Before you start
- An Instagram Business or Creator account. A Facebook Page is optional. No account yet? Start with Create your social accounts.
- Your phone for any two-factor prompt.
To switch a personal account: profile → ≡ → Settings and activity → For professionals → Account type and tools → Switch to professional account → pick a category → Creator or Business. You can skip linking a Facebook Page.
Connect to Sprid
sprid connect instagram --account <slug>Replace <slug> with your Sprid account slug, or use Settings → Channels → Connect Instagram in Sprid. In an agent-controlled browser, add --no-browser and open the returned link in the session for the intended account. Keep that link private.
Set it up
- Sign in to the Instagram account you want. If another account is signed in, sign out first.
- Check the handle in the consent dialog and leave the requested permissions enabled.
- Click Allow to return to Sprid.
Check the connection
Run sprid status and check that Instagram shows the right handle. Before scheduling a batch, publish one reviewed post and check it on Instagram.
If something goes wrong
- Account not eligible: switch to Business or Creator, then reconnect.
- Already connected elsewhere: check the handle. If the wrong account was signed in, cancel and restart. Move a connection only if you mean to change its Sprid destination.
- Connection expired or permissions missing: run the connect command again and approve all requested access.
- App unavailable, “Invalid Scopes” or a redirect error: send the error to Sprid support. Only Sprid can fix these.
- Long-lived token exchange fails after Allow: authorization did not complete. Send the error text to Sprid support. If Sprid invites your account as a tester, open Instagram Settings → Website permissions → Apps and websites → Tester Invites, accept Sprid-IG, then start a fresh connection. The tab may only appear after an invitation. Do not create another Instagram account or your own Meta developer app.
Unsupported request - method type: getalone does not identify the cause.
Investigate with this connection
Operations posts and comments, read from Sprid’s stored publishes, metric snapshots and inbox (no live platform read; missing metrics are unmeasured, not zero).
sprid marketing-review capabilities --app <slug> --source instagram --jsonSee connected queries.
Prefer your terminal? sprid docs instagram reads this same guide.