Medium

Medium modules allow you to watch, and list publications and create posts in your Medium account.

Getting Started with Medium

Prerequisites

  • A Medium account
  • Client ID and Client secret (on request only)

In order to use Medium with Integromat, it is necessary to have a Medium account. If you do not have one, you can use your Google, Facebook, Apple, Twitter, or create a Medium account at medium.com/m/signin.

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Integromat scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Medium to Integromat

To connect your Medium account to Integromat you need to obtain the Client ID and Client Secret from your Medium account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Integromat module.

For more information, refer to Medium Documentation.

1. Send a request for the client ID and client secret to yourfriends@medium.com.

2. When your request is approved the client ID and client secret will be available on your Medium settings page.

In order to issue a token, the Medium requires the following elements on your account:
  • A profile name
  • A bio
  • An avatar
  • Two samples of your writing published to Medium

3. Login to your Medium account.

4. Click your Profile Icon > Account Settings > Developers > Manage Applications > New Application.

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Name Enter a name for the application.
Description Enter the details of the application.
Callback URL Enter the callback URL as https://www.integromat.com/oauth/cb/medium

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5. Click Save and copy the Client ID and Client Secret to your clipboard.

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6. Go to Integromat and open the Medium module's Create a connection dialog.

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7. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

8. In the Client ID and Client Secret field, enter the client ID and client secret copied in step 5. Click Continue.

The connection has been established.

Triggers

Watch Publications

Triggers when the user posts a new publication.

Connection Establish a connection to your Medium account.

Actions

List Publication's Contributors

Fetches contributors for a publication.

Connection Establish a connection to your Medium account.
Publication ID Select the Publication ID whose contributors you want to list.
continueWhenNoRes Select whether to run the scenario when there are no results:
  • Yes
  • No
  • Not defined

Create Post

Creates a new post.

Connection Establish a connection to your Medium account.
Title Enter a title for the post.
Content Format

Select the post content format:

  • HTML
  • Plain Text
Content Enter the post content in a valid semantic HTML fragment or markdown.
Tags Add the tags to filter the post when searching.
Canonical URL Enter the original URL address of the post if it published elsewhere.
Publish Status Select the status of the post:
  • Public
  • Draft
  • Unlisted
License Select the license option applicable for the post.
Notify followers Select whether you want to notify the followers about the post:
  • Yes
  • No
  • Not defined

Create Publication Post

Creates a new post under a publication.

Connection Establish a connection to your Medium account.
Publication ID Select the Publication ID under which you want to create a post.
Title Enter a title for the post.
Content Format Select the post content format:
  • HTML
  • Plain Text
Content Enter the post content in a valid semantic HTML fragment or markdown.
Tags Add the tags to filter the post when searching.
Canonical URL Enter the original URL address of the post if it published elsewhere.
Publish Status Select the status of the post:
  • Public
  • Draft
  • Unlisted
License Select the license option applicable for the post.
Notify followers Select whether you want to notify the followers about the post:
  • Yes
  • No
  • Not defined

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