Schedule IG trial reels#2199

I have been posting trial reels to great success on IG. I would love to be able to queue up trial reels rather than having to post in the moment all of the time

Hi Karen,

Unfortunately, there’s no API for this use case at the moment.

The only semi-automated workaround is through reminders / push-notifications:

https://publer.com/help/en/article/how-to-schedule-reels-via-push-notifications-1i6lrj1/

Ah ok, Hopefully that will come soon!

Hey everyone!

Meta has now made it possible to post trial reels for Instagram via their API:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-platform/content-publishing

Please let us know how important this is for you by upvoting this feature request.

Your input would help us prioritize this accordingly.

Thank you.

Yes! I would use this feature

it may sound weird, but what are trial reels ?

Update: You can now schedule Instagram Trial Reels with Publer on web and mobile app to test content and reach new audiences.
Learn more: https://publer.com/blog/schedule-instagram-trial-reels/

My new account does not have trial reels yet, so I suppose this one wont be able to use it through publer?

Hello Maia, you should be able to post trial reels. Can you please hard refresh Publer and try again? If you’re still facing issues, please feel free to share more details at [email protected] or the live chat.

I see it in publer, but I do not have it on my account when I post directly in Instagram, so I was wondering if it would work…will test it out tonight :)

Oh, so cool. Thanks for implementing this. This is great. I will try it right now.

How can we call this feature via the Publer API?

Hi @Ernst Neumeister

At the moment, Trial Reels are not supported via the Publer API. The current API options only cover standard Instagram Reels and do not include parameters to schedule a Trial Reel.

Our team is actively working on expanding the API capabilities, so Trial Reels should become available via the API in a future update, but we do not have a specific timeline to share right now.

@Ernst Neumeister We’re happy to share that Instagram Trial Reels are now available via our API.
You can find all the details in our documentation:
https://publer.com/docs/posting/create-posts/content-types/platform-specific-formats/reels-shorts-and-stories