Social media post scheduling and cross-posting

Purpose

1.1. Automate the scheduling, publishing, and cross-posting of social media announcements, event promotions, and news updates to reach all members of a computer club efficiently.
1.2. Ensures timely and consistent engagement, automatedly maintains awareness of club events, workshops, and meetings across diverse platforms without manual repetition.
1.3. Centralizes content planning, automates multi-channel communication, and minimises missed posting deadlines.
1.4. Streamlines sharing of achievements, tech tips, and club highlights, improving member retention and engagement.
1.5. Facilitates automated cross-channel analytics collection, helping optimize strategy for digital outreach.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New club event or announcement is added to the event management system.
2.2. A calendar reminder is reached for a pre-planned post.
2.3. Scheduled content is due for daily, weekly, or monthly release.
2.4. A submission or approval workflow is completed by club moderators.
2.5. Trend in community interest detected by monitoring hashtags or keywords (automation workflow triggers).

Platform Variants

3.1. Facebook Pages API
• Feature/Setting: automate publishing on a page; configure POST /{page-id}/feed with message, link, and media parameters.

3.2. Twitter API (X API v2)
• Feature/Setting: automate tweet scheduling and posting; configure POST /2/tweets endpoint with text and media fields.

3.3. Instagram Graph API
• Feature/Setting: automate image and caption posting; configure POST /{user-id}/media with image_url and caption, then publish.

3.4. LinkedIn Marketing API
• Feature/Setting: automate sharing to organization pages; configure POST /ugcPosts with content, targeting, author fields.

3.5. Discord Webhooks
• Feature/Setting: automate announcement posting to channels; configure webhook URL with payload (content, embeds).

3.6. Slack API
• Feature/Setting: automate post messages to member channels; configure chat.postMessage with channel, text, and blocks.

3.7. WhatsApp Business Cloud API
• Feature/Setting: automate broadcasting updates; configure POST /messages with recipient group and message template.

3.8. Telegram Bot API
• Feature/Setting: automate broadcast posting; configure sendMessage method with chat_id, text, and parse_mode.

3.9. Google My Business API
• Feature/Setting: automate announcement posting; configure accounts.locations.localPosts.create with summary and call-to-action.

3.10. YouTube Data API
• Feature/Setting: automate video post or community post; configure videos.insert or insert community update.

3.11. Tumblr API
• Feature/Setting: automate blog posting; configure POST /v2/blog/{blog-identifier}/post with type, title, body.

3.12. Reddit API
• Feature/Setting: automate subreddit post creation; configure POST /api/submit with title, url/text, subreddit.

3.13. Mastodon API
• Feature/Setting: automate toot (post) scheduling; configure POST /api/v1/statuses with status and scheduled_at fields.

3.14. Pinterest API
• Feature/Setting: automate pin publishing; configure POST /v5/pins with board_id, media_source, and description.

3.15. Meetup API
• Feature/Setting: automate event announcement posting; configure POST /{urlname}/events with description and time.

3.16. VK API
• Feature/Setting: automate wall post to group; configure wall.post with owner_id, message, and attachments.

3.17. Medium API
• Feature/Setting: automate publishing stories; configure POST /v1/users/{userId}/posts with title, contentFormat, content.

3.18. WordPress REST API
• Feature/Setting: automate blog post publishing; configure POST /wp-json/wp/v2/posts with title, content, status.

3.19. Signal API (using Signal-CLI)
• Feature/Setting: automate group message; configure send command with group/group id and message.

3.20. Line Messaging API
• Feature/Setting: automate broadcaster push messages; configure /v2/bot/message/push with target user/group and message.

3.21. Snapchat Marketing API
• Feature/Setting: automate Snap ads announcements; configure /adaccounts/{ad_account_id}/ads with creative assets and schedule.

3.22. WeChat Official Accounts API
• Feature/Setting: automate news updates via template message; configure message/send API with template_id and data.

Benefits

4.1. Automation reduces manual posting workload, freeing up organizer time and automating engagement flow.
4.2. Cross-posting automates message consistency across platforms, preventing information gaps.
4.3. Automating scheduling ensures timely delivery of posts, boosting participation rates.
4.4. Automated analytics tracking offers insight into engagement, automating campaign refinement.
4.5. Automation enables reaching platform-specific audiences, maximizing club visibility with no manual duplication.
4.6. Efficient moderation through automated approval workflows safeguards brand while expediting content flow.