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- Post Analytics. Post Analytics now automatically returns analytics on all the social networks where the post was sent. Previously you needed to specify the list of social networks in the
platformsparameter. - LinkedIn Analytics. New analytics data points added to LinkedIn Social Analytics endpoint:
uniqueImpressionsCount,clickCount,engagement,likeCount,commentCount,shareCount,commentMentionsCount,impressionCount,shareMentionsCount. - Facebook Video. Facebook video uploads are much faster 🏃. You should see a decrease in the API call time.
- Single Sign On Take Base64. The generateJWT endpoint now accepts the private.key as a Base64 string. This makes it easier to manage the keys including the complexity of newline characters.
- LinkedIn Get All Posts History. The /history get all posts endpoint now retrieves LinkedIn posts and analytics, even for posts that didn't originate from Ayrshare.
- Ayrlink. Create a customized Ayrlink personal bio page using the leading social media API. Share products, websites, content, and more on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.
- Google Business Profile Analytics. Get analytics data like views and action counts for Google Business Profile. Formerly known as Google My Business.
- Facebook Analytics. The count for the number of times your Facebook post was shared is now available on the analytics endpoint. The Facebook reactions count has been extended to include the past two years of data.
- Pinterest. Add alternative text, also known as alt text, to a Pinterest image or video. Pinterest alt text is an accessibility feature used for additional user info and screen readers.
- Google Business Profile. Formerly known as Google My Business. You can specify a product category for an image or video so the media is categorized in the "Photos" section of the GMB console. For example, if an image has the category "product", it will appear under the "Product" tab in Photos.
- YouTube Posting. The YouTube endpoint now supports notifying your subscribers and setting a publish at time.
- Dashboard Improvements. The Ayrshare web dashboard was updated with an updated design with some new icons and colors. You can also reset your API or Profile Key in the Dashboard.
- Image Generation API Beta. The Ayrshare social image generation API lets you specify visual elements to create infinite variations of graphics that you can use with the social media platforms. Powerful and easy to use.
What's New Social API Podcast in October 2022
- Facebook Reels. You can now post videos as Facebook Reels. Reels are short video that are 3-60 seconds long with a 9x16 aspect ratio.
- Twitter History. The platform history endpoint has been enhanced for Twitter. The response now includes links to the published videos and photos.
- Instagram Reels. Get analytics data on Instagram Reels including comment count, like count, play count, and more.
- Alternative Emails for Ayrshare Alerts. Choose different email addresses to deliver alerts, such as unlinked accounts.
What's New Social API Podcast in September 2022
- Facebook Page Analytics. The post analytics endpoint was enhanced with Facebook Page like and comment counts and the original post URL.
- YouTube Analytics. The YouTube channel analytics has been enhanced with additional metrics including estimated minutes watched and thumbnail URL.
- YouTube Post History. Get the history data of any YouTube post, even those not sent via Ayrshare, by the platform social ID:
- Webhook Tools in the Dashboard: In the Ayrshare dashboard, you can see all your registered webhooks, all the actions sent, and even replay the webhook. Learn more about webhooks.
- Twitter Analytics Enhanced: The Twitter analytics data set now includes verified account, number of likes, number of lists added, and banner url.
- Enhanced Facebook Social Analytics: Get additional analytics and demographics data on Facebook Pages.
- Instagram Reels: Post an Instagram Reel via the API. Reels are like TikTok videos where you can share a 60-second video and do some cool creative additions, such as stitch together and edit video clips, add music, apply filters, write captions, insert interactive backgrounds, and add stickers.
- Approval Workflows: You may need an approval workflow to separate the content creator and the content approver. This is common practice to avoid mistakes, maintain consistency, and adhere to regulatory or compliance requirements in some industries. The Ayrshare API now natively supports an approval state for each post.
- Twitter Threads Images: Twitter Threads now accepts multiple images per Tweet in the Thread. You can also specify that specific Tweets in the Thread will not have an image.
- Instagram Location Tag: Add an Instagram locations tag with the Facebook Page Name. You can also still use a Facebook Page ID in place of the Page Name.
- Reactivate User Profiles: Business and Enterprise Plan admins can reactivate suspended user profiles in the dashboard.
- Facebook @mentions: Now you can @mention another page with the page name directly. Previously the endpoint needed the page ID, and now you can use the page name, such as @Ayrshare.
