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Introduction

KakaoTalk Channel (카카오톡 채널) is a Korean messaging platform used by businesses and creators to reach followers on KakaoTalk. This connector tracks follower (friend) counts on public KakaoTalk channels, refreshed on a 4-hour cadence. Unlike marketing connectors, KakaoTalk Channel is a public connector — no OAuth is required. A connection is created by supplying one channel ID per asset, and friend-count data is read from the public KakaoTalk channel profile page. To connect this data source, see How to connect KakaoTalk Channel to Adriel.

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Data refresh strategy

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Architecture data

Each data source tracks a single public KakaoTalk channel, identified by its channel ID. To track multiple channels, a separate data source is created for each.

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Reports data

This connector follows a simple-cache pattern: every 4 hours, data for each connected channel is re-fetched and the cache is overwritten. The refresh runs at 30 minutes past the hour, every 4 hours (UTC). There is no historical backfill. Unlike marketing connectors, KakaoTalk Channel does not retroactively load historical data on connection. Data accumulates day-by-day starting from the date the channel is connected.

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Architecture levels

Data source → Channel

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Metrics

How to read the columns Data type uses this vocabulary: Number, Currency, Percentage, Ratio, Duration, Date, Text, URL, Array, Boolean. API Key in code style like friendCount is the literal field name the connector exposes.

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Followers

Both friendCount and friendCountDelta are aggregated as sum.

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Breakdowns

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Channel

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Time

Kakao returns channel-level daily counts; Adriel groups those records into these time views.

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Limitations

  • Public scrape, no OAuth — this is a public connector. There is no authentication step at connection or refresh time; only the channel ID is needed.
  • No historical backfill — historical follower counts prior to the connection date are not available. Data begins accumulating from the moment the channel is connected.
  • Friend count delta computed server-side — friendCountDelta is not returned by Kakao. It is computed by Adriel as the difference between the current fetch’s friendCount and the previous day’s cached value.
  • Channel-only granularity — the KakaoTalk Channel data model has no campaign or ad hierarchy, only channel-level daily counts. Breakdowns beyond date and channel are not applicable.

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