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Configure Facebook API App

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Facebook API is a bundle of solutions used as a primary way to get data in and out of the platform. It enables developers and app users to access the functionality of this network: user information, photos and videos, messages and more.

How to get a Facebook API key?

If you want to get access to the Facebook API key, you should register or sign up with your existing Facebook account on the developers portal and approve your identity. This will take just some simple following steps:

Step 1. Log in or create an account

Go to the Facebook portal for developers and click “Log in”. You can log in with your existing Facebook account or create a new one

Step 2. Create an App

When you find yourself inside the service, press “My App” in the right upper corner of the main page or this link: https://developers.facebook.com/apps/

Step 3. Fill in all basic information App

Click Create App button

Select Manage integrations for your business and click Next.

Select Business and click Next.

Please note that the app type can’t be changed after your app is created.

Input your App Details and click Next.

  1. Display name:  This is the app name associated with your app ID.
  2. App Contact Email:  This email address is used to contact you about potential policy violations, app restrictions or steps to recover the app if it’s been deleted or compromised.
  3. Business Manager account (Optional): In order to access certain aspects of the Facebook platform, apps may need to be connected to a verified Business Manager account. This request for Instagram API

Go back to Dashboard for Apps and select your Name App

Get App ID and App Secret for Stackposts Configuration

Click Settings/ Basic at the left-side Menu in the Developer Facebook to show App ID and App Secret Section. Click the “Show” button to display your App Secret Series  It looks like the example below:

  • App ID: 311234693627458
  • App Secret: 5123f75b1234656b3cf34567b321fa12

* Now we have App ID and App Secret for Stackposts Configuration.

How to Configure on Stackposts before send Submit?

Step 1.  General Settings

Click Settings/ General Settings in your Stackposts. Click OAuth & Login and then Copy and Paste App ID and App Secret that you got from Facebook App. For example as below:

  • Facebook app id: 311234693627458
  • Facebook app secret: 5123f75b1234656b3cf34567b321fa12
  • Facebook app version: v11.0

Step 2. Social Network Settings

Click Settings/ Social Network Settings in your Stackposts. Click Facebook and then Copy and Paste the App ID and App Secret that you got from Facebook App. For example as below:

  • Facebook app id: 311234693627458
  • Facebook app secret: 5123f75b1234656b3cf34567b321fa12
  • Facebook app version: v11.0

Step 3. Create a Package for Facebook Review

Click Package Manager in your left-side Stackposts menu. Click Add new 

Fill the Package Info Tab follows these guides below:

  • Status:  Enable
  • Name: Facebook Review
  • Description:  Facebook Review
  • Price monthly: 22
  • Price annually: 21
  • Number accounts: 1000
  • Position: 1

Fill the Permissions Tab follows these guides below:

Carefully select permissions below and click Enable them for the Facebook Review package.

  • Publish all: Enable
  • Facebook Post: Enable
  • Instagram Post: Enable
  • Watermark: Enable
  • Caption: Enable
  • Schedules: Enable
  • Group Manager: Enable
  • File Manager: Select all File Pickers, all File types (photo, video), Advance option (Image Editor), Max. storage size (MB): 500MB, Max. file size (MB): 500MB
  • Account Manager: Select only for Facebook pages, Facebook groups, and Instagram profiles 

Click Save to create a new package for Facebook Review

Step 4. Create a Testing Account for Facebook Review

Click User Manager in your left-side Stackposts menu. Click Add new 

Fill the Update Account follows these guides below and click Submit

  • Role:  Member
  • Status: Active
  • Fullname:  Test
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Password: 123456
  • Confirm password: 123456
  • Package: Facebook Review
  • Expiration date: Any date 
  • Timezone: Any timezone

Step 5. Update your Terms of Services & Privacy Policy

To submit App you have to fill out your Terms of services and Privacy policy. You can check your site: https://domain.com/privacy_policy and https://domain.com/terms_and_policies

You can edit them at Settings/ General Settings/ Others in your Stackposts and click Update when you finish.

How to Configure on Facebook Developer?

