Create Video Post

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Creating a post with a video works in the same way as creating a text post, with the addition of the videos argument inside assets. This argument is used to specify the URL of the video that you want to include in the post. You can also optionally provide a thumbnailUrl for the video thumbnail.

mutation CreatePost {
  createPost(input: {
    text: "Hello there, this is another one!",
    channelId: "some_channel_id",
    schedulingType: automatic,
    mode: addToQueue
    assets: {
      videos:[
        {
          url:"https://example.com/video.mp4"
        }
      ]
    }
  }) {
    ... on PostActionSuccess {
      post {
        id
        text
        assets {
          source
        }
      }
    }
    ... on MutationError {
      message
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST 'https://api.buffer.com' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{"query": "mutation CreatePost {\n  createPost(input: {\n    text: \"Hello there, this is another one!\",\n    channelId: \"some_channel_id\",\n    schedulingType: automatic,\n    mode: addToQueue\n    assets: {\n      videos:[\n        {\n          url:\"https://example.com/video.mp4\"\n        }\n      ]\n    }\n  }) {\n    ... on PostActionSuccess {\n      post {\n        id\n        text\n        assets {\n          source\n        }\n      }\n    }\n    ... on MutationError {\n      message\n    }\n  }\n}"}'

const response = await fetch('https://api.buffer.com', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: `
    mutation CreatePost {
      createPost(input: {
        text: "Hello there, this is another one!",
        channelId: "some_channel_id",
        schedulingType: automatic,
        mode: addToQueue
        assets: {
          videos:[
            {
              url:"https://example.com/video.mp4"
            }
          ]
        }
      }) {
        ... on PostActionSuccess {
          post {
            id
            text
            assets {
              source
            }
          }
        }
        ... on MutationError {
          message
        }
      }
    }
    `,
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

<?php

$query = '
mutation CreatePost {
  createPost(input: {
    text: "Hello there, this is another one!",
    channelId: "some_channel_id",
    schedulingType: automatic,
    mode: addToQueue
    assets: {
      videos:[
        {
          url:"https://example.com/video.mp4"
        }
      ]
    }
  }) {
    ... on PostActionSuccess {
      post {
        id
        text
        assets {
          source
        }
      }
    }
    ... on MutationError {
      message
    }
  }
}
';

$payload = [
    'query' => $query,
];

$ch = curl_init('https://api.buffer.com');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($payload),
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);