- Improved Brand Data: The /brand endpoint now supports Facebook. Send a Facebook page name to look up a user’s or company's social media public information, such as followers, profiles image, and websites. These users and companies do not need to be a linked Ayrshare user.
- Help Docs: Use your own help docs as the link on the Social Accounts page on the Business Plan. Your users can now link to your own support pages.
- New /post Endpoints: The /post endpoints were enhanced to allow GET to retrieve an individual post and the ability to update the schedule date of a post.
- Alt Text: Add alt text to Twitter images and Facebook images and videos. Alt text is an accessibility feature used for additional user info and screen readers.
- Twitter Thread Analytics: Analytics now supports Twitter Threads. If your Twitter post ID was sent as a thread, you will see an array of analytics data for all of the posts in the thread.
- Web Dashboard Improved: The Ayrshare web dashboard has been upgraded and now is faster, more responsive, and with several UI improvements. And you can now post Twitter Threads, a.k.a TweetStorms, via the dashboard.
- New Analytics Data: New analytics data points available. Access demographics data for Instagram and Facebook accounts. Access country, city, age distribution, and language reach. In addition, Instagram analytics now provides the total like and comment count.
- Test Unique Content: As part of your testing, always use unique content when sending to a social network. Now the randomPost parameter of the /post endpoint will generate a random quote.
- Post Instagram carousels with images. You can now post up to 10 images in an Instagram carousel. Learn more.
- Use your own link shortener, such as Bit.ly. This allows you to use a custom domain in place of the Ayrshare short URL when shortening the link. Learn more.
- The history endpoint for Instagram and TikTok was enhanced. Now the /history endpoint returns the video thumbnail image for Instagram and the username for TikTok. Learn more.
- There is an upcoming API change to the /history endpoint. By default it will return the most recent 20 records. You can specify the “count” parameter to retrieve up to 500 records.
- Enhancements to the Google My Business capabilities now allow for “What’s New” posts that can include Call to Actions, such as Learn More buttons, images, and text. Learn More.
- Automatically create a Twitter Thread aka Tweetstorm. Send your text of any length and Ayrshare will break it up into appropriately sized Tweets with numbering. Learn More.
- Get your whole development team using Ayrshare with their own logins. You can now add team members in the Ayrshare dashboard. Just go to User Profile and when creating a new profile check the create as team member box.
- If Twitter has approved your account for longer videos, you can now post videos up to 10 minutes in length. Learn more.
- TikTok profile analytics summaries are available.See average video duration plus like, views, and share totals across all TikTok shares. Learn more.
- Get all TikTok post history and analytics. Even posts and shares created outside of Ayrshare. Learn more.
- Pinterest post analytics now available. See impressions, saves, pin clicks, and other useful data points. Learn more.
- Post YouTube Shorts via the API. Shorts are videos up to 60 seconds long and have new discovery placement within the YouTube apps. Learn more.
- Add a bit of spice to your posts with rich text. For example: “I want this one bold, x₂ and italic.” Check out which HTML elements are supported in the docs.
- Post to any Pinterest board connected with a user. Whether the user has 1 or 200 boards you can now specify the specific board to post to. Learn more.
- Direct TikTok Posting for Premium and Business Plan users. Now post videos directly to the TikTok mobile app. See how the full flow works.
- The /user endpoint was updated to now retrieve the count of Instagram posts done over the past 24-hour rolling period.
- The /profile endpoint was updated to allow filtering to find the exact user’s profile you need. Filter by user profile title or refId.
- Pinterest is now available as a destination platform. Pinterest has over 400 million monthly active users, and 60% are women. 80% of Pinners have discovered a new brand on Pinterest so it’s a great platform even if you are just starting out. Read more.
- Now Business plan members can get all past Instagram and Facebook posts plus the Analytic on each. Regardless if you created these posts via Ayrshare or not. Learn more in the docs.
- Sometimes you have an image that does not meet the strict image requirements for Instagram. Now Ayrshare will automatically resize your images for Instagram if you want via the /post endpoint. Learn more in the docs.
- We have upgraded to generateJWT endpoint with a logout option and the title of the user profile returned. Learn more in the docs.
- Our docs were updated. Check out the new font and style. If you are wondering, it is powered by GitBook.
- The post verification system will now check URLs in post to make sure they comply with the social networks’ guidelines. This is a great addition to the existing industry leading verification checks that protect your user’s social accounts. Learn more in the docs.
