---
title: "Publish a Held Post"
method: POST
path: "/social/posts/{postId}/publish"
tags: ["Social"]
---

# Publish a Held Post

`POST /social/posts/{postId}/publish`

Send a draft or scheduled post to its platforms now

## Path parameters

- `postId` string, required

## Request body

- object

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object

## Other responses

- `400` — The request was malformed or a parameter was invalid.
- `401` — Authentication is required and was not supplied.
- `403` — The API key is missing, invalid, or not permitted to perform this action.
- `404` — The requested route or resource does not exist.
- `429` — The workspace rate limit was exceeded. Retry after the interval given by the Retry-After header.
- `500` — An unexpected error occurred on our side.

## Changes

- **2026-08-24** `b2284a52aaad` — 6 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `429`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - …2 more
- **2026-08-12** `fab85c44ee78` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/orshot/apis/orshot-api/changes/social/posts/:postId/publish/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/orshot/apis/orshot-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/orshot/apis/orshot-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/orshot/orshot-api/revisions/8dbba0806214/schema)