23 endpoints under https://api.ravenpo.st/v1. Every one delegates to the same service the dashboard calls, so there is exactly one implementation of “create a post” and no second set of rules. Authentication is a bearer token; no route takes a workspace id, because the token carries one.
Conventions
Send Authorization: Bearer rvp_… on every request, and Content-Type: application/json on anything with a body.
Ids are opaque strings. Timestamps are ISO 8601 in UTC; queue slots and send-time recommendations are in the workspace timezone, with weekday 0 = Sunday.
Rate limit: 120 requests/minute per IP unless an endpoint says otherwise.
The token’s workspace, its plan limits, current usage and account counts.
The cheapest call to verify a token works. No endpoint takes a workspace id — the token carries exactly one, so a token can never reach another tenant’s data whatever the caller sends. The month in `usage` starts on the day the plan renews (the 1st on Free); `renewsAt` is when it starts over. X is counted in credits — a post without a link is 1, one with a link about 13.3, each picture or video 1 more — and `xCreditsExtra` are credits bought on the website, spent once the month’s run out. `monthlyXPosts` and `xPostsThisMonth`, the names from before credits, still carry the same two numbers; read the credit names in new code.
The only per-platform route here, and Pinterest earns it: every pin has to name a board, there is no default, and a board id appears nowhere else a caller can read it — not even in the board’s own URL, which uses a slug. Pass the ids to `pinterestBoards` on a post.
Without `page` this returns a plain array, matching the dashboard’s contract; with `page` it returns a paginated envelope. Automations should always pass `page` — a workspace with thousands of posts otherwise returns all of them in one response.
Field
In
Type
Description
status
query
DRAFT | SCHEDULED | PUBLISHING | PUBLISHED | FAILED
Filter by status.
platform
query
string
Only posts targeting this platform.
type
query
string
Filter by post format.
q
query
string
Caption search.
sort
query
string
Sort order.
page
query
number
Page number — switches the response to an envelope.
limit
query
number
Page size.
POST/v1/posts
Create a post and publish, schedule, queue or save it as a draft.
One post, many destinations: each account in `accountIds` becomes a target with its own status, permalink and error. Caption length is validated against the tightest selected platform.
Field
In
Type
Description
type*
body
'IMAGE' | 'CAROUSEL' | 'REEL' | 'STORY'
Post format. Instagram's model, reused as the shared one — a platform that doesn't honour the format falls back to its own default rather than failing.
accountIds*
body
string[]
Destination accounts, from GET /v1/accounts. One post fans out to all of them — at most one X account, since X forbids the same post on several accounts.
mediaIds*
body
string[]
Media assets to attach. Pass [] for a text-only post where the platform allows it.
action*
body
'draft' | 'now' | 'schedule' | 'queue'
What to do with it. 'schedule' needs scheduledAt; 'queue' resolves the next free slot in the workspace posting schedule and fails if none is configured.
caption
body
string
Base caption, used by every platform without an override. The text X publishes may carry one $cashtag; a second is rejected, as X would.
captionOverrides
body
Record<Platform, string>
Per-platform caption. A platform with no entry publishes the base caption. Keys are platform ids from GET /v1/platforms.
scheduledAt
body
string (ISO 8601)
When to publish, for action: 'schedule'.
threadParts
body
string[]
Follow-up posts published in order after the head, on platforms that declare a thread model (X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, Telegram, Discord). Over the platform limit is rejected, never truncated.
firstComment
body
string
Posted as a comment under the Instagram post right after it publishes, typically for hashtags. Instagram only, and never on a story. A comment Instagram refuses does not fail the post. On update, null clears it.
replyToTweetId
body
string
Publish the head post as a reply under this tweet. Accepts an id or a tweet URL. X only — and X only takes a reply from an app to the account's own post, or to a post that @mentions it or quotes one of its posts.
quoteTweetId
body
string
Embed this tweet as a quote card. Id or URL. X only, independent of replyToTweetId — and X only takes a quote of the account's own post, or of one that @mentions it.
