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Directify Integration

Overview

Directify is a no-code builder for directory websites. Each directory includes a blog, and Publish Owl connects to that blog through the Directify REST API. Articles are created directly on your directory with a featured image, categories, SEO metadata, and an optional scheduled publish date.

Requirements

  • A Directify account with at least one directory
  • A Directify plan that includes API access
  • Owner access to the directory (the API rejects tokens that do not own the directory)

Step 1: Generate an API Token

  1. Log in to your Directify dashboard
  2. Go to Settings → API
  3. Click the key icon to generate a new token
  4. Copy the token. Directify only shows it once.

One token, every directory

A token grants access to all directories on your account. In Publish Owl you create one site per directory and pick the directory from a dropdown, so you can reuse the same token for several sites.

Step 2: Add Your Directify Site

  1. In Publish Owl, go to Sites
  2. Click + Add Site
  3. Enter a name for the site
  4. Select Directify as the platform
  5. Paste your API Token
  6. Click Load Directories and choose the directory to publish to
  7. Click Save Site

Publish Owl verifies the token and confirms that the selected directory belongs to your account before saving. Your token is stored encrypted.

Step 3: Configure Workflow Publishing

Open a workflow, go to Publishing, and select your Directify site. The following options apply to Directify:

  • Status — Draft creates a hidden article you can review in Directify. Publish makes it live.
  • Schedule publishing — Spread a batch of articles over time. Each article is created immediately with a future publish date and Directify shows it automatically when that date arrives.
  • URL Slug — Generate from the title, use the keyword, or use the keyword without stop words.
  • Blog Categories — Comma-separated category names such as Guides, Local Tips. Directify creates categories that do not exist yet. Programmatic SEO workflows can override this per row with a categories column.
  • Canonical URL — Optional template for cross-posted content.

Supported Features

Article Fields

  • Title — Article title (up to 255 characters)
  • Content — Full HTML body, including in-article images and captions
  • Slug — Custom URL slug
  • Status — Draft, published, or scheduled
  • Thumbnail — Featured image URL plus alt text
  • Categories — One or more blog categories

SEO Metadata

Directify has native SEO fields, and Publish Owl fills all of them: meta title, meta description, keywords, canonical URL, and Open Graph / Twitter card title, description, and image. The social image defaults to the featured image, or to the site's default OG image when there is none.

Schema Markup

Directify preserves inline <script type="application/ld+json"> tags in article content, so schema markup generated by your workflow is rendered on the public page alongside Directify's own Article and Breadcrumb schema.

Scheduled Publishing

Directify hides active articles until their publish date, so drip publishing and rescheduling from the Publish Owl calendar work without any extra setup.

Not Supported

  • Tags and excerpts — Directify articles do not have these fields. Use categories instead.
  • Author — Articles are attributed to the account that owns the API token.
  • Image upload — The featured image is referenced by URL. Publish Owl hosts generated images, so this works out of the box.

Content Refresh

Publish Owl can update existing Directify articles through the content refresh feature and from the article editor. Title, content, featured image, and SEO fields are updated in place. The slug is preserved to protect existing rankings.

Troubleshooting

401 Unauthenticated

The token is missing or was revoked. Generate a new one under Settings → API and update the site.

403 You do not own this directory

The token belongs to a different account than the directory. Edit the site, paste the right token, and load directories again.

429 Too Many Requests

Directify allows 120 API requests per minute per directory. Large parallel batches can hit this briefly; the job retries automatically. Lower the workflow's concurrency limit if it happens often.

Article exists but is not visible

Check the article's status in Directify. Drafts are hidden, and published articles with a future date stay hidden until that date. Times are in UTC.

Re-running a keyword replaced the article

Directify treats the slug as unique within a directory and updates the existing article when the same slug is posted again. Use a different slug format if you want separate articles.

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