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Post Bridge Integration

MoneyPrinterV2 can optionally hand off a successfully uploaded YouTube Short to Post Bridge, which then publishes the same asset to connected TikTok and Instagram accounts.

What Post Bridge Does

Post Bridge is a publishing API for social platforms. In this integration, MoneyPrinterV2 uses it to:

  1. Look up your connected social accounts.
  2. Request a signed upload URL for the generated video.
  3. Upload the video asset to Post Bridge storage.
  4. Create a post for the selected TikTok and Instagram accounts.

MoneyPrinterV2 still owns video generation and the initial YouTube upload. Post Bridge only starts after YouTube upload succeeds.

Setup

  1. Create a Post Bridge account.
  2. Connect the TikTok and Instagram accounts you want to publish to.
  3. Generate an API key from Post Bridge.
  4. Add the post_bridge block to config.json, or set POST_BRIDGE_API_KEY in your environment.
{
  "post_bridge": {
    "enabled": true,
    "api_key": "pb_your_api_key_here",
    "platforms": ["tiktok", "instagram"],
    "account_ids": [],
    "auto_crosspost": false
  }
}

Configuration

Key Type Default Description
enabled boolean false Enables the Post Bridge integration.
api_key string "" Post Bridge API key. Falls back to POST_BRIDGE_API_KEY when blank.
platforms string[] ["tiktok", "instagram"] when omitted Platform filters used when looking up connected accounts. Unsupported values inside the list are ignored.
account_ids number[] [] Exact Post Bridge account IDs to post to. When provided, MoneyPrinterV2 uses these directly and skips account lookup.
auto_crosspost boolean false Automatically cross-post after a successful YouTube upload.

How The Integration Works

Interactive YouTube flow

  • If enabled is false, nothing happens.
  • If enabled is true and auto_crosspost is false, MoneyPrinterV2 asks whether to cross-post after a successful YouTube upload.
  • If account_ids is configured, those IDs are used directly.
  • If account_ids is empty, MoneyPrinterV2 fetches connected Post Bridge accounts for the configured platforms.
  • If there is exactly one connected account for a platform, it is selected automatically.
  • If there are multiple connected accounts for a platform, MoneyPrinterV2 prompts you to choose one.
  • After interactive selection, the chosen IDs are printed so you can copy them into config.json, but the app does not edit your config file for you.

Cron / scheduled uploads

  • Cron uses the same integration after a successful YouTube upload.
  • If auto_crosspost is false, cron skips Post Bridge and logs why.
  • If auto_crosspost is true, cron cross-posts automatically.
  • If account_ids is empty and multiple connected accounts exist for a platform, cron skips cross-posting instead of hanging on an interactive prompt.

Current v1 Behavior

  • The generated YouTube title is used as the default caption.
  • TikTok receives the YouTube title as its platform-specific title override.
  • Post Bridge account lookup follows the API’s pagination.
  • Instagram cover-image customization is intentionally not included in this v1 integration.
  • Cross-posting only runs after upload_video() returns success.

Troubleshooting

Issue What to check
Cross-post prompt never appears Verify post_bridge.enabled is true.
Cross-post is skipped in cron Set auto_crosspost to true.
No accounts are found Make sure the accounts are connected in Post Bridge and that platforms matches the accounts you connected.
Cron skips because multiple accounts exist Add the desired account_ids to config.json so cron does not need to prompt.
API key seems ignored Set post_bridge.api_key, or leave it blank and export POST_BRIDGE_API_KEY.