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Publishing to Instagram with Dravo: scopes, the container flow, and media rules.

What you can post

Instagram requires media: a single image or a single video (published as a Reel). Text only posts are not supported by the platform. The current MVP publishes one media item per post.

Scopes

Dravo uses the Instagram API with Instagram Login and requests:

ScopeWhy
instagram_business_basicRead the connected professional account.
instagram_business_content_publishCreate and publish media.

These are the current scope names (the older business_* names were retired in January 2025).

How it works

Behind the unified API, Dravo runs the official content publishing flow against graph.instagram.com: create a media container, poll its status until it is finished, then publish the container. Video processing can take a moment, which is one reason publishing is asynchronous.

Media rules

TypeAccepted
ImageJPEG
Video (Reel)MP4 or MOV

Provide a public URL or, better, ingest the media first.

App review

Because Instagram is connected through your own Meta app (BYOK), publishing to accounts you administer works in development mode without full App Review. To publish on behalf of third parties you need Advanced Access for instagram_business_content_publish on your app. See BYOK.