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How to Auto-Post Pins with the Pinterest API in 2026

Automate Pinterest the official way: API v5 OAuth, boards and pin creation, image rules, title & description limits, and scheduling pins alongside 10 other networks.

Pinterest is a search engine — treat it like one

Pins keep driving traffic for months, which makes Pinterest the highest-leverage 'extra' channel in a cross-posting routine. The official API v5 lets an authorized app create pins on your boards after a standard OAuth consent — scoped, revocable, no password sharing.

What a pin needs

Every pin is built from an image plus copy, with rules the API enforces:

  • One JPEG or PNG image (this is required — no image, no pin)
  • Title up to 100 characters — auto-generated from your caption's first line if you don't set one
  • Description up to 800 characters — your master caption, trimmed automatically
  • A destination board — SparkSocialHq uses your first board unless you specify a board ID

Pinterest in your cross-posting flow

Because pins require an image, the composer flags Pinterest the moment you select it without one attached. With an image attached, Auto-Adapt derives the pin title, fits the description, and the same post ships simultaneously to TikTok, Instagram, X and the rest — one composer, eleven networks.

Try it on your own account — free

Connect Pinterest and publish your first auto-adapted post in five minutes. Free while in beta, no credit card.

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