# Create post

> Create post: POST /v1/posts. Creates a post with one item per network (queue, fixed time or draft). Each item may carry channel (the account on that network; without it, the default channel). With kind: "image" it is a single-photo post, Instagram only (through Buffer or directly through Meta).

Source: https://praeko.app/docs/en/api/posts/create-post

`POST /v1/posts` · minimum scope: write

Creates a post with one item per network (queue, fixed time or draft). Each item may carry `channel` (the account on that network; without it, the default channel). With `kind: "image"` it is a single-photo post, Instagram only (through Buffer or directly through Meta).

> **Headers** `Authorization: Bearer praeko_…` and `X-Praeko-Contract: en`. Always send both.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `Idempotency-Key` | header | Idempotency key (1 to 255 visible characters, for example a UUID). Repeating the SAME request with the same key within 24 h returns the stored response (with `Idempotent-Replayed: true`) without running it again; a different request with the same key returns 422 `idempotency_key_reuse`; a request still in progress returns 409 `idempotency_in_progress`. 5xx errors are not stored. The key is scoped per workspace and per route. See [Retry a request safely](https://praeko.app/docs/en/guides/idempotency). |

## Request body

JSON. Required fields must be sent; the others can be left out. The server returns 422 `invalid_request` with the full list of problems in `details.errors`. The media must be `ready` (completed). **Image post (`kind: image`):** a single photo on Instagram, through Buffer or directly through Meta. The photo is a `type: image` media item (JPEG); Instagram takes JPEG up to 8 MB with an aspect ratio from 4:5 to 1.91:1 (use 1080x1350). The item may come back with `warnings` (stable `code`): `alt_ignored` (Buffer has no alt text), `image_small`, `image_will_be_resized`, `image_dimensions_unknown`. The post comes back with `kind` and `media.images`.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `title` (optional) | string | Post title. Required unless `texts.youtube.title` is present. Up to 200 characters. |
| `baseText` (optional) | string | Base text, stored with the post. |
| `kind` (optional) | string | `video` (default) or `image`: a single photo, Instagram only. YouTube and TikTok refuse `image` (422 `kind_not_supported_by_network`). Values: video, image; default: video. |
| `media` (required) | object | Media of the post (ids from `POST /v1/media`, already completed). |
| `media.video` (optional) | string | Id of the video media item. Required when `kind` is `video`. |
| `media.cover` (optional) | string | Id of the cover media item (PNG or JPEG). Video posts only. |
| `media.images` (optional) | object[] | Only with `kind: image`: the photo of the post, ONE for now (several would be a carousel, which arrives in a later phase: 422 `carousel_not_supported`). Up to 1 items. |
| `media.images[].media` (required) | string | Id of a completed `type: image` media item. |
| `media.images[].alt` (optional) | string | Alternative text (up to 1000 characters). Sent to Instagram when the item publishes through Meta (`via: meta`); through Buffer it is ignored and the item comes back with the `alt_ignored` warning. Up to 1000 characters. |
| `texts` (required) | object | Texts per network. Each network in `items` needs its own `text`. |
| `texts.youtube` (optional) | object | YouTube texts. |
| `texts.youtube.title` (optional) | string | Video title (up to 100 characters; longer text is truncated). |
| `texts.youtube.text` (required) | string | Description. |
| `texts.youtube.pinnedComment` (optional) | string | Pinned comment, posted after the video becomes public. |
| `texts.instagram` (optional) | object | Instagram texts. |
| `texts.instagram.text` (required) | string | Caption: up to 2200 characters and 30 hashtags. |
| `texts.instagram.pinnedComment` (optional) | string | Pinned comment. |
| `texts.tiktok` (optional) | object | TikTok texts. |
| `texts.tiktok.text` (required) | string | Caption: up to 2200 characters. |
| `items` (required) | object[] | One item per network (a network cannot repeat). |
