Hootsuite hello world

Hootsuite Hello World

Overview

List your social media profiles and schedule a post using the Hootsuite REST API. The API base URL is https://platform.hootsuite.com/v1/.

Prerequisites

• Completed hootsuite-install-auth setup
• Valid access token
• At least one social profile connected in Hootsuite

Instructions

Step 1: List Social Profiles

// hello-hootsuite.ts
import 'dotenv/config';

const TOKEN = process.env.HOOTSUITE_ACCESS_TOKEN!;
const BASE = 'https://platform.hootsuite.com/v1';

async function listProfiles() {
  const response = await fetch(`${BASE}/socialProfiles`, {
    headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${TOKEN}` },
  });
  const { data } = await response.json();

  for (const profile of data) {
    console.log(`${profile.type}: @${profile.socialNetworkUsername} (ID: ${profile.id})`);
  }
  return data;
}

listProfiles().catch(console.error);

Step 2: Schedule a Post

async function schedulePost(socialProfileId: string, text: string, scheduledAt: Date) {
  const response = await fetch(`${BASE}/messages`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${TOKEN}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      text,
      socialProfileIds: [socialProfileId],
      scheduledSendTime: scheduledAt.toISOString(),
      emailNotification: false,
    }),
  });

  const result = await response.json();
  console.log('Scheduled message ID:', result.data[0]?.id);
  console.log('State:', result.data[0]?.state);
  console.log('Scheduled for:', result.data[0]?.scheduledSendTime);
  return result;
}

// Schedule a post 1 hour from now
const profiles = await listProfiles();
if (profiles.length > 0) {
  const oneHourLater = new Date(Date.now() + 3600000);
  await schedulePost(profiles[0].id, 'Hello from the Hootsuite API!', oneHourLater);
}

Step 3: List Scheduled Messages

async function listMessages() {
  const response = await fetch(`${BASE}/messages?state=SCHEDULED&limit=10`, {
    headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${TOKEN}` },
  });
  const { data } = await response.json();
  for (const msg of data) {
    console.log(`[${msg.state}] ${msg.text?.substring(0, 60)}... → ${msg.scheduledSendTime}`);
  }
}

Step 4: curl Quick Test

# List profiles
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOOTSUITE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  https://platform.hootsuite.com/v1/socialProfiles | python3 -m json.tool

# Get current user
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOOTSUITE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  https://platform.hootsuite.com/v1/me | python3 -m json.tool

Output

• Listed social media profiles with IDs
• Scheduled a post to a social profile
• Retrieved scheduled messages

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
401 Unauthorized	Expired token	Refresh token via OAuth flow
403 Forbidden	Insufficient permissions	Check app scopes
422 Unprocessable	Invalid profile ID or past date	Verify profile ID and future date
No profiles returned	No social accounts connected	Connect accounts in Hootsuite dashboard

Resources

• Messages API
• Social Profiles API
• REST API Reference

Next Steps

Proceed to hootsuite-local-dev-loop for development workflow.