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Sharing to Instagram

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Written by Yoanna Hristova
Updated over 3 weeks ago

This integration allows you to upload videos to your Instagram feed via the Grabyo desktop.

How to add an Instagram account

  1. Select your USER icon in the top right-hand corner of the page

  2. Select SOCIAL ACCOUNTS from the drop-down menu

  3. Select ADD ACCOUNT

  4. Select INSTAGRAM from the menu

  5. Link your Facebook account and page

  6. 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

  1. Select LIVE CLIPPING on the stream that you want to clip from

  2. Select a CAMPAIGN from the drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the page

  3. Set the IN and OUT points of your content

  4. Select a CAMPAIGN and add a SOCIAL MESSAGE

  5. Select your INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT and choose FEED, REEL or STORY

  6. 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

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 app

  • Filters 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 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

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