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Pinterest

TryPost creates image pins, video pins and carousels on Pinterest.

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Connect your account

  1. In the sidebar, open Channels and click Connect channel (or use New > Connect a new channel)
  2. Choose Pinterest and click Connect Pinterest
  3. Authorize TryPost on Pinterest
  4. On the confirmation page, check the account and click Finish connection
TryPost opens the new channel’s Publish page and asks how many times a week you want to post. See Connecting channels for the full flow.

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Board selection

Pinterest requires every pin to belong to a board. When you post to a Pinterest channel, its settings in the editor show Pinning to with a searchable board list. Pick a board, or type a name and click Create to make a new one. A post without a board cannot be scheduled or published — the editor, the REST API and MCP all reject it with Select a Pinterest board to publish this post. On the API, send the board as meta.board_id; list boards with List Pinterest boards (GET /social-accounts/{account}/boards) and create one with Create Pinterest board (POST /social-accounts/{account}/boards).

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Supported content types

The attached media decides the type.

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Media limits

Official specs: Creating boards and pins, Product specs. Full catalog: Media.

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Text and per-post options

  • Description — the post text, up to 800 characters.
  • Title — optional pin title (meta.title, up to 100 characters).
  • Destination link — where the pin leads (meta.link, http or https, up to 2,048 characters).
  • Video cover — pick the cover frame of a video pin in Edit Media > Thumbnail.
  • Alt text — up to 500 characters per image.

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Insights

Pinterest pins and followers appear in Insights.

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OAuth scopes

boards:read, boards:write, pins:read, pins:write, user_accounts:read pins:read and user_accounts:read are required for Pinterest metrics in Insights. boards:read powers the board picker and boards:write creating boards.

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Self-hosting setup

  1. Go to Pinterest Developers and create an app
  2. Add the scopes listed above in the app’s permissions
  3. Set the redirect URL to {APP_URL}/accounts/pinterest/callback
  4. Add to your .env:
Hide Pinterest with PINTEREST_ENABLED=false.