tiktokOptions
body
Record<accountId, object>
TikTok privacy level, interaction switches and commercial disclosure, keyed by account id. Omitted, a TikTok target publishes SELF_ONLY — TikTok requires the creator to choose, so we never pick a wider audience for them.
audio
body
object
Reel audio ({ audioId, audioVolume, videoVolume }). Instagram reels only, and only on an account connected through Facebook.
reelCover
body
object
An Instagram reel's cover: { mediaId } — a JPEG of up to 8 MB from the media library — or { offsetMs }, a frame of the video in milliseconds, before it ends. One or the other. Instagram reels only, on either connection; dropped for any other format. On update, null goes back to Instagram's default, the first frame.
trialReel
body
'MANUAL' | 'SS_PERFORMANCE'
Publish an Instagram reel as a trial: shown to non-followers first, and to followers once it graduates — by hand in the Instagram app (MANUAL) or by Instagram when it performs well (SS_PERFORMANCE). Instagram decides which accounts may post one; a refused trial fails rather than going out as a normal reel. On update, "" or null makes it a normal reel.
pinterestBoards
body
Record<accountId, string>
Which board each Pinterest account pins to, keyed by account id (see GET /v1/accounts/:id/boards). Required to publish: a pin belongs to a board and Pinterest has no default, so a Pinterest target without one fails at publish time. A draft saves fine without it.
pinterestOptions
body
object
Pinterest pin title ({ title }), max 100 characters. Separate from the caption, which becomes the 800-character description; unset, the caption’s first line is used.
linkUrl
body
string (http/https)
The URL this post points at. Facebook publishes it as a link preview card; Pinterest makes it the pin’s destination. Every other platform ignores it.
recurrence
body
object
Makes this an evergreen post: each occurrence is created after the previous one publishes. Not with an X account, whose rules forbid repeating a post.
Returns a per-line report so a caller can retry only the rows that failed, rather than guessing which half of the batch landed.
Field
In
Type
Description
csv*
body
string
The CSV document itself, as a string.
GET/v1/posts/:id
One post with every target’s status, permalink and error.
Field
In
Type
Description
id*
path
string
Post id.
PATCH/v1/posts/:id
Edit a draft or scheduled post.
Editing resets the post to draft — pass `action` in the same call to re-schedule or publish it. A published post cannot be edited.
Field
In
Type
Description
id*
path
string
Post id.
type
body
'IMAGE' | 'CAROUSEL' | 'REEL' | 'STORY'
Post format. Instagram's model, reused as the shared one — a platform that doesn't honour the format falls back to its own default rather than failing.
accountIds
body
string[]
Destination accounts, from GET /v1/accounts. One post fans out to all of them — at most one X account, since X forbids the same post on several accounts.
mediaIds
body
string[]
Media assets to attach. Pass [] for a text-only post where the platform allows it.
action
body
'draft' | 'now' | 'schedule' | 'queue'
What to do with it. 'schedule' needs scheduledAt; 'queue' resolves the next free slot in the workspace posting schedule and fails if none is configured.
caption
body
string
Base caption, used by every platform without an override. The text X publishes may carry one $cashtag; a second is rejected, as X would.
captionOverrides
body
Record<Platform, string>
Per-platform caption. A platform with no entry publishes the base caption. Keys are platform ids from GET /v1/platforms.
scheduledAt
body
string (ISO 8601)
When to publish, for action: 'schedule'.
threadParts
body
string[]
Follow-up posts published in order after the head, on platforms that declare a thread model (X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, Telegram, Discord). Over the platform limit is rejected, never truncated.
firstComment
body
string
Posted as a comment under the Instagram post right after it publishes, typically for hashtags. Instagram only, and never on a story. A comment Instagram refuses does not fail the post. On update, null clears it.
