Buffer - Create draft

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Tags: #buffer #draft #create #socialmedia #socialnetworks #socialmediaplatforms

Author: Florent Ravenel

Last update: 2023-10-05 (Created: 2023-10-05)

Description: This notebook creates a draft for a specific profile on Buffer.

References:

Buffer - Publishing

Input

Import libraries

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import requests
import json

Setup variables

buffer_url: This variable holds the URL of the specific Buffer profile where you want to create a new post. Example: "https://publish.buffer.com/profile/xxxxxxxxxxx/tab/queue"
text: This variable contains the text content that you want to post on the Buffer profile. You can modify this string to change the content of the post.
cookie: This variable is used to store the cookie information from your Buffer session.

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buffer_url = "https://publish.buffer.com/profile/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/tab/queue"
text = "My Draft"
cookie = naas.secret.get("BUFFER_COOKIES") or "Inspect your Buffer and Copy/Paste your cookie"

Model

Create draft

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def parse_cookie(cookie):
    data = {}
    for c in cookie.split(";"):
        key = c.split("=", 1)[0].strip()
        value = c.split("=", 1)[-1].strip()
        data[key] = value
    return data

def create_draft(buffer_url, cookie, text):
    # Init
    result = None
    cookies = parse_cookie(cookie)
    profile_id = buffer_url.split("/profile/")[-1].split("/")[0]
     
    # Base URL
    url = 'https://publish.buffer.com/rpc/composerApiProxy'
    
    # Headers
    headers = {
        'authority': 'publish.buffer.com',
        'accept': 'application/json',
        'accept-language': 'fr-FR,fr;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.7',
        'content-type': 'application/json',
    }

    args = {
        "url": "/1/updates/create.json",
        "args": {
            "now": False,
            "top": False,
            "is_draft": True,
            "shorten": True,
            "text": text,
            "scheduling_type": "direct",
            "fb_text": "",
            "entities": None,
            "annotations": [],
            "profile_ids": [profile_id],
            "attachment": False,
            "via": None,
            "source": None,
            "version": None,
            "created_source": "queue",
            "channel_data": None
        },
        "HTTPMethod": "POST"
    }

    data = {
        "args": json.dumps(args)  # Convert the inner dictionary to a string
    }
    res = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data), cookies=cookies)
    res.raise_for_status
    if res.status_code == 200:
        result = res.json().get("result")
    else:
        print(res.status_code)
        print(res.text)
    return result

result = create_draft(buffer_url, cookies, text)
result

Output

Display result

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result