Here is the notification I just received:
App, is currently using the following deprecated features:
Non-threaded comments. Please see the developer roadmap for more details about this change.
I looked all over the API and the developer roadmap and the settings but found no way to fix this issue. How do I fix this?
My hunch would be that they send out alerts based on the permissions your app uses - my app doesn't interact with any "comments" connections in the graph, but it does have the "publish_stream" and "manage_pages" permissions.
If someone knows otherwise please advise...
I have received the same notification for one of my apps. My app definitely does not read or create comments on Facebook posts or objects (Facebook rolled out the threaded comments Feature in April). Thus Facebook's message is not relevant to every app they send it to.
The change should only affect apps which read or publish comments.
Here is the link to the API documentation about comments:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/Comment/
Look at the settings page, in the "Migrations" section. Enable "July 2013 Breaking Changes" and your notification should have a green sign notifying: Your app, appname, is now compliant with the July 2013 Breaking Changes migration. No further action is required.
Be sure to read the complete roadmap at https://developers.facebook.com/roadmap/.
I have got the following message too:
MyApp, is currently using the following deprecated features:
The 'page_id' field in the checkin FQL table. Please use 'target_id' instead.
The 'version' field in the group FQL Table and on the Graph API.
Non-threaded comments. Please see the developer roadmap for more details about this change.
I am sure that in my case the warning derives from my Graph API Explorer and
my Django test code.
That means that Facebook logs every request sent by your App and send you a warning even if you used deprecated features only once.
Check it out
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in order to approve your app’s continued operation on our platform.
Platforms affected: Connect URL.
Developer Policy 1.2: Build an app that is stable and easily navigable.Some common violations of this policy include:
- Broken Facebook integration (e.g. broken share, like or comment functionality)
- Broken user experience in the app (e.g. app has broken links or user interface failures)
My app:
Using https://www.npmjs.com/package/hellojs v1.18.8 to query user info from facebook.
The request URL:
https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/me?fields=email,first_name,last_name,name,timezone,verified&access_token=.....
calling out hello.js
hello(auth.network).api('me').then(function (json) {
App has no share, like, comment functionality and not really any user interface. Just our page offers ability to fill some data with facebook and then it remembers you with cookie.
Anyone has similar e-mail and what to do?
Our app does not use share, like or comment functionality neither do we provide any user interface for users (only the o. We are using Facebook to prefill some user data on our site.
Have the same unclear message "Platform affected: Connect Url".
I asked for a more detailed answer and received an answer the next day:
Thank you for your response.
Facebook periodically reviews the websites and applications which are on it. Your application is in its review process currently. We are required to test the Facebook login functionality in order to conclude the review in totality. However, we are unable to do so.
Unfortunately, we have not been able to locate a Facebook integration (Login, Share and Like) on your submitted platform. To help us conclude the review process, could you kindly share the details regarding the location of a Facebook integration and how to navigate to it on your website URL.
This review is essential to Facebook as we want to offer the best experience to users as well as developers like yourself. Please help us in bringing your application into compliance by working with us.
Alternatively, you could aid us by sending us credentials of a test user which is already registered and connected to an FB account within the app. You can get all the information related to creating a test user here - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/test-users.
Please feel free to get in touch with us regarding any doubts or queries you might have.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
My app contains the functionality of a facebook login. I made an instruction and a test user of the application so that Facebook employees could test the functionality used in my application.
Normally they write down what is wrong and explain how to fix it. If you are not sure you can reply them back and ask how to fix it. I manage to fix my issue which was similar to the one explain below by emailing facebook.
https://technuisance.com/facebook/facebook-policy-warning-for-app-solved.html
I got the same message from Facebook two months ago. In my case, I didn't find a solution in time and Facebook penalize me by deactivating the app.
Therefore, you must attend to it if you do not want the same to happen to you. Facebook uses software similar to this to check for failures on your site and assigns a score according to its performance. That's why they send you such a generic message.
I suggest you use PageSpeed Insights to receive a report on the performance of your website. In addition, the platform gives you suggestions for optimization and improvement; Surely there you will find some clue of what may be failing.
I want to access the Group section of the Facebook API. However, it’s blocked behind requiring App Review. According to FB, I should have a thoroughly tested app before putting it under review?
How am I supposed to have a tested app and be ready for release if I don’t even have the API endpoints? Am I understanding this correctly?
As of right now, if I query anything Group related I get an OAuthException code 1.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/
but we recommend that you begin a submission only after you have thoroughly tested your app in development mode and you are ready for release.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/groups/
As of April 4, 2018, this edge returns empty data sets for GET operations unless the calling app has gone through App Review. This applies to GET operations using /me/groups as well. Please see the Groups API section of the Breaking Changes changelog for more information.
I'm developing an app which must interact with Facebook API Graph and also use webhooks to get live updates. Now I'm facing a problem I can't receive a live webhook updates until my app is reviewed and is not in development mode.
I've found a thread on a Fecebook for developers site describing the same problem and it got official answer - it is not possible. Use Test button in app dashboard to test your webhook implementation they said.
The problem is the Test button sends only one predefined data packet for each of possible subscription with predefined set of fields with fake values, but documentation defines much more fields and little to none information about which fields are sent in different situations (i.e. post added, comment deleted, comment edited).
I'm wondering how other devs solving this? May be there are some community driven reference for a different webhook interaction cases or else.
For now I can't find any information on detailed webhook format except official documentation on available fields (but not supported payload shapes).
Our current workflow looks this way:
create test app
implement webhook handler using only documentation
prepare test payload and check it is working
create a screencast of the app functionality using test payloads
go through the review process
when app is approved
make it live and check your implementation against real webhook payloads
You need to create a test app for your existing Facebook app
Once you do this, just accept the permissions for your app and set the webhooks on your own Facebook account.
Since you are an admin of the test app, you will be able to set webhooks on yourself without having to get your app approved.
I am working on a feature which includes Facebook events, but I just read that Facebook API endpoint for getting events are deprecated. But still, I've got one question. How is possible that Evensi.com is still functional?
Also if I missed something, do you know any proper way how to import Facebook events based on location?
Regards,
Michal
I just created a python script, you can see here.
It queries the given facebook page and it's events and puts the data into a MySQL table.
Also, there are some js libraries on Github, so I think it's not impossible.
My company's Facebook app has been in operation for a few years, but with the recent API upgrade, Facebook now requires apps to be submitted for approval if you need certain permissions.
This app adds a page tab, which requires the manage_pages permission. Facebook has rejected the app several times, providing the following reason:
We could not reproduce the requested permission. Please submit
detailed, step-by-step English instructions in the "Add Notes" section
of the permission, and make sure to provide the relevant version of
your app.
Things I've done:
provided step-by-step instructions, with supporting screenshots for each step
had multiple people test those steps to ensure the login process and page tab work as expected
read through all of the supporting documentation and submission articles
Unfortunately, Facebook provides no option to contact their reviewers.
Has anyone else hit a wall when submitting a Facebook app for approval? And if so, were you able to figure out the issue or contact the reviewer?
That's unfortunate... I think there have been such cases. If you think everything is correct with your review submission, I'd recommend that you post a message to https://www.facebook.com/groups/fbdevelopers/ There are FB engineers monitoring the group, I guess they could give you some help or contact the right persons.
Good luck!