replyToTweetId
body
string
Publish the head post as a reply under this tweet. Accepts an id or a tweet URL. X only — and X only takes a reply from an app to the account's own post, or to a post that @mentions it or quotes one of its posts.
quoteTweetId
body
string
Embed this tweet as a quote card. Id or URL. X only, independent of replyToTweetId — and X only takes a quote of the account's own post, or of one that @mentions it.
tiktokOptions
body
Record<accountId, object>
TikTok privacy level, interaction switches and commercial disclosure, keyed by account id. Omitted, a TikTok target publishes SELF_ONLY — TikTok requires the creator to choose, so we never pick a wider audience for them.
audio
body
object
Reel audio ({ audioId, audioVolume, videoVolume }). Instagram reels only, and only on an account connected through Facebook.
reelCover
body
object
An Instagram reel's cover: { mediaId } — a JPEG of up to 8 MB from the media library — or { offsetMs }, a frame of the video in milliseconds, before it ends. One or the other. Instagram reels only, on either connection; dropped for any other format. On update, null goes back to Instagram's default, the first frame.
trialReel
body
'MANUAL' | 'SS_PERFORMANCE'
Publish an Instagram reel as a trial: shown to non-followers first, and to followers once it graduates — by hand in the Instagram app (MANUAL) or by Instagram when it performs well (SS_PERFORMANCE). Instagram decides which accounts may post one; a refused trial fails rather than going out as a normal reel. On update, "" or null makes it a normal reel.
pinterestBoards
body
Record<accountId, string>
Which board each Pinterest account pins to, keyed by account id (see GET /v1/accounts/:id/boards). Required to publish: a pin belongs to a board and Pinterest has no default, so a Pinterest target without one fails at publish time. A draft saves fine without it.
pinterestOptions
body
object
Pinterest pin title ({ title }), max 100 characters. Separate from the caption, which becomes the 800-character description; unset, the caption’s first line is used.
linkUrl
body
string (http/https)
The URL this post points at. Facebook publishes it as a link preview card; Pinterest makes it the pin’s destination. Every other platform ignores it.
recurrence
body
object
Makes this an evergreen post: each occurrence is created after the previous one publishes. Not with an X account, whose rules forbid repeating a post.
DELETE/v1/posts/:id
Delete the Ravenpost copy and cancel any pending publish.
This does not take down anything already published. Removing the post on the platform is a separate, opt-in action in the dashboard, and it is not available on Instagram, Threads and TikTok, which expose no delete endpoint, or on YouTube, whose delete endpoint needs a broader permission than Ravenpost holds.
Field
In
Type
Description
id*
path
string
Post id.
POST/v1/posts/:id/schedule
Move a post to a new time.
Field
In
Type
Description
id*
path
string
Post id.
scheduledAt*
body
string (ISO 8601)
New publish time.
POST/v1/posts/:id/publish
Publish a post immediately, whatever it was scheduled for.
Field
In
Type
Description
id*
path
string
Post id.
POST/v1/posts/:id/retry
Re-enqueue only the failed targets.
Targets that already published are left alone, so a retry can’t double-post.
Field
In
Type
Description
id*
path
string
Post id.
Media
GET/v1/media
The workspace media library.
Field
In
Type
Description
folderId
query
string
Limit to one folder.
POST/v1/media/uploads60/min
Step 1 of an upload: get a presigned PUT URL.
The client sends the bytes straight to object storage, so a large video never travels through the API — and never has to be base64-encoded into a request.
Field
In
Type
Description
filename*
body
string
Original filename, used for a readable storage key.
contentType*
body
string
MIME type of the bytes you are about to PUT: an image (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, HEIC, AVIF) or a video (MP4, MOV, WebM). Anything else is refused.
Step 2 of an upload: register the uploaded object as an asset.
Returns the asset `id` to put in `mediaIds`.
