--- title: "Connect Instagram and MySQL - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in Instagram, your agent runs \"Add Row\" in MySQL, or \"New or Updated Row\" in MySQL to \"Create Post\" in Instagram." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-mysql" --- # Connect Instagram and MySQL When **New Comment** fires in [Instagram](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram), your agent runs **Add Row** in [MySQL](https://apiant.ai/connections/mysql), or **New or Updated Row** in MySQL to **Create Post** in Instagram. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Instagram **3** triggers Instagram **13** actions MySQL **4** triggers MySQL **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Instagram and MySQL to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Instagram and MySQL can do together ### From Instagram to MySQL - When **New Comment** in Instagram then **Add Row** in MySQL - When **New Media Posted** in Instagram then **Update Row** in MySQL ### From MySQL to Instagram - When **New or Updated Row** in MySQL then **Create Post** in Instagram - When **New Row** in MySQL then **Reply To Comment** in Instagram Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Instagram and MySQL ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers ยท 19 actions - Trigger **New Comment** Triggered when someone comments on one of your Instagram posts - Trigger **New Media Posted** Triggered when a new post is published on your Instagram account - Trigger **New Message** Triggered when a new direct message arrives in your Instagram inbox - Action **Create Carousel Container** Create a draft carousel post with multiple images/videos before publishing. - Action **Create Media Container** Create a draft media container for photos/videos/reels before publishing. - Action **Create Post** Publish a draft media container to instagram (final publishing step). - Action **Get Conversation** Get details about a specific instagram dm conversation (participants, etc). - Action **Get Post Comments** Get comments on an instagram post. - Action **Get Post Insights** Get instagram post insights/analytics (impressions, reach, engagement, etc.). - Action **Get Post Status** Check the processing status of a draft post container. - Action **Get User Info** Get instagram user info including profile details and statistics. - Action **Get User Insights** Get instagram account-level insights/analytics (profile views, reach, impressions, etc.). - Action **Get User Media** Get instagram user's media (posts, photos, videos). - Action **List All Conversations** List all instagram dm conversations for the authenticated user. - Action **List All Messages** List all messages from a specific instagram dm conversation. - Action **Reply To Comment** Reply to a comment on instagram media. - Trigger **New or Updated Row** Triggers when a new row is added or modified. - Trigger **New or Updated Row (Custom Query)** Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected MySQL database. - Trigger **New Row** Triggers when you add a new row. - Trigger **New Table** Fires when a new table appears in the connected MySQL database. - Action **Add Row** Adds a new row. - Action **Delete Row** Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value. - Action **Find Row** Finds a row in a table via a lookup column. - Action **Find Rows via Custom Query** Run an author-written SELECT against the connected MySQL database and return every row it produced. Mirrors PostgreSQL 715ae2ac, SQL Server 8e0bbb5d and Oracle 2c308e4d; MySQL placeholder style is ?. - Action **Find Row via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected MySQL database and returns the first row it matches. - Action **Update Row** Updates an existing row. ## Each app on its own - [ **Instagram** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram) - [ **MySQL** Connect directly to a MySQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mysql) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Instagram - [ **Instagram to Clerk** Clerk is a user authentication and management platform that lets developers add sign-in, profiles, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-clerk) - [ **Instagram to Elastic Security** SIEM and XDR platform for detecting, investigating, and automating response to security threats across...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-elastic-security) - [ **Instagram to Google Maps Platform** APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and location-based data in apps.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Instagram to Pipedream** Pipedream is a workflow automation and integration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-pipedream) - [ **Instagram to Pipefile** Pipefile streamlines the collection of personal, financial, and otherwise sensitive documents to keep your...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-pipefile) - [ **Instagram to Shift4** Payment processing platform with a REST API for card and alternative payment transactions across e-commerce...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-shift4) ## More into MySQL - [ **Slack to MySQL** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Instagram's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment, New Media Posted and New Message. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in MySQL when something happens in Instagram? Any of MySQL's 6 actions, including Update Row, Add Row, Find Row and Find Rows via Custom Query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from MySQL to Instagram? Yes. When something happens in MySQL, your agent can act in Instagram too. This page covers both directions: MySQL's triggers and Instagram's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Instagram or MySQL? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Instagram and MySQL without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.