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Updates the auto-save buffer

Last updated June 17, 2020

PUT /content/api/v2/blog-posts/:blog_post_id/buffer

Method Details

HTTP Methods:

PUT

Content Type:

application/json

Response Format:

json

Requires Authentication?

Yes

Rate Limited?

Yes

Headers

User-Agent

Products:

Marketing

Required Scope:

content

Updates the auto-save buffer. Live objects will not be impacted.

Required Parameters How to use Description
OAuth Access Token or API Key Authorization: Bearer {token} header
or hapikey={key} query parameter.		 Used to authenticate the request. Please see this page for more details about authentication.
blog_post_id Used in the request URL Unique identifier for a particular blog

Allowed JSON Fields in the body

Parameter name Type Description
blog_author_id long The integer id of the blog author, look up via the blog authors end point /content/api/v2/blog-authors
campaign string The guid of the marketing campaign this post is associated with
campaign_name string The name of the marketing campaign this post is associated with
content_group_id long The id of the blog that this post belongs to. Get the id by looking at the blog API endpoint /content/api/v2/blogs
footer_html string Custom HTML for embed codes, javascript that should be placed before the </body> tag of the page
head_html string Custom HTML for embed codes, javascript, etc. that goes in the <head> tag of the page
is_draft string True if the post is still a draft, invisible to the public. Gets changed when the /publish-action API endpoint is called
keywords list A JSON list of keywords and their GUIDs. This list contains key value pairs of "keyword" and "keyword_guid". For example:
  • "keyword" : "sandwiches",
  • "keyword_guid" : "ee7c2292-7a2f-4f0f-81fb-ad0bd9ca4fcb"
The GUID is available from the Keywords API. This list adds keywords to the Optimization tab in HubSpot.
meta_description string A description that goes in <meta> tag on the page
name string The internal name of the blog post
post_body string The HTML of the main post body
post_summary string The summary of the blog post that will appear on the main listing page
publish_date long The date the blog post is to be published at in milliseconds since the unix epoch.
publish_immediately string Set this to true if you want to be published immediately when the schedule publish endpoint is called, and to ignore the publish_date setting
slug string The path of the URL on which the post will live. Changing this will change the URL.
topic_ids list A json list of topic ids from the topics API ( /content/api/v2/topics )
widgets string A data structure containing the data for all the modules for this post. This will only be populated if the blog template has editable widgets defined.

Expected Response

A successful PUT will result in a 200 response. The body of the response will be identical to a GET buffer request.

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Example Usage and Result

Hit this URL with a HTTP method of PUT  https://api.hubapi.com/content/api/v2/blog-posts/348109414/buffer?hapikey=demo

and including a request body of

{
    "slug": "/blog/2013/10/my-first-api-blog-post",
    "post_body": "<p>Hey guys! I'm using the <b>API</b>! Woohoo!</p>",
    "post_summary": "<p>Hey guys!</p>",
    "publish_immediately": false,
    "publish_date": 1381266273000,
    "campaign": "43a0c102-4e62-4527-849a-21c9bc40c908",
    "campaign_name": "Fall 2013 Season End Clearance",
    "meta_description": "A post about posts",
    "topic_ids": [<topic_id>, <another topic_id>],
    "blog_author_id": <id of an author from the blog authors endpoint>
}