Connected platforms

To publish to your channels, JARAI needs permission to post on your behalf. You grant that once per channel via OAuth on the account’s Connected Platforms page (Accounts → pick the account → Connected Platforms). After that, approving a production to publish fans it out to your connected channels automatically.

🎬 Connect a publishing channel

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1. Open Accounts → pick the account → Connected Platforms.
2. Click Connect next to a platform (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Facebook…).
3. Complete the platform’s OAuth consent in the popup.
4. The channel shows as Connected — approved productions can now publish to it.

Connecting a channel

1. Click Connect for the platform. You’re redirected to that platform’s own consent screen.

2. Grant the requested scopes. JARAI asks only for what it needs to publish and read back basic engagement.

3. Return to the Console. The platform now shows Connected, with the account/handle it’s linked to.

How publishing uses connections

Once a production finishes and clears the pipeline gate (see Distribution & publishing), JARAI’s distribution loop posts to each connected channel that’s in scope, then tracks the published URLs and engagement back into the Distribution dashboard.

Tokens, expiry & reconnecting

OAuth access is token-based and tokens expire or get revoked by the platform. JARAI refreshes them automatically where the platform allows. Each connected channel shows one of four statuses:

• Connected — working.
• Expiring — the token has less than a week left and the row says Reconnect before a date. Reconnect before then; some platforms (LinkedIn, for one) have no automatic refresh.
• Expired — the token has lapsed; nothing publishes to the channel until you reconnect.
• Paused — someone clicked Pause on the row. Publications for the channel wait; Resume re-drives them.

If a channel shows Expiring or Expired:

1. Reconnect — click Reconnect on the row and re-grant consent. This is the fix for an expired/revoked token.

2. Check platform-side access — if you removed JARAI’s app authorisation on the platform, you’ll need to re-authorise.

Per-platform availability

Some platforms require app review/approval before production posting is enabled. If a connect option is missing or limited, that platform’s integration may still be pending approval — content for it is held rather than failing.

Note

Connections are managed per account. The account’s CustomerAdministrator, an assigned AccountOperator and platform admins can connect, pause and disconnect; a CustomerViewer sees the list read-only. Disconnect stops future publications to the channel but doesn’t remove already-published content.