An automated workflow using ifttt
Connects Instagram + Facebook Pages
Selectively post your Instagrams to a Facebook Page when you include a specific #hashtag
About this workflow template
This automation scenario allows you to connect Instagram and Facebook Pages
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated bots using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
Categories
Instagram and Facebook Pages can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
Diagram
How it works?
When this trigger fires in Instagram
New photo by you with specific hashtag in Instagram
This Trigger fires every time you share a photo on Instagram with a hashtag you specify.
Then this action happens in Facebook Pages
Upload a photo from URL in Facebook Pages
This Action will upload a new photo, from the given URL, to a Facebook Page album you specify.
How to set up this workflow
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Selectively post your Instagrams to a Facebook Page when you include a specific #hashtag.
Part I
Configure Applications
First, we need to connect Instagram and Facebook Pages to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect Instagram to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Instagram account, using Instagram credentials.
Connect Facebook Pages to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Facebook Pages account, using Facebook Pages credentials.
Part II
Build an integration workflow
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for Instagram
Choose the following trigger: New photo by you with specific hashtag (This Trigger fires every time you share a photo on Instagram with a hashtag you specify.).
Then set up an Action for Facebook Pages
Choose this action: Upload a photo from URL (This Action will upload a new photo, from the given URL, to a Facebook Page album you specify.).
Part III
Test and Publish
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between Instagram and Facebook Pages.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Selectively post your Instagrams to a Facebook Page when you include a specific #hashtag!
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Apps you need
A social network for sharing your life via photos, short videos, and stories
Facebook Pages
Facebook Pages allows businesses to attract and with the audiences on Facebook
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.
