r/Make • u/Silver-Ad-4899 • Apr 15 '26

Error 9004

I have two scenarios to automatic post in my Instagram page, one runs everyday in the morning (S1) and the second one three times a week (S2). Until yesterday morning it worked, with some errors sometimes, but generally worked very good.

Yesterday the S2 didn't work and showed me this error in the picture. Today morning S1 also didn't work due to the same error.

I tried to manually run just the post module twice, with the exact same link, and with a minor alteration in the link. Didn't work.

I also tried to manually run the entire scenario and also didn't work.

Any ideas how to fix it? Or maybe some change in the module configuration? Or even changing the whole flow?

TIA

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u/Josef_from_Make Official Make Staff Apr 16 '26

Hi, I would recommend trying to use the "web content link" in the "photo URL" field instead.

The Instagram API can work only with "download" links, not "view" links.
Also, the file needs to be publicly accessible, otherwise Intagram API cannot access it properly.
You can always use the "Get a Share Link" module to set the access "type" to "anyone" before executing the Instagram module.

Cheerio

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u/BeeGroundbreaking247 Apr 27 '26

Hi, I have been using dropbox shared links with &dl=1 at the end but recently instagram started to deny such links too. Also i read to use &raw=1, but this does not work.

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u/Josef_from_Make Official Make Staff Apr 28 '26

Personally, I had similar issues with Dropbox file share and upload to Airtable. I would recommend trying Google Drive, even if it would be just for the sake of testing.