Schedule or reschedule post

Schedule a post for publishing, or reschedule an already scheduled post to a new time. The post must have at least one channel with a connected profile. Archived posts cannot be scheduled; unarchive them first.

POST/posts/{id}/schedule

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

API key authentication. Generate an API key from your workspace settings.

Path parameters

idstring<uuid>required

Post ID (UUID)

Request body

application/json

publishAtstring<date-time>

When to publish the post (UTC). Required for new schedules, optional for rescheduling (uses existing publishAt if not provided).

Responses

200

Post scheduled successfully

idstring<uuid>

urlstring<uri>

titlestring

channelsstring[]

statusPostStatus

Allowed:TentativeToDoInProgressForReviewBlockedFinalizedScheduledPosted

publishDatestring

Scheduled publish date (YYYY-MM-DD) in workspace timezone

publishAtstring<date-time>

Scheduled publish datetime UTC

updatedAtstring<date-time>

400

Bad Request - Invalid input parameters

codestring

messagestring

dataobject

Show properties

errorsobject

401

Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key

codestring

messagestring

404

Not Found - Resource does not exist

codestring

messagestring

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

Bearer tokenRemember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Parameters

idpath*Post ID (UUID)

Bodyapplication/json

publishAtstringWhen to publish the post (UTC). Required for new schedules, optional for rescheduling (uses existing publishAt if not provided).

Request

curl -X POST 'https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/posts/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/schedule' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "publishAt": "2026-01-20T14:00:00.000Z"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/posts/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/schedule", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: "{\n  \"publishAt\": \"2026-01-20T14:00:00.000Z\"\n}"
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/posts/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/schedule",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    data="{\n  \"publishAt\": \"2026-01-20T14:00:00.000Z\"\n}",
)

Response

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "url": "https://app.tryordinal.com/acme/posts/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "title": "Q4 Product Launch Announcement",
  "channels": [
    "LinkedIn",
    "Twitter"
  ],
  "status": "Scheduled",
  "publishDate": "2026-01-20",
  "publishAt": "2026-01-20T14:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-19T10:30:00.000Z"
}

{
  "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
  "message": "Bad Request",
  "data": {
    "errors": {
      "publishAt": [
        "Invalid date format"
      ],
      "status": [
        "Invalid enum value"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "message": "Invalid or unauthorized API key"
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Post not found or does not belong to this workspace"
}