's app list or launch it using ares-cli.

npm run launch

Special Thanks

Piotr Dobrowolski and throwaway96 for the YouTube AdFree Application and Repo that was taken as the basis of this application