I see that Facebook has made a lot of changes in their API and working structure of those for creating the FB application for Web/IOS/Mobile.
I am creating a facebook app with my FB developer account to get the Test App's API secret credentials.
With this app I need to test the feature of Publish_ations (Ex:- Post on pages/wall,sharing),but that feature is not enabled for Test App API.And if we want to enable that then we may have to submit the review with some details.In those details they are asking for the steps to test the feature that we will provide in our Application.They need the snaps of pages where that FB feature will be and ETC of info.And that whole process will take upto 7 days.
I am confused that if my application is in progress and that FB feature we are planning to develope then How should I give the steps to test the Feature on our website before creation of that Feature.
Is there any information that I am missing from FB docs for testing enviornment with Publish Action permission.
Please help me I have already wasted 7 days (Tried the review submission process of FB and they have rejected that because of incomplete application and information)
Thanks in advance!!
You're confused. The login/permissions related things works as it was in v1.0 ; just the difference is that you need to submit for review after the app is ready. But that's the last step.
I think you're using the API for the first time, so you may not be aware how exactly to add the permissions in your app. The permissions are added using the scope parameter in the login code. See the details here..
For example, if you're using the JS SDK-
FB.login(function(response) {
// handle the response
}, {scope: 'email,user_likes'});
similarly its done for the other languages.
After adding the permission the admin/developers/testers of the app can test the application and publish posts; while app is in development mode. And this is just similar how we used to do in v1.0.
When your app is ready (the last step), submit your app for the login review (this step wasn't present in the v1.0, you just needed to make it live). After they approve your app with this permission, you can make your app live and everybody can publish post using your app. That's it.
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How to use facebook page mentions via Graph API?
I'm admin of the page and admin of the app, trying to mention page with # syntax on its feed.
POST 1111111111111/feed/
{
message: "Hello #[1111111111111]"
}
In this way, mention just striped. I'm tried to use my personal token, app token, page token. I have rights to publish_page, manage_page.
I tried to use #pagename, #[pagename], #page-id, #[page-id] etc...
What I'm doing wrong?
Thank you.
I get answer from Facebook support, they told us app should be in development mode to test this feature:
I have confirmed with the engineering team that the reason you cannot
use the Page Mentions is because your app is in Live mode, but it
hasn't been approved for that feature. The docs are a bit confusing, I
agree. According to the docs: "Usage of this feature is subject to
review. To test before review, use Pages you are an admin of (both to
make the API call, and to be used in a mention) and an app of which
you are a developer."
What this means is that you can test the feature while in Development
mode, but once the app goes Live, the feature will not work. In Live
mode, only features/permissions that your app has been approved for
will work. You can still submit an app that is in Live mode for app
review. Please see the Submission Tips for App Review for Live Apps:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/#submission-tips
My code is working properly in dev mode, but I can not get approval to use publish_pages or manage_pages. I keep failing every review.
The problem is that the software is to be ran as a cron job and there's really no user interface. This is for an auction website and we want to post a summary of auctions for the next day in our feed.
For some reason they keep saying:
Your screencast doesn't show how the use of this permission directly improves the user experience in your app. Unfortunately we also weren't able to determine this from testing your app manually
Right now, if I have the app in dev mode the post submits successfully, but only my user account can see them, so I've been having to leave dev mode on, let the app post, and then turn the app live.
This is less than ideal. Is there any 3rd party application that has already been approved I can use to post to our facebook page?
It seems like the magic is making sure to mention "this is a server to server application with no user interface" is all that's required to get your app approved. After doing that, it went through without an issue.
I am trying to set up a new Facebook App that is used to pull in the latest post from a public page into another website. I successfully did this a few months ago, but since the GDPR law has come into effect, Facebook's process of creating new apps has become much stricter, requiring them to go through App Review before allowing access to the Pages API product.
However to go through the App Review process, I need to provide step by step instructions and a screencast of the app in action. This isn't an app in the traditional sense, and how am I meant to show the app in action when I can't get it working without it being reviewed!?
The docs mention that "While testing and before submitting for review, your app may only access content that is available on a Page that you, as an app admin, developer, or tester, administer. If the app wants to access public content on other Pages, you must submit this feature for review" - does this mean that I do not to go through App Review if the Developer Account has access to administer the page in question?
To answer your question directly, if your app will only be loading data from pages that you admin, you don't need review/approval to use that API
That said, if you're making this app to fetch posts from someone else's page it will need approval, and if it's a simple background script i'm not sure how you can have it reviewed - the process is focussed on page management tools used by multiple users rather than once-off scripts
I created an fb application which uses the following permissions: manage_pages,publish_pages, and read_insights.
The main purpose of the application is to give to the authenticated user reports and statics about the popularity of his own fb page.
I noticed that I can't use those permissions until I submit the app for review.
In the facebook developer account, I noticed that for each of the above permissions I have to complete some notes:
1. How a person logs in with Facebook
2. How a person sees the permission used in your app.
Also they want me to upload a video to show them that I use the permission correctly.
The problem is that I'm not sure what should the video contain in order to clarify the point 1 and 2.
Right now my application is only doing the authentication phase (signup), and in the next release we are going to create and display analytics for each user who joined the platform.
I would be grateful, If you could give me some suggestions regarding what facebook would like to know in order to approve the permissions.
Thanks,
Your App needs to be working before you can send it in for review. Meaning, you need to have at least a working prototype. For development, you do not need to go through the review process, every permission works for everyone with a role in the App without review.
In other words, you can´t go through review with permissions you don´t even use right now.
My app needs to post as a user or one their pages. So to my understanding I need these scopes "publish_actions manage_pages publish_pages". It would seem that I need to submit for review to get them. Is it absolutely necessary that I do this or is there some exception to the rule. For example, using an older version of the graph api API, a specfifc SDK (php etc), older version of Oauth, wordpress plugin etc. Just want to make sure I need to before making the effort to go through that process.
Everything you need to know about Login Review can be found in the docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/review
Downgrading to an older API version is not possible, the lowest API version is the latest one by the time you created the App. You can´t avoid Login Review by using another API version or SDK, but permissions work without review for everything with a role in the App.
If you want to create an app just for yourself, there is no need for Login Review. If you want to go public with your App, you have to go through Login Review.