README.md

Facebook Permanent Token

There are various guides, stackoverflow posts, youtube videos, etc on how to get a permanent page/user token for your Facebook application.

One use case: if a Facebook Page isn't completely public (not visible from incognito window), but you'd like to poll the Events that that Page has, you will need a permanent token for your app to view that data.

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Usage

Get Permanent Page Access Token

(As of April 2020, page tokens seem to not be permanent)

1. Get app_id and app_secret https://developers.facebook.com/apps

2. Get page_id either from https://developers.facebook.com/apps or from page's About section

3. Get short_lived_token from https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer

   • Facebook App: (Your app's name)
   • User or Page: (Your page's name)
   • Permissions: at least user_events

   Then copy the access token. This will be the {short_lived_token}

   

4. Put app_id, app_secret, page_id and short_lived_token into config.ini, or pass them as CLI args

5. python3 page.py

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Get Permanent User Access Token

1. Get app_id and app_secret https://developers.facebook.com/apps

2. Get short_lived_token from https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer

   • Facebook App: (Your app's name)
   • User or Page: User Token
   • Permissions: at least manage_pages

   Then copy the access token. This will be the {short_lived_token}

   

3. Put app_id, app_secret, and short_lived_token into config.ini, or pass them as CLI args

4. python3 user.py