Hootsuite CI Integration Skill

Hootsuite CI Integration

Overview

Set up CI/CD for Hootsuite social media management integrations: run unit tests with mocked post scheduling and analytics responses on every PR, validate live API connectivity for social profile queries on merge to main. Hootsuite's API handles scheduled posts, social analytics, and multi-network publishing, so CI pipelines verify scheduling logic, content validation rules, and analytics data aggregation.

GitHub Actions Workflow

# .github/workflows/hootsuite-ci.yml
name: Hootsuite CI
on:
  pull_request:
    paths: ['src/hootsuite/**', 'tests/**']
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  unit-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with: { node-version: '20' }
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm test -- --reporter=verbose

  integration-tests:
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    needs: unit-tests
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with: { node-version: '20' }
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run test:integration
        env:
          HOOTSUITE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.HOOTSUITE_CLIENT_ID }}
          HOOTSUITE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.HOOTSUITE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
          HOOTSUITE_REFRESH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOOTSUITE_REFRESH_TOKEN }}

Mock-Based Unit Tests

// tests/hootsuite-service.test.ts
import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
import { schedulePost, getPostAnalytics } from '../src/hootsuite-service';

vi.mock('../src/hootsuite-client', () => ({
  HootsuiteClient: vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
    createMessage: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
      id: 'msg_abc123',
      state: 'SCHEDULED',
      scheduledSendTime: '2026-04-07T14:00:00Z',
      socialProfileIds: ['sp_twitter', 'sp_linkedin'],
    }),
    getAnalytics: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
      postId: 'msg_abc123',
      metrics: { impressions: 1200, clicks: 85, engagement_rate: 0.071 },
    }),
    listSocialProfiles: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
      profiles: [
        { id: 'sp_twitter', type: 'TWITTER', name: '@company' },
        { id: 'sp_linkedin', type: 'LINKEDIN', name: 'Company Page' },
      ],
    }),
  })),
}));

describe('Hootsuite Service', () => {
  it('schedules a multi-network post', async () => {
    const result = await schedulePost('Launch day!', {
      profiles: ['sp_twitter', 'sp_linkedin'],
      scheduledTime: '2026-04-07T14:00:00Z',
    });
    expect(result.state).toBe('SCHEDULED');
    expect(result.socialProfileIds).toHaveLength(2);
  });

  it('retrieves post analytics', async () => {
    const analytics = await getPostAnalytics('msg_abc123');
    expect(analytics.metrics.engagement_rate).toBeGreaterThan(0.05);
  });
});

Integration Tests

// tests/integration/hootsuite.integration.test.ts
import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';

const hasCredentials = !!process.env.HOOTSUITE_CLIENT_ID;

describe.skipIf(!hasCredentials)('Hootsuite Live API', () => {
  it('lists social profiles via OAuth', async () => {
    const tokenRes = await fetch('https://platform.hootsuite.com/oauth2/token', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
      body: new URLSearchParams({
        grant_type: 'refresh_token',
        client_id: process.env.HOOTSUITE_CLIENT_ID!,
        client_secret: process.env.HOOTSUITE_CLIENT_SECRET!,
        refresh_token: process.env.HOOTSUITE_REFRESH_TOKEN!,
      }),
    });
    const { access_token } = await tokenRes.json();
    const res = await fetch('https://platform.hootsuite.com/v1/socialProfiles', {
      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}` },
    });
    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
  });
});

Error Handling

| CI Issue | Cause | Fix | |----------|-------|-----| | 401 Unauthorized | Refresh token expired | Re-authorize OAuth flow and update HOOTSUITE_REFRESH_TOKEN secret | | Post scheduling fails | Social profile disconnected | Verify profile connections in Hootsuite dashboard | | Analytics returns empty | Post too recent (< 24h) | Wait for analytics processing or use older post IDs | | Rate limit (429) | Exceeded 300 requests/min | Add request throttling and reduce parallel test concurrency | | Duplicate post detected | Same content scheduled twice | Add idempotency key or content hash check before scheduling |

Resources

Next Steps

For deployment, see hootsuite-deploy-integration.

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