Ghost Posts
You can create ghost posts using the Threads API. Ghost posts allow you to create text posts which will be active for 24 hours and automatically expire afterward.
Limitations
- Ghost posts are text-only posts.
- You cannot reply to any post with a ghost post.
- The only feature supported with ghost posts is text spoilers.
Create a Ghost Post
Step 1: Create a media container
Use the POST /{threads-user-id}/threads endpoint to create a media container with the is_ghost_post parameter.
Example request
curl -i -X POST \ -d "media_type=TEXT" \ -d "text=<TEXT>"" \ -d "access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>"" \ -d "is_ghost_post=true" \ "https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/<THREADS_USER_ID>/threads"
Example response
{
"id": "<MEDIA_CONTAINER_ID>"
}
The request above creates a Threads media container that, once published, will create a ghost post.
Step 2: Publish the media container
You can publish using the returned Threads media container ID to create your ghost post.