Facebook#

Follow these steps to configure Facebook for Social Feeds.

Your Facebook App does not require review and approval by Facebook to use Social Feeds.

Connecting to Facebook#

Step 1. Admin Access to Facebook Page or Facebook Group#

In order to fetch posts from a Facebook Page or Facebook Group, you must be an Admin for the page/group you want to access.

Step 2: Register a Facebook App#

  1. Go to the Meta for Developers page.
  2. Click the Create App button.
  3. Select None as the App Type, and fill in the rest of the details to create the app.

Step 3: Setup Facebook Login#

  1. Once created, in the left-hand sidebar, click the Add Product button.
  2. Under Facebook Login click the Set Up button.
  3. Select Web as the type and your website address into Site URL, and click the Save button.
  4. Navigate to the Facebook Login section in the left-hand siderbar, click Settings.
  5. For the Valid OAuth Redirect URIs setting, enter the value from the Redirect URI field in Social Feeds.
  6. Click the Save Changes button.
  7. Navigate to SettingsBasic item in the left-hand sidebar.
  8. Enter your domain name to the App Domains field.
  9. Enter your Privacy Policy URL, Terms of Service URL and Site URL.
  10. Click the Save Changes button.
  11. Change the App Mode to Live.
  12. Copy the App ID from Facebook and paste in the Client ID field in Social Feeds.
  13. Copy the App Secret from Facebook and paste in the Client Secret field in Social Feeds.
  14. Save the Social Feeds source, ready to connect.

Step 4: Connect to Facebook#

  1. In the Social Feeds source settings, click the Connect button and login to Facebook.
  2. Ensure you pick either the Facebook Group or Facebook Page you have admin access to.

Step 5: Select your Facebook Page or Facebook Group#

  1. Select either a Facebook Page or a Facebook Group that you'd like connected to.
  2. Click the Save button for the source.

Available Content#

Facebook provides the following types of content as posts.

  • Page Feed (Posts from your Facebook page)
  • Photos (Photos from your Facebook Photos page)
  • Videos (Videos from your Facebook Videos page)
  • Events (Events from your Facebook Events page)
  • Group Feed (Posts from your Facebook group)
  • Photos (Photos from your Facebook Photos group)
  • Videos (Videos from your Facebook Videos group)
  • Events (Events from your Facebook Events group)

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