Field
In
Type
Description
type*
body
'IMAGE' | 'VIDEO'
Asset kind.
storageKey*
body
string
From the presign response.
url*
body
string
Public URL, from the presign response.
mimeType
body
string
Recorded for the per-platform compatibility check.
width
body
number
Pixels.
height
body
number
Pixels.
durationSec
body
number
Video length.
sizeBytes
body
number
File size, checked against each platform’s cap.
POST/v1/media/:id/variants30/min
Reshape one image into several platform canvases in a single call.
Cropping is saliency-based by default — an off-centre subject survives a 4:5 → 9:16 cut, where a centre crop would keep the wall behind them. Pass `crop: "centre"` for posters, screenshots and flat graphics composed around their middle. Two formats with the same dimensions produce one file, not two, and each variant inherits the source’s alt text and folder. Images only.
Followers per account, a 30-day daily series, and engagement on recent posts.
A `followers` of `null` means we hold none for the platform — LinkedIn, Threads and Discord expose no insights, TikTok’s need a scope that is not approved yet, and X’s are not read because X charges for every API read. Null means unknown, never zero; an absent post metric was not collected rather than being 0.
GET/v1/best-times
Recommended posting hours, measured from this workspace’s own posts.
Overall and per platform, in the workspace timezone. `score` is a multiple of a typical post for that account, so 1.8 means “roughly 80% better than normal”. When `insufficient` is true `slots` is empty — that is “unknown”, not “no good time”. `reason` says which wall it hit: `few_posts` / `few_samples` (more publishing fixes it — `observations` vs `minObservations` says how far off), `low_engagement` (posts earn too few interactions for any hour to stand out), `not_collected` (the platform reports no per-post engagement at all).
Send one transactional email — a template turned on in Email → Transactional, to one address, filled with your values.
Queued, not sent in the request: the answer (202) is the email with `status: "QUEUED"`, and `GET /v1/emails/:id` says what became of it. A template turned off in Email → Transactional is answered 409 `template_disabled` and nothing is sent — the request is kept as a skipped email, so keep calling: once it is turned on again, the same request sends. Every tag the template writes without a fallback has to be in `data`, or the request is refused (400, `missing_data`) — a hole in a sentence is never sent. An `info` template carries an unsubscribe link and is not sent to anybody who unsubscribed from the workspace’s emails; a `transactional` one (receipts, resets) has none and is; neither goes to an address that bounced or marked the workspace’s mail as spam. Pass an `idempotencyKey` and a retried request gets the first one’s email back (`duplicate: true`) instead of a second email. Needs Email with transactional emails on the workspace’s plan; through Ravenpost’s own sending it counts against the month’s emails (429 `email_month_spent` when they are used up).
Field
In
Type
Description
template*
body
string
The template’s key, e.g. `welcome`.
to*
body
string
One email address.
data
body
object
The values its tags take: text, numbers or true/false, up to 50 keys. `email`, `sender_name` and `unsubscribe_url` are filled by Ravenpost.
idempotencyKey
body
string
Up to 200 characters. A second request with the same key in this workspace sends nothing and answers the first email.
What became of one transactional email: queued, sent, delivered, opened, clicked, bounced — or why it did not go.
`status` is QUEUED, SENDING, SENT, DELIVERED, BOUNCED, COMPLAINED, FAILED or SKIPPED; `error` says why one failed or was skipped (the address unsubscribed, bounced before, a domain that takes no mail). Opens and clicks are timestamps beside the status. Kept for 90 days.
The weekly posting schedule that `action: "queue"` publishes into.
Workspace-wide and shared by every connected account, in the workspace timezone. weekday 0 = Sunday.
GET/v1/platforms
Per-platform caption budgets, media rules, formats, thread caps and recommended specs.
Read this instead of hardcoding limits: they change when a platform changes, and this endpoint is generated from the same registry the publisher enforces.
OpenAPI
The same surface as a machine-readable document, generated from the source this page renders: /docs/openapi.json. Request bodies are documented by example rather than a strict schema — the examples are real, and a schema we hadn’t verified field by field would be a more confident kind of wrong.