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Source Platforms

The source field on content items identifies which platform the content originated from. Use this to apply platform-specific styling (colours, icons) in your display system.

Available sources

ValuePlatformNotes
INSTAGRAMInstagramPosts and stories
FACEBOOKFacebookPosts from Facebook pages and profiles
YOUTUBEYouTubeVideo content and live chat messages
WHATSAPPWhatsAppMessages from WhatsApp numbers. username is always null.

Platform-specific behaviour

Fields that vary by platform

FieldInstagramFacebookYouTubeWhatsApp
fullNameDisplay nameDisplay nameChannel nameSender name or null
username@handleUsername@handleAlways null
profileImageUrlAvatar URLAvatar URLChannel avatarUsually null
mediaImages/videosImages/videosVideo thumbnailsImages

Suggested brand colours

These are the standard brand colours for each platform, useful for colour-coding content in graphics:

PlatformHex colour
Instagram#E4405F
Facebook#1877F2
YouTube#FF0000
WhatsApp#25D366

INFO

The list of source platforms may grow over time. Your integration should handle unknown sources gracefully.

Interplai API v1.2.0