Edit a LinkedIn draft

Save new text, post settings or a proposed publishing time as a new unapproved version. A proposed time is only a proposal. A change a person already approved is refused.

PATCHhttps://app.trygtm.com/api/v1/linkedin/drafts/{item_id}
Scope
write

Path parameters

item_idstringrequired
The draft's id (itemId), from list_linkedin_drafts or a drafting tool.

Headers

Idempotency-Keystringoptional
A key unique to this write, up to 255 characters. A retry carrying the same key returns the first response instead of running again. Kept for 24 hours.

Body

expected_revision_idstringrequired
The version you read (revision.id from get_linkedin_draft). A newer version is refused as a conflict.
textstringoptional
The new words: the headline, the About section or the post's text.
visibilitystringoptional
Who can see a new post.anyoneconnections
commentsstringoptional
Who can comment on a new post.anyoneconnectionsno_one
scheduled_forstring | nulloptional
The proposed publishing time, ISO 8601 with an offset. Null proposes no time. Needs timezone.
timezonestring | nulloptional
The IANA time zone the time is shown in, e.g. America/Chicago.

Request

curl -X PATCH https://app.trygtm.com/api/v1/linkedin/drafts/8f2a91c4-6d1e-4c0a-9a57-2f3b1c7e9d10 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRYGTM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "expected_revision_id": "8f2a91c4-6d1e-4c0a-9a57-2f3b1c7e9d10"
  }'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "item_id": "2d3e4f5a-6b7c-4d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
    "revision_id": "8e9f0a1b-2c3d-4e4f-8a5b-6c7d8e9f0a1b",
    "approvable": true,
    "blocking_reason": null,
    "issues": [],
    "review_path": "/linkedin/review/2d3e4f5a-6b7c-4d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
    "next": "Nothing is published or changed on LinkedIn until a person with LinkedIn access in the workspace approves the exact change on the LinkedIn screen, or the account's automatic posting (which a person turned on there) schedules a post it wrote."
  }
}

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