FAQs
How do I make a high-quality AI avatar?
My AI automation is repeating videos on the same topics, but I want more variety?
You may want to tweak the prompt so there's more variety in the video topics.
I generally don't want to make templates too complicated; however, most advanced automation builders will have a separate google sheet/airtable to track lists of topics/ideas that have already been covered, so that AI can analyze it and come up with different ideas.
Another approach is to have a long list of topics/ideas, stored in a google sheet/airtable, then randomly select one idea from the list, then AI writes a script about it.
How do I manually control the content in slideshows and carousels?
You have 2 options:
1. You can override the text and textToImagePrompt
This example shows overriding
text: https://help.blotato.com/api-reference/create-video#id-3.-create-a-quote-card-slideshow-custom-textin the n8n/Make template, the 2nd agent shows how to override both
textandtextToImagePromptā
You can skip the AI creation step altogether. As long as you post to Tiktok/Instagram with
mediaUrlsas an array of JPG images, it will post as a carousel/slideshow.
How do I post to Instagram stories via Blotato API?
To publish Instagram stories through the Blotato API, simply pass the parameter mediaType in your HTTP request that publishes to Instagram, and set the value to story
Refer to the API documentation here, and scroll down to Instagram: https://help.blotato.com/api-reference/publish-post-v2-posts
After publishing via API, how do you retrieve the post URL?
It's on my roadmap to add an API endpoint that returns a post's status. If the post was published successfully, then it will return the post's URL. If a post failed publishing, then you would also see this error by retrieving the post's status. Many folks have requested this feature, so I plan to add it soon.
How do you get social analytics (views, likes, etc.) via API?
I'm not planning to add social analytics anytime soon, but many people have asked for this so it is on my roadmap. Personally, I don't heavily use analytics as a creator and have grown my following massively without it. But I understand this is particularly important if you're managing clients who need reporting.
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