PostHero CLI

Create, schedule, and publish social media posts from the terminal. View analytics. Automate your content workflow from CI/CD pipelines, scripts, or just the command line.

Installation

npm install -g @posthero/cli

Authentication

Get your API key from posthero.ai/app/settings/api, then:

posthero login

Or pass it inline with any command using --key <your-api-key>.

Commands

Accounts

posthero accounts list

Lists all your connected social media accounts with their IDs. You'll need account IDs when creating posts or filtering analytics.

Posts

List posts

posthero posts list
posthero posts list --status draft
posthero posts list --platform linkedin
posthero posts list --limit 50 --page 2

Get a post

posthero posts get <id>

Create a post (interactive)

posthero posts create

Create a post (flags)

# Save as draft
posthero posts create \
  --text "Your post content here" \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>"

# Multiple platforms
posthero posts create \
  --text "Your post content here" \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>,twitter:<accountId>"

# Schedule for later
posthero posts create \
  --text "Your post content here" \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>" \
  --schedule "2025-04-01T09:00:00Z"

# Publish immediately
posthero posts create \
  --text "Your post content here" \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>" \
  --now

# Read content from a file
posthero posts create \
  --file post.txt \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>"

# With an image
posthero posts create \
  --text "Your post content here" \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>" \
  --image ./photo.jpg

# Platform-specific text
posthero posts create \
  --text "Default text" \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>,twitter:<accountId>" \
  --linkedin-text "Longer version for LinkedIn" \
  --twitter-text "Short version for Twitter"

Update a post

posthero posts update <id> --text "Updated text"
posthero posts update <id> --schedule "2025-04-01T10:00:00Z"

Delete a post

posthero posts delete <id>
posthero posts delete <id> --force   # skip confirmation

Publish a draft immediately

posthero posts publish <id>

Media

posthero media upload ./image.jpg

Uploads a file and returns the URL to use in posts.

Analytics

Read engagement metrics for posts published across Twitter, Threads, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

Supported platforms: twitter threads instagram tiktok youtube

Summary — aggregated KPIs

posthero analytics summary --platform threads
posthero analytics summary --platform instagram --start 2026-03-01 --end 2026-03-31
posthero analytics summary --platform twitter --account <accountId>

Posts — paginated analytics

posthero analytics posts --platform threads
posthero analytics posts --platform threads --sort-by likes --limit 20
posthero analytics posts --platform youtube --sort-by watchMinutes --page 2

Top performers

posthero analytics top --platform threads
posthero analytics top --platform twitter --metric impressions --limit 5
posthero analytics top --platform instagram --metric saves --start 2026-03-01

Available metrics per platform:

| Platform | Metrics | |----------|---------| | twitter | impressions, likes, replies, retweets, bookmarks, url_clicks, engagement_rate | | threads | impressions, likes, replies, reposts, quotes, engagement_rate | | instagram | impressions, reach, likes, replies, saves, shares, engagement_rate | | tiktok | impressions, likes, replies, shares, engagement_rate | | youtube | views, likes, replies, shares, watchMinutes, subscribersGained, engagement_rate |

Follower growth

posthero analytics follower-growth --platform threads --account <accountId>
posthero analytics follower-growth --platform twitter --account <accountId> --start 2026-03-01 --end 2026-03-31

Get your account IDs from posthero accounts list.

Status

posthero status

Shows connected accounts grouped by platform and a post count summary (published / scheduled / drafts).

Shell Completion

# zsh — add to ~/.zshrc for permanent use
source <(posthero completion zsh)

# bash — add to ~/.bashrc for permanent use
source <(posthero completion bash)

# fish
posthero completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/posthero.fish

After loading, press Tab to autocomplete commands and subcommands.

Global Options

| Option | Description | |--------|-------------| | --key <key> | API key (overrides stored key) | | --json | Output raw JSON (useful for scripting) |

Environment Variables

| Variable | Description | |----------|-------------| | POSTHERO_API_KEY | Your API key | | POSTHERO_BASE_URL | API base URL (default: https://server.posthero.ai/api/v1) | | POSTHERO_DEBUG | Set to 1 to print request/response details to stderr |

Scripting

Use --json to get machine-readable output:

# Get all account IDs
posthero accounts list --json | jq '.[].id'

# Get top 10 posts as JSON
posthero analytics top --platform threads --limit 10 --json

# Get summary for last 30 days
posthero analytics summary --platform twitter --start 2026-03-01 --end 2026-03-31 --json

# Create a post from a script
posthero posts create \
  --text "$(cat post.txt)" \
  --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>" \
  --json

CI/CD Example

# .github/workflows/release.yml
- name: Announce release
  run: |
    posthero posts create \
      --text "Version ${{ github.ref_name }} is live!" \
      --platforms "linkedin:<accountId>,twitter:<accountId>" \
      --now
  env:
    POSTHERO_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.POSTHERO_API_KEY }}

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• A PostHero account with API access (posthero.ai)