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New post sent

This trigger fires every time a post you scheduled through Buffer has been successfully published to its social network.

Developer info

API endpoint slug: buffer.new_post_sent

Trigger fields

Channel Dropdown list

Label: Which channel?
Helper text: Pick a channel, or choose "Any channel" to fire for all of your channels.
Slug: channel_id
Required: true
Can have default value: false

Ingredients

Post The unique identifier of the published post.

Slug: post_id
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.PostId
Type: String
Example: abc123def456

Post text The text content of the published post.

Slug: post_text
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.PostText
Type: String
Example: Check out our latest update!

Channel The unique identifier of the Buffer channel (social account) the post was published to.

Slug: channel_id
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.ChannelId
Type: String
Example: 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327de

Channel name The display name or handle of the social account the post was published to.

Slug: channel_name
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.ChannelName
Type: String
Example: @buffer

Channel service The social network the post was published to (e.g. twitter, linkedin, instagram).

Slug: channel_service
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.ChannelService
Type: String
Example: twitter

First image url The URL of the first image attached to the post, if any. Empty when the post has no images. Derived from the assets array — first asset of image type.

Slug: first_image_url
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.FirstImageUrl
Type: Image URL
Example: https://buffer.com/images/post.jpg

Sent at The date and time the post was published, in ISO 8601 format.

Slug: sent_at
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.SentAt
Type: Date with time (ISO8601)
Example: 2020-07-08T04:17:06+05:00

Created at The date and time the post was originally created in Buffer, in ISO 8601 format.

Slug: created_at
Filter code: Buffer.newPostSent.CreatedAt
Type: Date with time (ISO8601)
Example: 2020-07-08T04:17:06+05:00

Applets using this Trigger