---
title: "Create Social Post"
method: POST
path: "/social/posts"
tags: ["Social Publishing"]
---

# Create Social Post

`POST /social/posts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1/social/posts`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a DRAFT post. Nothing is published until you schedule or publish it.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable
- `X-Target-Org-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- SocialPostCreateRequest: A new post. Created as a DRAFT - nothing is published until you schedule or publish it.
  - `account_ref` string, nullable: The account it will publish from - an `id` from `GET /social/accounts`. Optional: a draft can be written before any account is connected, but one is required to schedule or publish.
  - `body` string, required: The post text.
  - `media` SocialMediaItem[], nullable
    - `kind` string: Asset kind. `image` for a picture.
    - `url` string, required: Publicly fetchable URL of the asset.
    - `alt` string: Alt text. `alt_text` is accepted as a synonym.
    - `id` string, nullable: Asset-library id, when the asset came from there.
  - `post_type` 'text' | 'image' | 'video' | 'document'
  - `campaign_id` string, nullable: Campaign to attribute the post to.
  - `idempotency_key` string, nullable: Repeat a create with the same key to get the original post back instead of a duplicate.
  - `idea_id` string, nullable: The idea from `GET /social/ideas` this came from.
  - `generation_sources` string[], nullable

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- ApiResponseSocialPost
  - `data` SocialPost, required: One post.
    - `id` string, required
    - `provider` string, nullable
    - `account_ref` string, nullable
    - `body` string, required
    - `media` object[], nullable
    - `post_type` string, required
    - `status` string, required
    - `scheduled_at` string, nullable
    - `published_at` string, nullable
    - `external_post_id` string, nullable
    - `external_post_url` string, nullable
    - `campaign_id` string, nullable
    - `idea_id` string, nullable
    - `generation_sources` string[], nullable
    - `autopilot_config_id` string, nullable
    - `autopilot_version` integer, nullable
    - `generation_metadata` object, nullable
    - `created_by` string, required
    - `failure_reason` string, nullable
    - `created_at` string, nullable
    - `updated_at` string, nullable
  - `pagination` PaginationMeta
    - `page` integer, required: Current page number (1-indexed)
    - `limit` integer, required: Items per page
    - `total` integer, required: Total number of items
    - `has_next` boolean, required: Whether there are more pages
    - `next_cursor` string, nullable: Opaque cursor for the next page; null when there are no more items. Pass it back as the `cursor` query param to fetch the following page without computing page numbers.
    - `total_available` integer, nullable: Search endpoints only: how many records really match, when known. Can be larger than `total`, which is capped at the 10,000 results that can be paged. For company search this is a distinct-company estimate. Null when unknown; absent outside search.
    - `total_is_lower_bound` boolean, nullable: Search endpoints only: true when more records match than `total` shows (the result set is larger than the 10,000 results that can be paged). Absent outside search.
    - `notes` string[], nullable: Search endpoints only: plain-language notes about the result, e.g. that more records match than can be paged, or that a reversed `between` range was put in order.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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