Posting to Pinterest through the API

Search, not a feed — posts keep working for months. The request shape is the same one every network here uses — only the limits on this page change.

Our Pinterest app is on trial access. Your own account will connect; posting for other people needs Pinterest to grant standard access. The status page tracks it.

Connecting a Pinterest account

Needs a Pinterest developer app and a board to pin to. Once connected, we hold the credential and keep it alive; your code only ever sends the API key.

The limits we enforce before publishing

What pre-flight rejects, verbatim

A request that breaks a Pinterest rule comes back as a 422 naming the network and the number — before anything is scheduled, not after the other networks published. The error strings are these:

• 632 chars — Pinterest allows 500.
• 3 attachments — Pinterest allows 1.
• Pinterest requires media.
• Video is 30m — Pinterest allows 15m.

The request

curl -X POST https://attentionpilot.com/api/v1/posts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PILOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "caption": "Written for Pinterest, under 500 characters.",
    "accounts": ["pinterest"]
  }'

Omit schedule for the next free queue slot, send "now" to publish immediately, or send an ISO timestamp.

When Pinterest fails

Each network is delivered on its own. A revoked token or a rejected upload on Pinterest never blocks your other targets: the post returns "partial", the Pinterest target carries the error text, and you can retry just this delivery.

Worth knowing

• ✓500 characters
• ✓Image or video required
• ✓Video 4s to 15m

The same call reaches the rest