Simple facebook API query - facebook

Question

I am trying to do the simplest thing in the world: I want a node script to fetch the PUBLIC feed of a page.
I am trying with this:
var FB = require('fb' )
FB.api('/flourandfire/feed', 'get', function (res) {
if (!res || res.error) {
console.log(!res ? 'error occurred' : res.error)
return
}
console.log(res.id)
console.log(res.name)
})
And it's not working.
{ message: 'An access token is required to request this resource.',
type: 'OAuthException',
code: 104,
fbtrace_id: 'EiH31CMsyvh' }
So, I created an "app" by the same user who owns the page and tried:
var FB = require('fb', { appId: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', appSecret: 'YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY' })
FB.api('/flourandfire/feed', 'get', function (res) {
if (!res || res.error) {
console.log(!res ? 'error occurred' : res.error)
return
}
console.log(res.id)
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})
Still nothing.
{ message: 'An access token is required to request this resource.',
type: 'OAuthException',
code: 104,
fbtrace_id: 'EiH31CMsyvh' }
I tried adding the access token for that app:
var FB = require('fb', { appId: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', appSecret: 'YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY' })
FB.api('/flourandfire/feed', 'get', { access_token: 'ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ' }, function (res) {
if (!res || res.error) {
console.log(!res ? 'error occurred' : res.error)
return
}
console.log(res.id)
console.log(res.name)
})
Still nothing:
{ message: 'Invalid OAuth access token.',
type: 'OAuthException',
code: 190,
fbtrace_id: 'Hf8Gjudpwty' }
The feed is public.
So, how the HECK do I get this feed?
That is, what's the EASIEST, most permanent way to get the right access token/appId/appSecret/whatever to plumb into these functions and make the call work?

Answer 1

I´ve never used the fb package, but the docs tell me that this should work:
var FB = require('fb');
FB.options({appId: 'xxx', appSecret: 'xxx'});
FB.setAccessToken('APP-ID|APP-SECRET'); //btw, this is an "App Access Token". Maybe you do not even need this line if you specify the options correctly.
//FB.options({accessToken: 'APP-ID|APP-SECRET'}); //another way according to the docs
FB.api('/flourandfire/feed', (res) => {
if (!res || res.error) {
console.log(!res ? 'error occurred' : res.error);
return;
}
console.log(res);
});
Docs: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fb
More information about Tokens:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/access-tokens/
http://www.devils-heaven.com/facebook-access-tokens/