Updating Posts

Modify an existing post—whether scheduled or already published—across your social networks. This endpoint handles network-specific constraints and supports advanced features like recycling and recurring schedules.

Requirements

• Authentication: Bearer API token

• Scope: posts

• Headers:

  • Authorization: Bearer-API YOUR_API_KEY

  • Publer-Workspace-Id: YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID

Endpoint

Updates an existing post by ID. The behavior differs depending on whether the post is scheduled or already published.

PUT /api/v1/posts/:id

Parameter Reference

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
type	string	No	The type of post (e.g., 'text', 'photo', 'video', 'link', etc.)
text	string	No	The main content text of the post
url	string	No	URL for link posts
title	string	No	Title for the post (used in some networks)
excerpt	string	No	Excerpt for the post (used in some networks)
question	string	No	Question for poll posts
duration	integer	No	Duration for poll posts

Media Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
featured_media	object	No	Featured media information with path to the media file
media	array	No	Media files attached to the post

Each media object can include:

• id (string): Media ID

• path (string): Path to the media file

• title (string): Title of the media

• caption (string): Caption for the media

• in_library (boolean): Whether to save the media in the library

• default_thumbnail (string): Default thumbnail for videos

• thumbnails (object): Thumbnail information with real and small sizes

• user_tags (array): User tags in the media with position coordinates

• collaborator_tags (array): Collaborator tags in the media with position coordinates

• product_tags (array): Product tags in the media with position coordinates

Link Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
link	object	No	Link information

The link object can include:

• url (string): URL of the link

• call_to_action (string): Call to action text

• phone_number (string): Phone number for call to action

• provider_display (string): Provider display information

• original_description (string): Original description from the link

• original_title (string): Original title from the link

• description (string): Custom description for the link

• title (string): Custom title for the link

• default_image (string): Default image for the link

• images (array): Images for the link

• original_images (array): Original images from the link

Details Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
details	object	No	Additional details for the post

The details object can include:

• type (string): Type of post details (e.g., 'story')

• feed (boolean): Whether to share to feed (for Instagram reels)

• reminder (boolean): Whether the post is a reminder

• title (string): Title for event posts

• start (string): Start time for event posts

• end (string): End time for event posts

• coupon (string): Coupon code for offer posts

• terms (string): Terms for offer posts

• audio (string): Audio information

• privacy (string): Privacy setting

• comment (boolean): Whether to allow comments

• duet (boolean): Whether to allow duets (TikTok)

• stitch (boolean): Whether to allow stitches (TikTok)

• promotional (boolean): Whether the post is promotional

• paid (boolean): Whether the post is paid

• language (string): Language of the post

• auto_add_music (boolean): Whether to automatically add music

• text_format_preset_id (string): Text format preset ID

• boost (boolean): Whether to boost the post

Recycling Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
recycling	object	No	Recycling settings

The recycling object can include:

• solo (boolean): Whether to recycle as solo

• gap (integer): Gap between recycling

• gap_freq (string): Frequency of the gap (e.g., 'days', 'weeks')

• label (string): Label for recycling

• start_date (string): Start date for recycling

• expire_date (string): Expiration date for recycling

• expire_count (integer): Number of times to recycle before expiring

Recurring Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
recurring	object	No	Recurring settings

The recurring object can include:

• start_date (string): Start date for recurring posts

• end_date (string): End date for recurring posts

• repeat (string): Repeat frequency (e.g., 'daily', 'weekly')

• repeat_rate (integer): Rate of repetition

• days_of_week (array): Days of the week for weekly recurring posts

Other Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
content	array	No	Content blocks for rich text posts
location	object	No	Location information with id and name
labels	array	No	Labels for the post with name and color
options	array	No	Options for poll posts
categories	array	No	Categories for the post
sublinks	array	No	Sub-links for the post (same structure as link)

Special Cases

When the post is published, you can only update network-specific params.

Network	Updatable Fields
LinkedIn	• Text content • Labels
YouTube	• Title (limited to 100 characters) • Text/description (limited to 5000 characters) • Labels
Google Business	• Text content (called "summary" in Google's API, limited to 1500 characters) • Labels
Facebook	• Text content (both description and message fields) • Title (only for video posts, in the name field) • Text format preset ID • Labels
WordPress	• Title • Content (HTML converted) • Excerpt • URL (slug) • Featured media • Categories • Tags • Labels
Telegram	• For status updates and links: Text content • For other post types: Caption • Labels
Mastodon	• Text content • Title • Language • Poll attributes (options, duration) • Labels

Networks Not Supporting Published Post Updates

For the following networks, only labels can be updated in Publer's database after a post is published:

• Twitter/X (polls cannot be edited after publishing)

• Pinterest

• Instagram

• Threads

• Bluesky

Scheduled Posts

For scheduled posts, all fields can be updated regardless of the target social network.

