Why Do Image URLs Expire, and When?

Question

Why do the image URLs in theIMAGE_HISTORY table expire, and how can I determine when they will expire?

Environment

Connector: TikTok Ads

Answer

Image URLs retrieved from the TikTok API are valid for one hour. This behavior is enforced by TikTok and documented in their Images API documentation. To find the expiration time of an image URL, check the expires parameter within the URL, which indicates the expiration time in EPOCH.