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Medium

With Medium modules in Make, you can create posts, upload images, and list publications and contributors in your Medium account.

To get started with Medium, create an account at medium.com.

Connecting Medium to Make

  1. Log in to your Medium account.

  2. Click your avatar in the bottom-left corner, then click Settings.

  3. Click Integration tokens.

  4. Give your token a name, then click Get integration token.

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  5. Copy your new integration token to your clipboard.

  6. Go to your Make scenario and select the Medium module you want to use.

  7. Under Connection, click Add.

  8. Give your new connection a name.

  9. Paste your integration token in the field below.

  10. Click Save.

You have successfully established the connection.

Actions

Create a Post

Creates a post on the authenticated user's profile.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Medium account.

Title

Enter the title of the post. Note that this title is used for SEO and when rendering the post as a listing, but will not appear in the actual post - for that, the title must be specified in the content field as well.

Content Format

Enter the format of the content field. There are two valid values, html, and markdown.

Content

Enter the body of the post, in a valid, semantic, HTML fragment, or Markdown.

Canonical URL

Enter the original home of this content, if it was originally published elsewhere.

Tags

Add any tags to classify the post. Only the first three will be used. Tags longer than 25 characters will be ignored.

Publish Status

Enter the publish status of the post. Valid values are public, draft, or unlisted. The default is public.

Create a Post for Publication

Creates a post and associates it with a publication on Medium.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Medium account.

Publication ID

Enter or select the ID of the publication you want to post under.

Title

Enter the title of the post. Note that this title is used for SEO and when rendering the post as a listing, but will not appear in the actual post - for that, the title must be specified in the content field as well.

Content Format

Enter the format of the content field. There are two valid values, html, and markdown.

Content

Enter the body of the post, in a valid, semantic, HTML fragment, or Markdown.

Canonical URL

Enter the original home of this content, if it was originally published elsewhere.

Tags

Add any tags to classify the post. Only the first three will be used. Tags longer than 25 characters will be ignored.

Publish Status

Enter the publish status of the post. Valid values are public, draft, or unlisted. The default is public.

Upload an Image

Uploads an image.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Medium account.

File Name

Enter a name for the image. You must include the file extension in the file name.

File

Enter the image file.

Searches

List Publications

Returns a full list of publications that the user is related to in some way.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Medium account.

Limit

Enter the maximum number of publications Make returns during one scenario execution cycle.

List Contributors

Returns a list of contributors for a given publication.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Medium account.

Publication ID

Enter or select the ID of the publication you want to list contributors for.

Limit

Enter the maximum number of contributors Make returns during one scenario execution cycle.