Quick Start Guide for Instagram
Follow these steps to set up an Instagram integration in no time!
1. Link your Instagram account
Due to Instagram privacy regulations, you can only track accounts that you have access to.
You need to have access to the Instagram account to link it to Pingcord.
Please refer to the guide for Linking your Instagram account and then return here to continue afterwards.
2. Create an Instagram integration
- Select Instagram from the services list on the left-hand side of your Pingcord dashboard
- Click on New Integration
3. Select the Discord channel
Select the Ping Channel, this is the channel Pingcord will post your notifications in.
The permissions checker will then check if Pingcord can actually post in your channel. If there is a problem, you may see something like this:
Click on the image to zoom in.
In this case, you will need to give Pingcord the proper roles and permissions in your server to allow Pingcord to post in the desired channel.
However, if you see something like this:
Click on the image to zoom in.
That means everything is configured properly!
4. Amend the message if desired
You can amend the message that Pingcord sends to anything you want!
The message box works in the same way as Discord's message box. This means you can use @everyone, @here, or even tag specific roles. You can simply start typing @... and a list of roles will appear just like Discord, you can use the arrow keys and enter, or click on the role to insert the role tag.
You also have a few variables at your disposal, these are listed above the message box and are different for each service. They are replaced with the relevant account and post details automatically, so you can use 1 format for all the channels in the integration.
As seen in the image, for Instagram posts you have:
{account}which expands into the Instagram account's name{link}which expands into the URL for the new post{caption}which expands into the first few words of the post text
Play around with it and see your changes in real-time with the Message Preview window underneath.
5. Add Instagram accounts to track
Select the relevant account from the dropdown and then press Add Account.
Click on the image to zoom in.
6. Save changes
Don't forget to save your new integration.
After saving, you may see a message next to each Instagram account indicating the status of the tracker.
It may temporarily say Creating tracker but should quickly change to Tracking healthy.
How can I disable @everyone and/or ping another role?
As mentioned, the message box works just like Discord.
To remove the @everyone ping from the message simply highlight and delete it out.
To add a role ping, simply type @ followed by a few characters of the role name and then select it from the autocomplete list.