| `items[].network` (required) | string | Network of the item. Values: youtube, instagram, tiktok. |
| `items[].channel` (optional) | string | Id of the account on that network (from `GET /v1/channels`). Without it, the default channel. |
| `items[].mode` (optional) | string | How to publish. YouTube: `private`, `scheduled` or `public`. TikTok: `draft` or `direct`. Instagram: `now`. Values: private, scheduled, public, draft, direct, now; default: private on YouTube, draft on TikTok, now on Instagram. |
| `items[].scheduledFor` (optional) | string | Fixed publishing time. ISO 8601 date and time in UTC, for example `2026-11-14T20:30:00Z`. At least 30 s ahead (Instagram: 5 min through Buffer, 25 min through Meta; YouTube `scheduled`: 5 min). |
| `items[].queue` (optional) | boolean | `true` uses the channel's next free time slot (see `PUT /v1/channels/:network/slots`). |
| `items[].via` (optional) | string | Instagram only: which route to publish through. Values: meta, buffer. |
| `items[].replaces` (optional) | object | Instagram with `via: meta` only: deletes this post from Buffer when publishing. |
| `items[].replaces.provider` (required) | string | Always `buffer`. Values: buffer. |
| `items[].replaces.id` (required) | string | Id of the post in Buffer. |
| `items[].media` (optional) | object | Media for this item only (replace the post's media). Only `video` and `cover`: images per item arrive in a later phase. |
| `items[].media.video` (optional) | string | Id of the video media item. |
| `items[].media.cover` (optional) | string | Id of the cover media item. |
| `queue` (optional) | boolean | Applies to every item that has neither `queue` nor `scheduledFor`. |
| `draft` (optional) | boolean | `true` creates everything as a draft (no time required). Default: false. |
| `options` (optional) | object | Per-network and general options. |
| `options.format` (optional) | string | `long` marks the post as a long-form video (without it, it is a Short). Values: long. |
| `options.youtube` (optional) | object | YouTube options. |
| `options.youtube.mode` (optional) | string | Same as `items[].mode`. Values: private, scheduled, public. |
| `options.youtube.categoryId` (optional) | string | Video category. Default: 28. |
| `options.youtube.tags` (optional) | string[] | Video tags. |
| `options.youtube.notifySubscribers` (optional) | boolean | Notify subscribers. |
| `options.youtube.comment` (optional) | boolean | `false` skips posting the pinned comment. |
| `options.tiktok` (optional) | object | TikTok options. |
| `options.tiktok.mode` (optional) | string | Same as `items[].mode`. Values: draft, direct. |
| `options.tiktok.privacy` (optional) | string | Who can view it. Values: PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE, MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS, FOLLOWER_OF_CREATOR, SELF_ONLY; default: SELF_ONLY. |
| `options.tiktok.coverFrameMs` (optional) | integer | Video frame used as the cover, in milliseconds. Minimum 0. |
| `options.tiktok.disableComments` (optional) | boolean | Turn off comments. |
| `options.tiktok.disableDuet` (optional) | boolean | Turn off Duet. |
| `options.tiktok.disableStitch` (optional) | boolean | Turn off Stitch. |
| `options.tiktok.commercialContent` (optional) | boolean | Commercial content (requires `ownBrand` and/or `thirdPartyBrand`). |
| `options.tiktok.ownBrand` (optional) | boolean | Promotes your own brand. |
| `options.tiktok.thirdPartyBrand` (optional) | boolean | Promotes a third-party brand (cannot be `SELF_ONLY` in `direct` mode). |
| `options.instagram` (optional) | object | Instagram options. |
| `options.instagram.via` (optional) | string | Which route to publish through. Values: meta, buffer. |
| `options.instagram.shareToFeed` (optional) | boolean | Also show it in the feed. Default: true. |
| `options.instagram.coverFrameMs` (optional) | integer | Video frame used as the cover, in milliseconds. Minimum 0. |
| `tags` (optional) | string[] | Post tags (up to 40 characters each). Each up to 40 characters. |
| `id` (optional) | string | An id you choose (3 to 64 characters among letters, digits, `-` and `_`). Without it, the server generates one. A repeated id returns 409 `id_exists`. |
| `origin` (optional) | string | Who created the post (free text; default `api`). |

