Person isn’t receiving messages
This person isn’t receiving messages from this account. They may have blocked or restricted it. Unblock or unrestrict them in the Instagram or Facebook app, then reply.
- engagement_recipient_blocked
- 422
- bad-body
- error
- No
- engagement
How to fix
Review the request and try again. The response `detail` explains the specific problem.
Example response
Every error is returned as application/problem+json (RFC 9457). The detail is the specific, actionable message; the code is stable and safe to branch on.
{
"type": "https://skedcast.com/errors/engagement_recipient_blocked",
"title": "Person isn’t receiving messages",
"status": 422,
"category": "bad-body",
"code": "engagement_recipient_blocked",
"detail": "This person isn’t receiving messages from this account. They may have blocked or restricted it. Unblock or unrestrict them in the Instagram or Facebook app, then reply.",
"correlationId": "c-1f2e3d4c-…",
"severity": "error"
}Handle it in code
try {
await skedcast.posts.create(input);
} catch (err) {
if (err instanceof SkedcastApiError && err.code === 'engagement_recipient_blocked') {
// This person isn’t receiving messages from this account. They may have blocked or restricted it. Unblock or unrestrict them in the Instagram or Facebook app, then reply.
}
}