axelero/fb-lead-ad-intake

Intake Service for Facebook Lead Ads

Facebook Lead Ad Intake Service

Intake Service for capturing leads from Facebook Lead Ads

Get Permanent Page Access Token

Adapted from Facebook for Developers Access and Authentication

• First you need to obtain a Short-Lived User Access Token
  • Go to Graph API Explorer
  • In Application, select an app used to obtain the access token
  • Click Get Token → Get User Token
  • Under Events, Groups & Pages, Check manage_pages
  • Click Get Access Token
  • Click i in the access token field
  • Click Open in Access Token Tool to see the token in Access Token Debugger
  • Check the properties in Access Token Debugger
  • Paste the access token copied in the last step above to the text field and click “Debug” button. Please check the followings:
    • App ID: the app id mentioned in the prerequisite section
    • User ID: you, a person who has admin right to the Facebook Page mentioned in the prerequisite section
    • Expires: a time stamp that would probably expires in an hour or two
    • Scope: should contain the “manage_page” permission
• Exchange the Short-Lived User Access Token for a Long-Lived Access Token
  • Click Extend Access Token to get a long-lived token
  • Copy the long-lived token
  • Check the properties of this access token in Access Token Debugger. It should have a longer time such as 60 days, or Never next to Expires.
• Get Permanent Page Access Token
  • Go to Graph API Explorer
  • Select your app in Application
  • Paste the long-lived access token you obtained in Step 2 into Access Token
  • Next to Access Token, choose the page you want an access token for. The access token appears as a new string.
  • Click i to see the properties of this access token
  • Click “Open in Access Token Tool” button again to open the “Access Token Debugger” tool to check the properties
  • Check the properties of this page access token in Access Token Debugger:
    • App ID: the app id mentioned in the prerequisite section
    • Profile ID: the page id mentioned in the prerequisite section
    • User ID: you, a person who has admin right to the Facebook Page mentioned in the prerequisite section
    • Expires: Never

Use this Permanent Page Access Token in the code where is says FACEBOOK_TOKEN_GOES_HERE