Automate Your Instagram Posts with Pabbly Connect: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to automate Instagram posts using Pabbly Connect with Open Router AI and Google Sheets. Follow this detailed tutorial for seamless integration. Develop expertise in application integration and learn how to design streamlined automation workflows using proven, simplified approaches.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Automation

To start automating your Instagram posts, access Pabbly Connect by creating a free account. This platform allows seamless integration with various applications like Google Sheets and Open Router AI.

Once logged in, navigate to the dashboard. Click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button to begin setting up your automation. You can name your workflow, for example, ‘Automate Instagram Post with Open Router,’ and select the appropriate folder for organization.

2. Setting Up Trigger and Action in Pabbly Connect

In Pabbly Connect, you’ll set up a trigger and action for your automation. The trigger will be a scheduled event that runs daily, allowing you to pull topics from your Google Sheets.

• Select ‘Schedule’ as the trigger application.
• Set it to run every day at a specified time, e.g., 12:20 PM.
• Click on ‘Save’ to confirm your settings.

Once the trigger is set, proceed to select the action application, which will be Google Sheets. Choose the action event ‘Lookup Spreadsheet Row’ to fetch the topic based on the current date.

3. Connecting Google Sheets with Pabbly Connect

Integrating Google Sheets with Pabbly Connect is essential for automating your Instagram captions. After selecting the action event, you will need to connect your Google Sheets account to Pabbly Connect.

When prompted, choose your specific spreadsheet that contains the topics and image URLs. Set the lookup value to the current date. This ensures that every day, the automation fetches the topic for that particular date from your spreadsheet.

• Select the correct spreadsheet and sheet within Google Sheets.
• Ensure the lookup column is set to the date column.
• Map the data correctly to fetch the topic and image URL.

Once you have mapped the data, you are ready to proceed to the next step of generating captions for your Instagram posts.

4. Generating Captions Using Open Router AI

Next, you will set up the Open Router AI application in Pabbly Connect to generate captions based on the topic pulled from Google Sheets. Choose ‘Create Chat Completion’ as the action event.

To connect Open Router AI, you will need to provide your API key. After connecting, specify the instructions for the AI, such as ‘Write a short caption for Instagram on this topic.’ Map the topic data fetched from Google Sheets to provide context for the caption.

Enter your API key from Open Router. Map the topic data to generate relevant captions. Click on ‘Save’ to finalize the setup.

After saving, you will receive a response containing the generated caption, ready to be posted on Instagram.

5. Posting the Caption on Instagram

The final step involves posting the generated caption along with the image on Instagram using Pabbly Connect. Select Instagram as your action application and choose the action event ‘Share Photo.’

Connect your Instagram account to Pabbly Connect and select the appropriate account. You will need to provide the photo URL and the caption generated from the previous step. Once everything is set up, save the action.

Select the photo URL from the Google Sheets data. Map the generated caption from Open Router AI. Click ‘Save’ and send the request to post on Instagram.

Upon a successful response, your Instagram will automatically reflect the new post with the caption and image, completing the automation process.

Conclusion

Using Pabbly Connect, you can effortlessly automate your Instagram posts by integrating Google Sheets and Open Router AI. This setup allows for daily automated posting, saving you time and effort.