Step 1. Fill out basic requirements

Click Settings/ Basic at the left-side Menu in the Developer Facebook. You need to fill as:

  • Display Name: Your_name_app
  • Namespace: (Empty)
  • App Domains: (Empty)
  • Contact Email: [email protected]
  • Privacy Policy URL: www.yourStackposts.com/privacy_policy
  • Terms of Service URL: www.yourStackposts.com/terms_and_policies
  • App Icon (1024 x 1024): Required logo exactly 1021 x 1024 (PNG)
  • Category: Business and Pages
  • App Purpose: Clients
  • Data Protection Officer Contact Information (Skip)
  • Add Platform: Click Website and input your Stackposts website: www.yourStackposts.com. Click Next to save

After all, remember to make sure to click Save to complete.

Step 2. Create Test Users on Facebook App

Click Roles/ Test Users at the left-side Menu in the Developer Facebook. Click Add to make a new one.

Complete info as the image below:

  • Number of Test Users to Create: 1
  • Authorize Test Users for This App? Yes
  • API Version to Install: v11.0
  • Login Permissions: pages_read_engagement, pages_manage_posts, pages_show_list, publish_to_groups
  • Age: 18
  • Select Test User language: English

Click Create Test User to Finish!

Step 3. Get Email and Password for Test User

Changing Password for Test User, Click Edit and select Change the name or password for this test user. You can change to 123456 for easy to remember

We will have a Test User  information:

Step 4. Choose Permissions and Features for App Review

Click App Review/ Permissions and Features at the left-side Menu in the Developer Facebook. You need to search: pages_read_engagement, pages_manage_posts, pages_show_list,  publish_to_groups and click Request

Step 5. Valid OAuth Redirect URIs

A manually specified redirect_uri used with Login on the web must exactly match one of the URIs listed here. This list is also used by the JavaScript SDK for in-app browsers that suppress popups.

Follow these pictures to enable this feature:

Click Facebook Login/ Settings at the left-side Menu and follow this video to configure:

How to Record video for submit review?

First of all, you have to Create your own Fanpage and your own Group that you can create them such as PAGE TEST and GROUP TEST.

Remember that using Testing Account to record videos. For instance:

 Step 1. Record Facebook Page Review Video

Log in to your website: www.yourdomain.com/login

Log in to Facebook.com under your Facebook Profile. Watching this video that shows you how to record a video for Fanpage Test:

Step 2:  Record Facebook Group Review Video

Log in to your website: www.yourdomain.com/login

Log in to Facebook.com under your Facebook Profile. Watching this video that shows you how to record a video for Group Test:

How to FILL REQUESTS  for App review (Final Steps)?

Step 1: Submit Form Content

  • Our software gets the user’s groups information & the user can post content to their group where he is admin and owner.
  • Our software gets the user’s pages information & the user can post content to their page where he is admin and owner.
  • Our software gets the user’s groups information & the user can Livestream video to their profile, groups and pages where he is admin and owner.

Hi,

Facebook Account Test:
Email: [email protected]  (Example) 
Password: 111222333

Account Test Website:
Website: yourdomain.com 
Email: [email protected]
Password: 123456

1. Step by Step for Permissions: pages_read_engagement, pages_manage_posts, pages_show_list, publish_to_groups

Please follow by this steps to get how to use this app 
1. Login with account test on our system 
2. Click button “(+) – Account manager” on sidebar menu
3. On box Facebook Accounts click button “Add accounts” (https://yourdomain.com/account_manager)
4. When popup open continue click button “Continue with Facebook”
5. Authorize permissions need to system can working fine
6. Box List Profile, Groups, Pages. Select pages you want schedule posts to pages
7. Hover to icon “Facebook” with blue color on sidebar menu and then click on “Post” item (https://yourdomain.com/facebook/post)
8. Select an pages on box list account (left box). And then select type post (Media, Link, Text). For example with media select a photo to or video and then enter captions for post.
9. Click post now to post your post to pages you selected. When post success a box green with text “Content is being published on 1 profiles and 0 profiles unpublished”
10. Go to Facebook pages just posted to checked

Thanks

Step 2:  Request for App Review

Click App Review/ Requests at the left-side Menu in the Developer Facebook.  Click Edit

Watching this video that shows you how to Fill Requests for App Review:

Step 3. Wait Approved App in Inbox App

Click Alert/ Inox at the left-side Menu in the Developer Facebook.  When your App is approved or rejected that you will be notifications this area or in your registered email.

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