Buffer

Buffer is a social media scheduling and analytics platform with a GraphQL API for scheduling posts, managing content queues, accessing engagement metrics, and publishing across multiple social channels including Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, YouTube, Mastodon, and Google Business Profiles.

Buffer publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Social Media, Scheduling, Analytics, Publishing, and Content Management.

Buffer’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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33.8/100 thin ▲ 9.6 Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Social MediaSchedulingAnalyticsPublishingContent Management

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 33.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Buffer API

GraphQL API for scheduling and publishing posts, managing social media channels, handling content ideas, and accessing post metrics across 11 major social media platforms.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Buffer GraphQL API

Buffer provides a GraphQL API for scheduling and publishing social media posts, managing social media channels, handling content ideas, and accessing post engagement metrics acr...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Buffer Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Buffer Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Buffer Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Buffer Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: buffer
name: Buffer
description: Buffer is a social media scheduling and analytics platform with a GraphQL API for scheduling posts, managing
  content queues, accessing engagement metrics, and publishing across multiple social channels including Instagram, LinkedIn,
  X, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, YouTube, Mastodon, and Google Business Profiles.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/buffer.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buffer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Social Media
- Scheduling
- Analytics
- Publishing
- Content Management
apis:
- aid: buffer:buffer-api
  name: Buffer API
  description: GraphQL API for scheduling and publishing posts, managing social media channels, handling content ideas, and
    accessing post metrics across 11 major social media platforms.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developers.buffer.com/
  baseURL: https://api.buffer.com/
  tags:
  - Social Media
  - Scheduling
  - GraphQL
  - Publishing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.buffer.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://support.buffer.com/article/859-does-buffer-have-an-api
  - url: graphql/buffer-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/buffer-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://buffer.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.buffer.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/bufferapp
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bufferapp
- type: Blog
  url: https://buffer.com/resources/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://buffer.com/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.buffer.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/buffer
- type: Plans
  url: plans/buffer-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/buffer-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/buffer-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com