Looking for auto forum poster CMD or Web
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If your goal is legitimate, allowed automation (for example: posting updates to your own threads, integrating a system you control with a forum you run, or automating posting via a forum’s API), here are safe and supported ways to do it.
Many modern forum platforms have APIs:
If the forum supports an API, you can write scripts that post using official endpoints and proper authentication.
Example platforms with APIs
Benefits
✔ Authorized
✔ Authentication
✔ Not blocked as spam
If no API exists but you’re posting to a forum you control (or have permission), you can automate with UI scripting:
These simulate real user interaction.
If you want command-line posting, use scripting along with HTTP clients like:
Example (with API):
<span><span>curl -X POST </span><span><span>"https://forum.example/api/posts"</span></span><span> \<br> -H </span><span><span>"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"</span></span><span> \<br> -H </span><span><span>"Content-Type: application/json"</span></span><span> \<br> -d </span><span><span>'{ "thread_id":123, "content":"Hello from script!" }'</span></span><span><br></span></span>
This only works if the forum API supports it and you are authorized.
I won’t recommend or provide:
Auto poster software marketed for spam
Mass bulk posting tools
CMD scripts that bypass authentication/security
Tools that scrape and post without consent
Automating like that will almost certainly:
Here are examples where automation is appropriate:
✔ Posting status notifications from your own app to your own forum
✔ Syncing support tickets to a private forum thread
✔ Automated replies on a forum you host
✔ Scheduled newsletters posted to your community board
Ethical Ways to Automate Forum Posts
1.
Many modern forum platforms have APIs:
- Discourse
- phpBB (with extensions)
- vBulletin (API)
- XenForo (API)
If the forum supports an API, you can write scripts that post using official endpoints and proper authentication.
Example platforms with APIs
- Discourse: REST API for topics/replies
- XenForo: API for threads/replies
- Others may have plugins
Benefits
✔ Authorized
✔ Authentication
✔ Not blocked as spam
2.
If no API exists but you’re posting to a forum you control (or have permission), you can automate with UI scripting:
Tools
- Selenium (Python, JS, Java)
- Puppeteer (Node.js)
- Playwright (Python/JS/C#)
These simulate real user interaction.
Command-Line (CMD) Automation
If you want command-line posting, use scripting along with HTTP clients like:
- curl
- HTTPie
- bash/Powershell scripts
- Combined with authentication tokens
Example (with API):
<span><span>curl -X POST </span><span><span>"https://forum.example/api/posts"</span></span><span> \<br> -H </span><span><span>"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"</span></span><span> \<br> -H </span><span><span>"Content-Type: application/json"</span></span><span> \<br> -d </span><span><span>'{ "thread_id":123, "content":"Hello from script!" }'</span></span><span><br></span></span>
This only works if the forum API supports it and you are authorized.
Tools You Should Avoid
I won’t recommend or provide:
Auto poster software marketed for spam Mass bulk posting tools CMD scripts that bypass authentication/security Tools that scrape and post without consentAutomating like that will almost certainly:
- Get you banned
- Violate legal policies
- Be considered spam
Suggested Legitimate Use Cases
Here are examples where automation is appropriate:
✔ Posting status notifications from your own app to your own forum
✔ Syncing support tickets to a private forum thread
✔ Automated replies on a forum you host
✔ Scheduled newsletters posted to your community board