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Everything you need to build on Postly — guides, references and SDKs to schedule, publish and analyze social content programmatically.

Getting Started

Set up your workspace, connect channels and publish your first post.

Publishing

Compose, schedule and queue posts across every connected platform.

API Reference

Endpoints, request and response schemas and error codes explained.

Webhooks

Subscribe to events and react to publishes, failures and mentions.

Integrations

Connect Postly to Zapier, Make, Slack and the tools you already use.

Authentication

OAuth flows, API keys and scopes for secure access to your account.

Rate Limits

Understand request quotas, throttling and how to handle backoff.

SDKs

Official client libraries for Node.js, Python, Ruby and Go.

Your first API call

Authenticate with your API key and schedule a post in a single request.

POST /v1/posts
$ curl https://api.joinpostly.com/v1/posts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTLY_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "channels": ["instagram", "linkedin"],
    "content": "Shipping something new 🚀",
    "scheduled_at": "2026-10-01T14:00:00Z"
  }'

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