Handoff-only posts
Some posts have no official publish API. Social Automagic keeps the draft, reminds you, and does not fill the gap by automating the website.
| Post | Why it is a handoff |
|---|---|
| YouTube Community | Community posts are absent from the YouTube Data API. |
| LinkedIn newsletter edition | LinkedIn’s Posts API publishes a feed post. It does not publish a newsletter edition. |
| Facebook group post | Meta removed the Groups API, including publish_to_groups, on April 22, 2024. |
| TikTok inbox upload | This one does call the API. TikTok accepts the file, then the creator finishes it in the TikTok app. The outcome is still “handed to the app”. |
YouTube Community
Section titled “YouTube Community”In the composer, choose the Community post type. Then choose text, an image, or a poll.
- Text needs the post copy.
- An image post needs one JPEG, PNG, WebP, or GIF, up to 8 MB.
- A poll needs the question and 2 to 4 choices. Each choice is at most 80 characters.
Nothing is sent to YouTube. At the scheduled time, Home and the job page ask you to post it yourself. You can copy the text, download the image, and open YouTube Studio Posts. When you have posted it, mark the job done. Until then it stays handed to the app.
LinkedIn newsletter
Section titled “LinkedIn newsletter”Choose Newsletter edition. Give it a title and the edition text. You can attach one image, with the same 8 MB image rule. The product will not send it through the Posts API and will not label a link card or a feed post as a newsletter.
At the scheduled time, copy the title and the edition and open LinkedIn yourself. The open link goes to LinkedIn’s new-article page. Mark the job done after you publish the edition.
Facebook group
Section titled “Facebook group”Choose Group post on a Facebook Page account. Write the post. You can attach up to 10 images (JPEG, PNG, WebP, or GIF, 8 MB each). A video is not included in the handoff. Publish a video to the Page, or add it in the group yourself.
Nothing is sent to Facebook. At the scheduled time, copy the text and open Facebook Groups. Mark the job done after you post it.
What a handoff is not
Section titled “What a handoff is not”A handoff is not a failed publish, and it is not an uncertain publish. Failed means you can correct the draft and submit again. Uncertain means the network was already called and must not be called again for that attempt. A handoff was never sent.