autopost

n8n community node for AutoPost TheNextGen - Social media scheduling and inbox management

Package Information

Downloads: 1,202 weekly / 1,202 monthly
Latest Version: 0.1.13
Author: The Next Gen

Available Nodes

AutoPost
Interact with AutoPost TheNextGen — schedule posts, manage DMs, reply to comments, and list accounts

Documentation

n8n-nodes-autopost

An n8n community node for AutoPost TheNextGen — the all-in-one social media scheduling and inbox management platform.

Features

  • Schedule posts across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Twitter/X
  • Manage your inbox — read and reply to DMs and comments
  • List connected accounts to drive dynamic workflows

Installation

In n8n (recommended)

  1. Open your n8n instance.
  2. Go to Settings → Community Nodes.
  3. Click Install a community node.
  4. Enter n8n-nodes-autopost and click Install.

Manual (self-hosted)

cd /path/to/your/n8n/data
npm install n8n-nodes-autopost

Then restart n8n.

Setup

1. Get your API Key

  1. Log in to autopost.thenextgen.ai.
  2. Navigate to Settings → API.
  3. Copy your API key (it starts with up_).

2. Add credentials in n8n

  1. In n8n, open Credentials → New.
  2. Search for AutoPost API.
  3. Paste your API Key.
  4. Leave Base URL as https://autopost.thenextgen.ai (or change it if self-hosting).
  5. Click Save.

Resources & Operations

Posts

Operation Description
Create Schedule a post with content, platforms, optional scheduled time, and image URL
Get All Retrieve posts with optional filters: status, limit, page
Delete Delete a post by ID

Create Post fields:

  • content — post text (required)
  • platforms — one or more of: facebook, instagram, linkedin, tiktok, twitter
  • scheduled_at — ISO 8601 datetime (leave empty to publish immediately)
  • image_url — optional public image URL

Messages (DMs)

Operation Description
Get All List messages filtered by platform, is_read, limit
Reply Reply to a message by ID
Mark as Read Mark all messages from a sender_id + platform as read

Comments

Operation Description
Get All List comments filtered by platform, is_read, limit
Reply Reply to a comment by ID

Accounts

Operation Description
Get All List all connected social media accounts

Example Workflows

Auto-reply to unread Instagram DMs

  1. Schedule Trigger — runs every 15 minutes
  2. AutoPost → Messages → Get All — filter: platform=instagram, is_read=false
  3. IF — check message content for keywords
  4. AutoPost → Messages → Reply — send automated response

Publish content from Google Sheets

  1. Google Sheets → Read Rows — read scheduled content
  2. AutoPost → Posts → Create — pass content, platforms, and scheduled_at from the sheet
  3. Google Sheets → Update Row — mark the row as published

Notify Slack when new comments arrive

  1. Schedule Trigger — runs every 5 minutes
  2. AutoPost → Comments → Get All — filter: is_read=false, limit=10
  3. IF — items exist
  4. Slack → Send Message — post a summary to your team channel
  5. AutoPost → Comments → Reply — optional: send an auto-acknowledgement

GitHub Repository

https://github.com/UbaiSalih/n8n-nodes-autopost

To publish as a separate package, initialize a new git repo inside this folder:

cd n8n-nodes-autopost
git init
git add .
git commit -m "feat: initial release of n8n-nodes-autopost v0.1.0"
git remote add origin https://github.com/UbaiSalih/n8n-nodes-autopost.git
git push -u origin main

Then publish to npm:

npm login
npm publish --access public

API Reference

Full API documentation is available at autopost.thenextgen.ai/docs/api.

License

MIT © The Next Gen

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