**Body example**

```json
{
  "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
  "media": {
    "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
  },
  "texts": {
    "youtube": {
      "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
      "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
    }
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "network": "youtube",
      "mode": "scheduled",
      "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "behind-the-scenes"
  ]
}
```

## Example

**curl**

```bash
curl -X POST "https://praeko.app/v1/posts" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRAEKO_KEY" \
  -H "X-Praeko-Contract: en" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
  "media": {
    "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
  },
  "texts": {
    "youtube": {
      "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
      "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
    }
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "network": "youtube",
      "mode": "scheduled",
      "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "behind-the-scenes"
  ]
}'
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const res = await fetch("https://praeko.app/v1/posts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.PRAEKO_KEY}`,
    "X-Praeko-Contract": "en",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
    "media": {
      "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
    },
    "texts": {
      "youtube": {
        "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
        "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
      }
    },
    "items": [
      {
        "network": "youtube",
        "mode": "scheduled",
        "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ],
    "tags": [
      "behind-the-scenes"
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.json());
```

**Node**

```js
import { Praeko } from "@praeko/sdk";

const praeko = new Praeko({ url: "https://praeko.app", key: process.env.PRAEKO_KEY });
const resultado = await praeko.posts.create({
  "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
  "media": {
    "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
  },
  "texts": {
    "youtube": {
      "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
      "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
    }
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "network": "youtube",
      "mode": "scheduled",
      "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "behind-the-scenes"
  ]
});
console.log(resultado);
```

**Python**

```python
import os
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://praeko.app/v1/posts",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PRAEKO_KEY']}",
        "X-Praeko-Contract": "en",
    },
    json={
        "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
        "media": {
            "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D",
        },
        "texts": {
            "youtube": {
                "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
                "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing",
            },
        },
        "items": [
            {
                "network": "youtube",
                "mode": "scheduled",
                "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z",
            },
        ],
        "tags": [
            "behind-the-scenes",
        ],
    },
)
print(resp.status_code, resp.json())
```

**PHP**

```php
<?php
$corpo = <<<'JSON'
{
  "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
  "media": {
    "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
  },
  "texts": {
    "youtube": {
      "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
      "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
    }
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "network": "youtube",
      "mode": "scheduled",
      "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "behind-the-scenes"
  ]
}
JSON;

$ch = curl_init('https://praeko.app/v1/posts');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("PRAEKO_KEY"),
        'X-Praeko-Contract: en',
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $corpo,
]);
$resposta = curl_exec($ch);
echo curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE), " ", $resposta, PHP_EOL;
curl_close($ch);
```

**Go**

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader(`{
  "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
  "media": {
    "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
  },
  "texts": {
    "youtube": {
      "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
      "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
    }
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "network": "youtube",
      "mode": "scheduled",
      "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "behind-the-scenes"
  ]
}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://praeko.app/v1/posts", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("PRAEKO_KEY"))
	req.Header.Set("X-Praeko-Contract", "en")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	out, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(resp.Status, string(out))
}
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
require "net/http"
require "uri"

uri = URI("https://praeko.app/v1/posts")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{ENV['PRAEKO_KEY']}"
request["X-Praeko-Contract"] = "en"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = <<~'JSON'
  {
    "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
    "media": {
      "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
    },
    "texts": {
      "youtube": {
        "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
        "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
      }
    },
    "items": [
      {
        "network": "youtube",
        "mode": "scheduled",
        "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ],
    "tags": [
      "behind-the-scenes"
    ]
  }
JSON

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }
puts response.code, response.body
```

**C#**

```csharp
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://praeko.app/v1/posts");
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PRAEKO_KEY"));
request.Headers.Add("X-Praeko-Contract", "en");
request.Content = new StringContent("""
    {
      "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
      "media": {
        "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
      },
      "texts": {
        "youtube": {
          "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
          "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
        }
      },
      "items": [
        {
          "network": "youtube",
          "mode": "scheduled",
          "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "behind-the-scenes"
      ]
    }
""", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine($"{(int)response.StatusCode} {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");
```

**Java**

