In this video, we show you how to get public social media analytics like the follower counts for two major stars on Facebook, Instagram, and X. This lets us answer the question, “Who is more popular on social media, U2 or Bruce Springsteen?” This no-code tutorial uses the Ayrshare API /brand endpoint and the Bubble no code system. The post Get Public Social Media Analytics, A No Code Tutorial Video appeared first on Ayrshare ..read more

Instagram recently introduced a feature that enables users to co-author posts by tagging others as collaborators. This update allows you to designate other Instagram users as creators on your post. When tagged, these users receive an invitation to collaborate. If they accept, the post will also appear in their feed and be visible to their followers, extending the post’s reach and engagement potential. Meta has also added the ability to add collaborators via the API, which we call the “Collaborator API”. When you create a new Instagram post using the Instagram API, you can tag up to three publi ..read more

At most online shopping sites, the power of customer reviews cannot be overstated. They influence buying decisions, shape brand perceptions, and explain customer satisfaction. Recognizing the importance of review management to efficiently handle feedback, Ayrshare presents its Reviews API, designed to streamline the management of reviews across various platforms including Facebook Pages ratings and Google Business Profiles reviews, which are showcased in Google results and Google maps. Ayrshare’s Social Media API: Simplifying Integration Ayrshare’s Reviews API is part of its broader social med ..read more

In a significant move that has resonated across the social media ecosystem, Facebook has announced that it will remove access to its Groups API. The Facebook Groups API allows developers to create applications that could interact with Facebook Groups, offering functionality such as posting content, deleting content, and seeing historical posts. This API was a helpful tool for brands, marketers, and community managers to engage with and grow their groups on the platform. While Facebook has not officially commented on the rationale for removing this capability, prior API restrictions from Facebo ..read more

Have you heard that a product you are discussing has a “webhook”, with the unspoken assumption you both understand and are excited. Well, you should be excited because webhooks are really awesome, but before we start the trumpets, let’s first understand what a webhook is and why it is important. A webhook is a tool used in web or API development, allowing apps to provide real-time information to other apps when a specific event occurs. They have a payload that is sent to a unique URL, providing a simple way for apps to send data to each other. Translation: a webhook is a URL you provide to ano ..read more

If you are a Firebase user you likely appreciate the plethora of built in capabilities such as real-time snapshots, Firestore triggers, and authentication. I was recently reading about Deno Queues and realized after years of using Firebase I never really read about Firebase Queues. Just where are Firebase Queues? A Firebase Queue Use-Case Ayrshare is built upon Firebase, heavily using Firebase Functions. Ayrshare is a social media API and we allow users to publish or get analytics on the social networks. However, as we have grown, we realized that the way we process scheduled posts isn’t ideal ..read more

Introduction In the world of web development, integrating, and testing webhooks is a task that developers frequently encounter. Webhooks, essentially user-defined HTTP callbacks, are crucial for creating interactive and responsive applications. However, testing these webhooks locally can be a difficult task due to the inherent limitations of local development environments. At Ayrshare, a key capability of our social media API are webhook callbacks, e.g. scheduled post status (let you know when a schedule post has been published) or direct message notifications. Thus it is vital to provide our ..read more

Get all your social media analytics automatically updated in your dashboards, spreadsheets, and databases without any code needed. We use Parabola and Ayrshare in this tutorial and get Facebook and X/Twitter social profile analytics into a Google Sheet. It take a few minutes to set up and is quite powerful once you can schedule it to run on an ongoing basis. The post Automatically Import All Your Social Media Analytics | No Code Tutorial Video appeared first on Ayrshare ..read more

Facebook Stories are one of the most popular ways to publish videos, or photos on Facebook, second in popularity only to Facebook Reels. Facebook has been adding a lot of new features to their API and we’re excited that they just released the ability to post Stories using the Meta Graph API. We were waiting for this announcement since the Instagram Stories API already exists. Let’s explore and learn how to publish using the new Facebook Stories API. What Are Facebook Stories? Facebook Stories have emerged as a compelling way to share moments and messages with friends, family, and followers. Bu ..read more

Automating the task of image captioning is invaluable for a host of applications, from enhancing accessibility and SEO to streamlining content management. Modern AI technologies have made it much easier and more accurate to generate captions for images automatically. This article walks you through how to use the Google Cloud Vision API to generate image captions automatically, with code examples in JavaScript and Node.js. We also show you how to generate the Alt Text using the Ayrshare API. Prerequisites Basic understanding of JavaScript and Node.js Familiarity with RESTful APIs A Google Clou ..read more