Is there a way for me to test permissions that are not yet granted to my app by Facebook like the "user_status" permission? I need to test "user_status" for a future app that is not yet in develop since I need to prove that what the client wants is possible.
As long as you are testing with an app admin/tester/developer, everything should work, even if the app didn't pass the facebook Review yet.
See
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/login#do-you-need-review
However, in order to help you craft your Facebook Login experience, your app's developers will be able to see, and grant, any permission without requiring review by Facebook.
Note: People who are listed in your app's Roles tab will have access to extended permissions without going through review (e.g. publish_actions or manage_pages). For example, if you use the Facebook Plugin for Wordpress to publish your blog posts to your Facebook Page or Profile, you do not need to submit for review so long as all your publishers are listed in your app's Roles tab.
Also, if you're the developer of an app and are the only person using it, then your app doesn't need to go through review. Since you're the developer, all app capabilities should be available. You will still need to take your app out of developer mode, but you should be able to do that without going through review.
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I have a Facebook developer account under which there is a live app that is using the messenger platform. I have gone through the app review process for some of the permissions that are required for the app and already have those permissions approved. Some of those permissions are pages_messaging, manage_pages, etc.
Now I want to change the app owner. I know I can do this by changing the app roles. I can add a new admin from the dashboard. Then I can change the current admin account role to either developer or tester.
My question is if I change the app admin will it impact the already approved permissions? I mean, should I have to ask for these permissions again to be approved. Or will it work as it is? The app review process is time-consuming and it would be great if I can skip doing the same things again.
Also added this question to the Facebook developers community. https://developers.facebook.com/community/threads/201102384688228/
Thank you
I'm using Facebook api to post news on my page.
The process is as follow :
Edit the news on my website
Put the news on a pool, waiting to be published on my Facebook page
A cron is runing and take one news from the pool and post it on my Facebook page.
I'm not using any Facebook's button, everything is done in the background.
So do I have to make a screencast for Facebook approval ? (If yes I really don't know how to make it)
Someone can help please ?
So do i have to make a screencast for Facebook approval ?
In general, that depends - on whether you are able to grant all necessary permissions, when your app is in “live” mode.
You are going to need manage_pages and publish_pages permissions for this. For newer apps, Facebook does not allow to grant publish_pages any more, when the app is “live”, but the permission has not been approved yet in review - even for users with a role in the app.
So you will need to submit for review and get this approved, otherwise you won’t be able to grant this permission in live mode. (Your app needs to be in live mode; in dev mode all content created through it would only be visible to people with a role in the app, but hidden from normal users - not what you want.)
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/server-to-server-apps gives instructions on how to submit an app that does not have a normal, public facing login implementation.
Make sure to describe to them very clearly that this app is not for public use.
I want to use the facebook Login for a school project.
Apart from his/her public profile, I also need to get his/her likes.
The only way facebook lets you do that, is by submitting a review form in which I have to enter information that I don't know. I can't even fill out the URL of my website since I only host it locally.
Is there a way that you can access those permissions without having to submit those review forms for educational purposes?
Thanks.
It's possible to use the extended permissions even without Login Review, but only if
People listed in the Roles section of your App Dashboard - including Admins, Developers and Testers - can grant any permission without review. If only people in these Roles will use your app, you don't need to submit it for Login Review.
See
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/faq#login_review
I wish to access the user's unread Facebook messages in my app. I'm using the Accounts framework. Calling accountStore.requestAccessToAccountsWithType:options: requires the permissions be given as part of the options.
I want to access /{user-id}/inbox stated in their Graph API. This states that the read_mailbox permission is required. Reading the permissions page, it states:
This permission is granted to apps building a Facebook-branded client
on platforms where Facebook is not already available. For example,
Android and iOS apps will not be approved for this permission. In
addition, Web, Desktop, in-car and TV apps will not be granted this
permission.
In other words: This is available to basically nobody.
After such a blow, I feel like I'm pulling at straws here, but I'm wondering if this applies to the Accounts framework login. Their API references the standard Facebook login (with a button and then a permissions screen) and doesn't mention login through the Accounts framework.
So I tried it, and got an iOS UIAlertView asking if I wanted to allow my app to access the given permissions, including the Inbox permission. I tapped "OK", and was granted access. But then calling accountsWithAccountType: returns 0 accounts (I have a Facebook account logged in on device).
I'm wondering if anyone's done any further investigation, or knows any more about this?
You should first try testing your app in the explorer https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/ and see what comes up.
Additionally, since you have read the permission page, you will understand that it wouldn't make sense developing the app with this feature unless you are the only using it.
Hi I try to make the "publish_actions" feature of my web app approved but I cannot get it approved cause facebook approval system keeps asking me to include screenshot of working features.
However, I cannot provide such screenshot because the "publish_actions" feature is not approved yet.
How is it called? A catch 22 or an Chicken-Egg-dilema? Anyways...
Where should I start?
(I already tried with a test user and a developper account, both in live or developper mode)
Thanks to anyone that can help
You can create test users, or add users as "Testers" or above in your App's "Roles" tab in the developer area of Facebook.
If your app is interacting with a test user or any user with an assigned role in your app, it may request permissions that have not been granted yet by Facebook for public use. There's no trick or workaround; just simply request the permissions like you normally would for any other user.