Facebook app wt*?

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I have a personal facebook account that has created a number of Pages which I can manually post to.
How are people creating n8n credentials for a Facebook app if they don’t have a business that they can verify?
They’re my Pages, aren’t they?
Can’t I automate posting content to them, without having a business?

I’m very confused on this one. Anyone offer advice what I’m missing here

Information on your n8n setup

  • **n8n version:1.52.2
  • **Database (default: SQLite): Postgres
  • **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):default
  • **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):Docker
  • **Operating system:Linux
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Hi there,

You shouldn’t need a business to connect but you will need to setup a developer account and create an app that you can connect with n8n.

You can read more about it here:

Do let us know where exactly you are stuck and we’ll try to help!

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Thanks and I missed your reply.
I muddled my way through the very confusing Meta docs and got there in the end.

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Can you explain how you managed it?

I am doing the same but via meta business and linking it to a business. I did an UT video on it. I would love to know how to do this more simply

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Hi,
These are my obsidian notes. the entire process was trial and error, reading lots of confusing (at least to me) documentation. I hope it’s useful to you and others.

==PROCESS 13/08/2024==
Create a FB App

  • choose the type of Other
  • select Business App
    • do not choose any business account - important!
    • this gives you the ability to post to your Pages
  • fill in the privacy URL and that’s about all
  • Click Live for the app
  • then go to Graph API Explorer
    • Permissions to select -
      • pages_show_list, pages_messaging instagram_basic instagram_content_publish page_events pages_read_engagement pages_manage_metadata pages_read_user_content pages_manage_posts pages_manage_engagement instagram_manage_events
    • and generate a User Token
      • this is the n8n FB Graph API access token
  • go to Access Token Debugger - extend the token expiry.
    • take note of the longer live token at the bottom of the page
    • you can use this later to hopefully extend again for a longer living token
  • go back to the Graph API Explorer
    • now you need to get access tokens for each Page, in the drop down
      • go to the Graph API Explorer
      • input this fresh token
      • and extend the token (bottom of page)
      • copy and paste the extended token (it’s in green print)
    • take note of each as they are used in the n8n node to specify the Page you will be manipulating

The refresh token process still remains a mystery yet but at least the first refesh gets 2 month token. I did see in the early stages that i got a token to be indefinite but I forget now.

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