How to create an Instagram Source

Supported Instagram Sources

Buzzspark supports the following Instagram Sources:
User – aggregates all posts by a specific Instagram account
Hashtag – aggregates all posts containing a specific hashtag
Tagged – aggregates all posts where a specific user has been tagged
Stories – aggregates all stories by a specific Instagram account

Refer to the following article if you want to import a single post.

Before you can start aggregating content from Instagram, your Buzzspark account must have at least one valid connection with an Instagram account.

Creating a Instagram Source

Step 1: Navigate to Sources

From the left menu, browse to Content > Sources

Step 2: Click to create add a new source

Click on the + Source button on the top right. This launches the Create New Source window. The tabs along the top in this window and the features within each tab may vary depending on the type of content you wish to ingest from Instagram. Each of the tabs are detailed in the following steps.

Step 3: General tab

Source Name (required)
Enter a short name to help you identify this Source e.g. Official.

Network (required)
From the drop-down list, select Instagram.

Type (required)
From the drop-down list, select the type of content you wish to aggregate from Instagram e.g. User. See Supported Instagram Sources

The next field refers to the Term of the Source and depends on your choice for Type earlier.
If Type is set to User, an @username is required.
If Type is set to Hashtag, a #hashtag is required.

You can query a maximum of 30 unique hashtags within a rolling, 7 day period. Once you query a hashtag, it will count against this limit for 7 days. Subsequent queries on the same hashtag within this time frame will not count against your limit, and will not reset its initial query 7 day timer.

If Type is set to Tagged, select an entry from the list of accounts. Tagged content can only be aggregated for Instagram accounts linked to connected Facebook accounts. Refer to Facebook connections for further details.

If Type is set to Stories, select an entry from the list of accounts. Stories can only be aggregated for Instagram accounts linked to connected Facebook accounts. Refer to Facebook connections for further details.

Tags (optional)
Click in the Tags field and start typing the name of an existing Tag you want to add to all posts aggregated by this Source. You can also click on the Add New Tag button to create and add a new Tag. Tags help you group content to simplify moderation and to filter content to show on different Displays. Learn more about Tags.

At this point you could click on the Save and Close button to save the new Source and start aggregating content, however we recommend you explore the additional steps below that guide you through advanced features for refining and filtering content that is aggregated, auto moderation, aggregating historical content and scheduling.

Step 4: Advanced tab

Filter by users and Filter Type
Allows you to filter aggregation based on a Whitelist or Blacklist of specified users. This option is not applicable for Type: Hashtag

Whitelist
Specify a list of @usernames separated by a comma. Only posts from these users will be aggregated.

Blacklist
Specify a list of @usernames separated by a comma. Posts from these users will be disregarded and all other posts will be aggregated.


Additional keyword filtering
Any hashtags or keyword entered here will be used to further filter all content that is aggregated via this Source.

Only aggregate content that includes any of the following hashtags or keywords
If a post does not contain any of the specified keywords, it will not be aggregated, regardless to any preceding settings.

Do not aggregate content that includes any of the following hashtags or keywords
If a post contains any of the specified keywords, it will not be aggregated, regardless to any preceding settings.

Use partial matching
By default, only exact matches of any keywords you specify are filtered. If you enable partial matching, the match criteria are expanded so filtering for "bread" will also match "gingerbread" and "breadcrumb".

Enable Back-Off
This setting automatically optimises aggregation based on activity levels for this Source and we recommend leaving it selected.

Step 5: Moderation tab

Settings under the Moderation tab are common to Sources for all Networks. See Banned Word Filter and Auto-Moderation features in Buzzspark for further details.

Step 6: Aggregation tab

Settings under the Aggregation tab are common to Sources for all Networks. See enabling and disabling a Source, aggregating Historic content from social networks, and how to schedule aggregation of content from social networks for further details.

Saving or Discarding changes to a Source

You can click on the Close, Save and Close or Save buttons at the bottom at any time.
Close – closes the Source page without saving and changes since the last Save.
Save and Close – saves any changes and closes the Source page.
Save– saves any changes without closing the Source page.

Updated on: 03/02/2023