Connect Blotato and Sam can publish to the social accounts you have linked there, drop posts into your calendar slots, and tell you which posts are performing. Anything that publishes, reschedules or deletes a post waits for you to confirm first.
What Sam can look up in Blotato
- The social accounts you have connected to Blotato, and their pages, boards and playlists
- Your published and scheduled posts, and whether each one went out
- The recurring time slots you use for auto-scheduling
- Your top-performing posts and each post's likes, comments, views and reach
What Sam can do in Blotato
- Publish a post now, schedule it for a set time, or put it in your next free slot. Asks you first.
- Change the time or wording of a scheduled post. Asks you first.
- Cancel and delete a scheduled post. It can't be undone from Sam. Asks you first.
Anything marked Asks you first pauses and waits for you to confirm before it runs.
What Sam can't do in Blotato yet
- Report on performance for every platform. Blotato's analytics cover X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky.
- Change your auto-scheduling slots. Sam uses the ones you have set in Blotato.
Connect Blotato
- →A paid Blotato plan. API access is included on every paid plan.
- →Your social accounts already connected inside Blotato.
Step 1 - Create an API key in Blotato
- In your Blotato dashboard, go to Settings > API.
- Generate an API key.
- Copy the whole key, including any = characters at the end.
Step 2 - Open the integrations marketplace
Select Connect your tools at the bottom of the left sidebar, above your profile. Search for Blotato or find it under Browse Integrations.
Step 3 - Paste it in and connect
Select Blotato, paste what you copied into the fields Sam shows, and select Connect. Once it succeeds, it moves to your Connected tab.
When you connect, you may see a screen of checkboxes, and some are easy to scroll past. Sam can only do what you allow. If you untick one, the matching actions in the list above will fail with a permission error.
If Sam says it can't reach Blotato later on, see When Sam can't reach one of your tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will Sam post without asking?
No. Publishing, rescheduling and deleting a post all stop and ask you to confirm first.
Which platforms can Sam post to?
Any account you have connected inside Blotato. Sam posts through Blotato, so add a new platform there first and Sam will see it.
Can Sam use my Blotato calendar slots?
Yes. Ask Sam to put a post in your next free slot and it uses the recurring slots you have set up in Blotato.