Approval Flows

Status	Description
`Draft`	Work in progress, not visible to public
`Approval Pending`	Submitted for review
`Published`	Live and publicly accessible
`Scheduled`	Will be published at a future date/time

Status

Description

Draft

Work in progress, not visible to public

Approval Pending

Submitted for review

Published

Live and publicly accessible

Scheduled

Will be published at a future date/time

Basic approval flow

1. Author creates draft

The content creator writes the article and saves as draft.

2. Author submits for review

Update the post status to Approval Pending:

curl -X PATCH \
  'https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/<PUBLISHER_ID>/post/<POST_ID>/' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic <BASE64_AUTH_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"status": "Approval Pending"}'

3. Editor reviews and approves

The editor can either publish or reject:

# Approve and publish
curl -X PATCH ... -d '{"status": "Published"}'

# Reject back to draft
curl -X PATCH ... -d '{"status": "Draft"}'

4. Schedule for later (optional)

Instead of immediate publishing, schedule for a future time:

curl -X PATCH \
  'https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/<PUBLISHER_ID>/post/<POST_ID>/' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic <BASE64_AUTH_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "status": "Scheduled",
    "scheduled_at": "2026-03-01T09:00:00Z"
  }'

The published_post field in the post response references the live version, while edits can be made to the draft version independently.

Framework Integration

Headless Architecture

Integrations

Editorial Workflows

Events & Automation

Industry Solutions

Content Authoring

Deployment

Content statuses

Basic approval flow

1. Author creates draft

2. Author submits for review

3. Editor reviews and approves

4. Schedule for later (optional)

​Content statuses

​Basic approval flow

​1. Author creates draft

​2. Author submits for review

​3. Editor reviews and approves

​4. Schedule for later (optional)

Content statuses

Basic approval flow

1. Author creates draft

2. Author submits for review

3. Editor reviews and approves

4. Schedule for later (optional)