Setup your OpenAi API key
- Navigate to App Settings.
- If you dont already have an OpenAi key, please sign up and create one here.
- If you plan on generating images, please ensure your organization is verified under General on the OpenAi dashboard. Failure to verify will result in errors during article creation.
- Ensure you either top up credits in the billing page or add your credit/debit card to avoid errors when generating content.
- Paste your key into the OpenAi Key field and save.
Using your OpenAi key with Hypodash will consume tokens. You will be billed seperately by OpenAi outside your Hypodash plan.
Create a template
Templates make it easy to define modifiers and options for each generation and reuse them at a later date or with the Schedule feature.- Navigate to the
Templatepage and configure. - Setting the template to default will allow you to automatically use this template when creating new articles.
- If you decide to add image generations, please ensure your OpenAi organization is verified, otherwise it will fail.
- For YouTube integration, please add your YouTube API key under App Settings to inject relevant videos into the article sections.
How to create an article
- Navigate to the
Articlepage on the dashboard. - Click
Create Articleand fill out the fields. - Ensure you have the correct template chosen on the recently created one above - otherwise we will use our basic default template.
- Once ready, click
Generateand wait for the task to complete. - For
web research,image generationsandvideo lookup, this can be upwards of a few minutes to complete.
Publishing articles
Once an article is completed, you have a few options to publish.Manual
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Click into your new article and click the
Downloadbutton. -
You will be presented with
Markdown,HTMLorPlain Textdownload options. -
If you generated images, you can also download
media fileshere too.Media files are deleted after 48 hours, please ensure you download media files before they expire. - Image paths within the body of the article will be relative to the file name - you can easily append your new upload path afterwards.
Automated
Connect to various platforms viaZapier and automatically publish your articles anywhere. Hypodash also has an official WordPress app and API for custom solutions.
Zapier
- Navigate to App Settings and scroll down to
Zapier. - Click
Add to Zapierwhich will allow you to add theHypodash Beta Zapierapp. - Setup the trigger and test the webhook event by creating a new article after integration is complete.
The Zapier app is in Beta. Please get in touch if you have any issues or need help.
WordPress
We are awaiting approval for the WordPress plugin directory to make this process quicker.
- Download the Beta plugin and install the zip via your WordPress dashboard.
- Activate the plugin and navigate to
Settings->Hypodash. - Add your API key by pasting it after generating under API Settings.
- Enable Webhook should be checked to allow new articles to come in.
- Navigate to App Settings and
GenerateandCopytheWebhook Secret. Paste in the secret on the WordPress settings. - The
Default Categoryallows new posts to be added to that category on import. - Next, copy the
Webhook Endpointpath and paste it underWebhook URLon App Settings. - Finally, click
Save Changeson the plugin.
API
Currently we only support webhooks after the article is generated. If you require articles to be generated via API, please get in touch. Otherwise, check out the Schedule feature.
- Add your Webhook POST endpoint under
Webhook URLon App Settings. - Navigate to App Settings and
GenerateandCopytheWebhook Secret. Verify this during your webhook POST request viaX-Hypodash-Signatureheader. - Create a new
Articleon the dashboard and listen for the payload request.
Webhooks are triggered as soon as the article and media for that article is completed. If you have a publish date, this will be included in the payload, but schedule logic should be handled afterwards.

