This integration allows you to upload videos to your Instagram feed via the Grabyo desktop.
How to add an Instagram account
Using Instagram login details:
Select your USER icon in the top right-hand corner of the page
Select SOCIAL ACCOUNTS from the drop-down menu
Select ADD ACCOUNT
Select INSTAGRAM from the menu
Select INSTAGRAM LOGIN
Select SUBMIT to add the INSTAGRAM account
Using Facebook login details:
Select your USER icon in the top right-hand corner of the page
Select SOCIAL ACCOUNTS from the drop-down menu
Select ADD ACCOUNT
Select INSTAGRAM from the menu
Link your Facebook account and page
Select SUBMIT to add the INSTAGRAM account
📕 Note: Facebook login does not support Instagram credentials, so app users must sign in using a Facebook account. Your Instagram will need to be a business account to use the workflow.
How to share to your Instagram account
Select LIVE CLIPPING on the stream that you want to clip from
Select a CAMPAIGN from the drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the page
Set the IN and OUT points of your content
Select a CAMPAIGN and add a SOCIAL MESSAGE
Select your INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT and choose FEED, REEL or STORY
select SAVE AND SHARE
Summary of availability of Instagram features
Instagram feature | Availability |
Publish to feed | Grabyo Studio, Grabyo Mobile, Instagram App |
Publish to stories | Grabyo Studio, Grabyo Mobile, Instagram App |
Publish to reels | Grabyo Studio, Instagram App
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Publish to InstagramTV | Instagram App, IGTV app, Instagram Creator studio |
Web Limitations for Feed and Reels
It can only be used to publish to business IG User accounts; Creator IG User accounts are not supported
Account privacy settings are respected upon publishing. For example, if Allow remixing is enabled, published reels will have remixing enabled upon publishing but remixing can be disabled on published reels manually through the Instagram app.
Accounts are limited to 50 API-published posts within 24 hours (across all Grabyo users with the same Instagram account)
Captions will not include the (
@) symbol unless the app user is also able to perform Admin-equivalent Tasks on the appFilters are not supported
Images and GIFs not supported via the Grabyo desktop
Custom thumbnails are not supported via Grabyo
Video specifications for Feed and Reels
Aspect ratio | Horizontal (16:9), Square (1:1), Social (4:5) & Vertical (9:16) |
Frame rate | 23 - 60 FPS |
Video Bitrate (Variable) | 25Mbps maximum |
Audio bitrate | 128kbps |
Duration | 3 seconds - 15 minutes |
File size | 300MB maximum |
📕 Note: If you exceed the limit of 50 API-published posts, Grabyo will show an error message in the share history table.
📕 Note: When you share to Feed, the asset will automatically be shared as both Feed and Reel.
Web Limitations for Story
Stories are only available for 24 hours on Instagram (unless added as a highlight via the app)
It can only be used to publish to business IG User accounts; Creator IG User accounts are not supported
Filters are not supported
Images and GIFs are not supported via the Grabyo desktop
Video specifications for Story
Aspect ratio | Horizontal (16:9), Square (1:1), Social (4:5) & Vertical (9:16) |
Frame rate | 23 - 60 FPS |
Bitrate (Variable) | 25Mbps maximum |
Audio bitrate | 128kbps |
Duration | 3 seconds - 60 seconds |
File size | 100MB maximum |
Adding collaborators
You can add collaborators when sharing to Instagram by selecting the drop-down menu on the right-hand side of an Instagram card in the credential list.
From here, you can open the collaboration model where you will be able to add an Instagram account by its handle. After entering a handle, it will be added to the list below and automatically selected.
📕 Note: Due to restrictions in the API, a user will need to write the exact handle of the account. Grabyo will not be able to verify if the account handle is correct and will not be able to provide any more information about the account (verified status, etc). Adding incorrect handles will result in a failed share, and an appropriate message will show in the share history.
We therefore suggest that you copy this directly from the Instagram URL. For example, “grabyo” is the handle in the URL: https://www.instagram.com/grabyo/
After adding up to 3 accounts to collaborate with, they can click on save, and they will see that the Instagram card will have “collaborators” underneath the name of the integration in the sidebar.
📕 Note: Previously selected collaborators will be saved in the list after sharing and will remain selected for future shares unless edited or cleared. You can store up to 20 Instagram handles. Please note, this list works at a user level; no user in the same org will have access to the list of another.
What happens on Instagram?
When you collaborate with someone on Instagram, a notification will be sent to the collaborators, as shown below:
The collaborator will then need to click through to this link:
And approve or deny the request:
