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title: Buffer modules
slug: buffer-modules
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createdAt: 2025-03-10T15:02:43.762Z
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After connecting to the Buffer app, you can use the following modules to build your scenarios.
# Actions
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## Create a status update
Creates a new status update in the specified services.
| **Field** | **Description** |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connection** | [Create a connection to your Buffer account](docId\:kD62kcjZ9UiG5meBERjgF). |
| **Profiles** | Select profiles the status update should be sent to. |
| **Text** | Enter the text content of the status update. |
| **Publication** | Select when the update should be posted.
- **Post immediately: **Posts the status update now (when the module is executed) to all profiles instead of being added to the buffer.
- **Add an update to the top of the queue: **The update will be added to the top of the buffer and will become the next update sent.
- **Post an update at a scheduled date and time: **Enter the date and time to the Date scheduled field. The list of supported date and time formats.
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| **Attach media to the update** | Specify the media you want to attach to the update.
- **Link:** Enter the direct link to the image.
- **Title: **Enter the title of the update status.
- **Description: **Enter the description of the update status.
- **Link to an image: **Enter the URL of the image. The image will be uploaded.
- **Thumbnail:** Enter the URL of the thumbnail of the image specified above. |
| **Shorten links in the text as media** | If left disabled (unchecked), links within the text will not be automatically shortened, otherwise, they will. |
| **Attach links in the text as media** | If there are links in the *text* field, they will be attached to the post as media |
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## Delete a status update
Deletes a status update.
| **Field** | **Description** |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connection** | [Create a connection to your Buffer account](docId\:kD62kcjZ9UiG5meBERjgF). |
| **Update ID** | Enter (map) the **Status ID** (mapped from the **Create a status page** module) of the status update you want to delete.
The update status you want to delete must not be posted. Only update statuses that haven't been published yet can be deleted. |
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## Update a status update
Updates an existing status.
| **Field** | **Description** |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connection** | [Create a connection to your Buffer account](docId\:kD62kcjZ9UiG5meBERjgF). |
| **Update ID** | Enter (map) the **Status ID** (mapped from the **Create a status page** module) of the status update you want to update.
The update status you want to update must not be posted. Only update statuses that haven't been published yet can be updated. |
| **Text** | Enter the text content of the status update. |
| **Publication** | Select when the update should be posted.
- **Post immediately: **Posts the status update now (when the module is executed) to all profiles instead of being added to the buffer.
- **Post an update at a scheduled date and time: **Enter the date and time to the Date scheduled field. The list of supported date and time formats. |
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