- Posting to YouTube now has support for tags and the “made for kids” self declaration. Learn more in the docs.
- Facebook Groups now available as a destination platform. Over 1.4 Billion people use Facebook Groups each month. Your users can now link a Facebook Group where they are the owner or admin. Learn more in the docs.
- Automatically resize images for Instagram photo dimensions. Just upload a photo to Ayrshare and you’ll get a resized image that works on Instagram. Learn more in the docs.
- Google My Business tooltip in the Developer Dashboard now displays the linked account name.
- See a visual graph of your API usage in the Developer Dashboard.
- One-click copy button for the request and response code in the Developer Dashboard for the post history.
- Get more detailed Analytics data. New data sets are now available at the social network level, such as a Facebook Page or Instagram Account. Get the number of followers, username, and more. Learn more in the docs.
- The Developer Dashboard now lets you select the timezone of the scheduled time for a scheduled post.
- Automated RSS Feed posting, including Substack, now supports posting to Instagram. Learn more in the docs.
- The RSS Feed endpoint now allows you to automatically add hashtags and post the image from your article. Learn more in the docs.
- Google My Business is now a supported Ayrshare destination. Post images, videos, events, offers, and call-to-actions. Read more in our blog post.
- The Developer Dashboard on ayrshare.com has been updated to show the full JSON for every request and response. The Dashboard now has the link to every post on the social networks, allows you to view all your posts across all profiles at the same time, and has a new filter by the post status.
- The History endpoint now lets you filter by the status of the post. Get only success, error, or pending posts. Learn more in the docs.
- We have improved the speed and responsiveness of the profile linkage page.
- We have improved the verification checks for scheduled posts so you can see errors when you create the posts. Learn more in the docs.
- We have improved the similarity checks and some of the other verification checks to better protect your accounts. Learn more in the docs.
- The NPM package was updated with support for Analytics, Comments, Auto Schedule and Google My Business. Learn more in the docs.
- Webhooks are now available for Enterprise plan clients. Get notifications when scheduled posts are published, users link or unlink social network accounts, and new RSS articles are published. Learn more in the docs.
- Analytics enhanced with Instagram and Facebook insights. For Facebook, get counts of unique impressions, engaged users, and unique clicks. For Instagram, get counts of engagements, impressions, reach, and saved posts. Learn more in the docs.
- We have improved the account monitoring for your Twitter accounts. Get notifications and API call responses that explain that your account was locked or suspended by Twitter.
- New Comments API endpoint. Retrieve comments and create new comments for Facebook and Instagram posts. Learn more in the docs.
- Ayrshare Business clients can now manage the following for their users’ profiles:
- Customize the social account linkage page title
- The Done button wording and link on the social linkage page
- Set which social networks are available on the social linkage page
- When creating a new profile, you receive back the display name or handle the user has set at the social network.
- When posting, you receive back the public URL to the post on the social network.
- Updated the Ayrshare Social Media API Bubble plugin to support scheduling future posts and sending videos to YouTube. Learn more in the tutorial article.
- Promote your Tweet as an ad to increase its reach and help it find a bigger audience. Ayrshare now allows you to easily promote a Tweet with a single API call. You can promote a Tweet when you create it or any time after. To add Promoted Tweets to your account, log in to the Ayrshare dashboard and enable it on the Social Accounts page. Learn more in the docs.
- Upload videos to Instagram and Telegram.
- See the Status Page for a real-time check on the status of the Ayrshare services. Access it at status.ayrshare.com.
- In the developer dashboard, you can set your Tax ID under account info.
- Updated code examples in Node.js, PHP, C#, and Python.
- TikTok integration is now available to Premium Plan users as early access, meaning it is still under active development. Posting to TikTok requires the Ayrshare iOS mobile app. Learn more in the docs.
- Post images to Telegram.
- New API endpoint to auto-schedule your posts. Set up an auto-post schedule by providing times to send. Post will automatically be sent at the next available time. If no more times are available today, the first available time tomorrow will be used, and so on. Learn more in the docs.
- Ayrshare paid users can now access billing information directly from the web dashboard.
- New verification system to make sure your social network accounts stay in good standing. Learn more in the docs.
- Released the Ayrshare Social Media API Bubble plugin. Post to your social media accounts with the Bubble no-code platform.
- Connect and post to Reddit and Telegram.
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