```java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String body = """
            {
              "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
              "media": {
                "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
              },
              "texts": {
                "youtube": {
                  "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
                  "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\\n\\n#programming #testing"
                }
              },
              "items": [
                {
                  "network": "youtube",
                  "mode": "scheduled",
                  "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
                }
              ],
              "tags": [
                "behind-the-scenes"
              ]
            }
            """;
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://praeko.app/v1/posts"))
            .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + System.getenv("PRAEKO_KEY"))
            .header("X-Praeko-Contract", "en")
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode() + " " + response.body());
    }
}
```

**HTTPie**

```bash
http POST "https://praeko.app/v1/posts" \
  "Authorization: Bearer $PRAEKO_KEY" \
  "X-Praeko-Contract: en" \
  "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --raw='{
  "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
  "media": {
    "video": "01KA3VQ7M2T9XE4HB8N5RZ6C0D"
  },
  "texts": {
    "youtube": {
      "title": "The test that only failed on Mondays",
      "text": "A test that passed from Tuesday to Sunday. What it was hiding.\n\n#programming #testing"
    }
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "network": "youtube",
      "mode": "scheduled",
      "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "behind-the-scenes"
  ]
}'
```

> Official SDK for Node: Install it with `npm install @praeko/sdk` (see [SDK and CLI](https://praeko.app/docs/en/sdk)).

## Response

| Success status | When |
|---|---|
| `201` | Success. |

**Response 201**

```json
{
  "id": "01KA3W2Y6H1RC5ZQ8M0T4VXE7N",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "01KA3W2Y6J9D3BNF7G2K5PQS8A",
      "network": "youtube",
      "channel": "01KA3V0R5D8M2WQ7X4HT9NZ1BF",
      "state": "scheduled",
      "scheduledFor": "2026-11-10T20:30:00.000Z",
      "custom": true,
      "mode": "scheduled",
      "runAt": "2026-11-10T19:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

| Status | code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | `empty_body` | The request body is empty. |
| 400 | `invalid_json` | The request body is not a JSON object. |
| 413 | `body_too_large` | The request body is larger than 1 MB. |
| 422 | `invalid_request` | Something is missing; the full list comes in `details.errors`. |
| 422 | `invalid_field` | Invalid id, channel, mode or tag. |
| 422 | `time_in_past` | The time has already passed or is too close. |
| 422 | `missing_schedule` | Missing `scheduledFor`, `queue` or `draft`. |
| 409 | `channel_not_connected` | The network is not connected. |
| 409 | `no_slots` | `queue` on a channel without time slots. |
| 409 | `id_exists` | A post with this `id` already exists. |
| 409 | `media_not_ready` | The media upload has not been completed yet. |
| 422 | `media_not_found` | The media item does not exist. |
| 422 | `media_type_mismatch` | The media item has the wrong type (`kind: image` needs `type: image`). |
| 422 | `kind_not_supported_by_network` | `kind: image` on a YouTube or TikTok item. |
| 422 | `carousel_not_supported` | More than one image in `media.images` (carousel arrives later). |
| 422 | `invalid_image` | The image is not a JPEG (Instagram only takes JPEG). |
| 422 | `image_too_large` | The image is over 8 MB (Instagram limit). |
| 422 | `image_aspect_ratio` | The image aspect ratio is outside 4:5 to 1.91:1 (Instagram would refuse it; use 1080x1350). |
| 422 | `idempotency_key_reuse` | The `Idempotency-Key` was already used with a different request (different method, path, query or body). |
| 409 | `idempotency_in_progress` | A request with the same `Idempotency-Key` is still in progress (retry in a moment). |
| 409 | `idempotency_response_too_large` | The original response was larger than 256 KB and was not stored; fetch the resource with GET instead. |

### Errors on any route

| Status | code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | `unauthorized` | The `Authorization: Bearer …` header is missing. |
| 401 | `invalid_api_key` | The key does not exist. |
| 401 | `revoked_api_key` | The key has been revoked. |
| 401 | `expired_api_key` | The key has expired. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The key's scope is not enough for this route (see the scope badge). |
| 429 | `rate_limited` | The per-minute request limit was exceeded. |

The body of every error is `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`. See [all error codes](https://praeko.app/docs/en/guides/errors-and-limits).

## Try it

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