Recurring Posts

If the post is a recurring post, the update will be applied to all future child posts in the recurring series. Already published child posts will not be affected.

Notes

• When updating a post that requires approval, a notification will be sent to the appropriate workspace members.

• Changes to published posts will be reflected both in Publer's database and on the social media platform (for supported networks).

Update Post

put

Updates an existing post. The behavior differs depending on whether the post is already published or not.

Authorizations

Path parameters

idanyRequired

ID of the post to update

Header parameters

Publer-Workspace-IdanyRequired

ID of the workspace containing the post

Body

Responses

200

Post updated successfully

application/json

401

Unauthorized

application/json

403

Forbidden - You cannot update a post that has been published with approval

application/json

422

Unprocessable Entity - Error message explaining why the post couldn't be updated

application/json

put

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

PUT /api/v1/posts/{id} HTTP/1.1
Host: app.publer.com
Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 1329

{
  "post": {
    "type": "text",
    "text": "text",
    "url": "text",
    "title": "text",
    "excerpt": "text",
    "question": "text",
    "duration": 1,
    "featured_media": {
      "path": "text"
    },
    "media": [
      {
        "id": "text",
        "path": "text",
        "title": "text",
        "caption": "text",
        "in_library": true,
        "default_thumbnail": "text",
        "thumbnails": {
          "real": "text",
          "small": "text"
        }
      }
    ],
    "link": {
      "url": "text",
      "call_to_action": "text",
      "phone_number": "text",
      "provider_display": "text",
      "original_description": "text",
      "original_title": "text",
      "description": "text",
      "title": "text",
      "default_image": "text",
      "images": [],
      "original_images": []
    },
    "details": {
      "type": "text",
      "feed": true,
      "reminder": true,
      "title": "text",
      "start": "text",
      "end": "text",
      "coupon": "text",
      "terms": "text",
      "audio": "text",
      "privacy": "text",
      "comment": true,
      "duet": true,
      "stitch": true,
      "promotional": true,
      "paid": true,
      "language": "text",
      "auto_add_music": true,
      "text_format_preset_id": "text",
      "sponsor": {
        "id": "text",
        "name": "text",
        "verified": true,
        "boost": true
      }
    },
    "recycling": {
      "solo": true,
      "gap": 1,
      "gap_freq": "text",
      "label": "text",
      "start_date": "text",
      "expire_date": "text",
      "expire_count": 1
    },
    "recurring": {
      "start_date": "text",
      "end_date": "text",
      "repeat": "text",
      "repeat_rate": 1,
      "days_of_week": []
    },
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "data": {}
      }
    ],
    "location": {
      "id": "text",
      "name": "text"
    },
    "labels": [
      {
        "name": "text",
        "color": "text"
      }
    ],
    "options": [],
    "tags": [],
    "categories": [],
    "sublinks": [
      {
        "url": "text"
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "id": "68176f0e8bee9dc9b0ce3427",
  "text": "Check out our new product launch!",
  "state": "scheduled",
  "type": "photo",
  "account_id": "63c675b54e299e9cf2b667ea",
  "account": {
    "id": "63c675b54e299e9cf2b667ea",
    "type": "facebook_page",
    "name": "My Business Page",
    "picture": "https://graph.facebook.com/123456789/picture"
  },
  "user": {
    "id": "5b1ec026db27977424e8599e",
    "name": "ervintorra",
    "picture": "https://publer-dev.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/photos/thumb_mini_magick20250123-28707-otuw0w.png"
  },
  "scheduled_at": "2025-05-15T14:30:00.000+02:00",
  "created_at": "2025-04-28T10:15:23.000+02:00",
  "updated_at": "2025-04-29T11:30:45.000+02:00",
  "post_link": "https://facebook.com/post/123456789",
  "media": [
    {
      "id": "66fba4234e299e531f5dc100",
      "type": "image",
      "url": "https://publer-media.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/product-launch.jpg",
      "alt_text": "Product launch announcement image"
    }
  ],
  "link": {
    "url": "https://example.com/product-launch",
    "title": "New Product Launch",
    "description": "Check out our latest product innovation",
    "image_url": "https://example.com/images/product.jpg"
  },
  "labels": [
    {
      "id": "607c2f9a5e2c3d0789abcdef",
      "name": "Product Launch",
      "color": "#FF5733"
    }
  ],
  "auto": false,
  "recycling": {
    "solo": true,
    "gap": 2,
    "gap_freq": "Week",
    "start_date": "2025-06-01",
    "expire_count": 3
  },
  "recurring": {
    "frequency": "Week",
    "repeat_every": 1,
    "weekdays": [
      "Monday"
    ],
    "start_date": "2025-06-02T09:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Related Resources

• List Posts API - Retrieve and filter posts

• Accounts API - Manage social media accounts

• Media API - Upload and manage media for posts