Test Uploads

Learn how to automate Instagram DMs using webhooks and specific comment triggers.

Show Notes

In this technical episode, we delve into the automation of Instagram direct messages using webhooks. The host provides a step-by-step guide on setting up a system where specific comments on ads trigger private replies. Key topics include using a test Instagram account, setting up the 'make' system for webhook connections, and filtering comments to ensure precise automation. This episode is ideal for developers and marketers looking to enhance their social media engagement through automation.

Chapters

  • 00:00:00 Introduction — Overview of automating Instagram DMs using webhooks.
  • 00:01:00 Setting Up the Instagram Ad — Details on preparing the Instagram ad and account for testing.
  • 00:02:00 Running the Webhook — Executing the webhook to automate DM replies based on comments.

What is Test Uploads?

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[00:00:00] Okay, so I'm gonna walk through how this all works. So the first thing we're gonna do is we're with the Instagram account, the test Instagram account.

going to copy the preview link to the ad, uh, that I'm going to be demoing this whole web hook auto dm reply through the private reply functionality. We're putting in the preview link so that we can share the ad, uh,

uh, bake Sale Vibes is the ad account, uh, and we're sharing it with, uh, an account called Research Vessel Insta, which is a personal Instagram account. Uh, and the personal Instagram account is gonna receive this ad, uh, so that they can then comment on it to trigger this web hook, uh, to private reply, uh, flow.

Um, [00:01:00] my computer's extremely slow today, or maybe it's, maybe it's the development portal or something. But anyway, so here we're setting it up so that the, my personal, uh, Instagram can receive the ad, uh, on the feed. So we're going in there. Uh, all right, so this is the, uh, the content here, um, that we're gonna comment on to trigger the flow.

So I'm commenting vibes. Uh, which just a, a generic comment to the, uh, to the, to this piece of content. And then here we are in the graph, uh, system and we've got that particular post or ad and we're just checking the, there it is. We're checking for that most recent comment. So that went through, okay. And we needed the authorizations to do that.

Um, and now this is through make. This is a system [00:02:00] that, uh, is connects to the web hook that I've created for this app. Uh, so we're gonna run this web hook, uh, and all right there. So it just found that, uh, comment vibes, uh, and we're parsing it so that it's usable. And then we filter it so that this whole system only actually DMS people if they comment vibes, which is what we ask for.

Uh, and so now, uh, there's the message that we received through the automation. We'll refresh the page. Uh, and so there is the, uh, the message that we got from bake sale vibes to our personal account. Uh, and there we go. That's, that's the whole system. So this is a private system. Uh.