> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Publish an existing post now (scheduled, draft, or retry after a failure)

> Returns immediately; the post moves to `publishing` and publishing runs in the background.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/posts/{id}/publish
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: PlugKit API
  description: >-
    One API to publish, schedule and message across Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok,
    Telegram, YouTube and X.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact: {}
servers: []
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /v1/posts/{id}/publish:
    post:
      tags:
        - posts
      summary: >-
        Publish an existing post now (scheduled, draft, or retry after a
        failure)
      description: >-
        Returns immediately; the post moves to `publishing` and publishing runs
        in the background.
      operationId: PostsController_publishNow
      parameters:
        - name: id
          required: true
          in: path
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
      security:
        - api-key: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    api-key:
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: sk_...
      type: http

````