Facebook API introduction, 2018

1. Facebook API: Getting Started
Nichol Dimalanta

2. Overview
 Intro
 Process
 Nodes, Edges, Fields
 User Access Tokens and Long-Access Tokens
 Permissions
 The Graph API Explorer

3. Process

4. Process Flow (App Creation)
 Go to Developers.facebook.com
 Create / setup project
 Send invitations
 Pick desired API / app permissions
 Review Platform Policy
 Optional: Submit to Business Verification
Process
 Once working, Submit to App Verification
 App’s features are now public

5. Facebook and App Policies
 developers.facebook.com/policy
 3.9 Protect Data: Dont sell, license, or purchase any
data obtained from us or our services
 3.12 If acquired by or merge with a third party, you
can continue to use our data within your app
 4.4 Encourage Proper Use: only incentivize log-ins,
app page promotions, place check-ins, use of
Messenger to communicate with your Business
 Apps must provide privacy policy when
collecting information

6. Process Flow (App Users)
 User logs in Facebook through your app
 User is shown the app’s permissions to be
reviewed and accepts/modifies/denies these
permissions
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7. Process Flow (App Users)
 User Access token containing user’s
permissions will be given
 App queries for/stores needed account
information
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8. Nodes, Edges, Fields

9. Nodes
 Main Source of information
 Contains an ID
 Contains Edges, Fields
 May be found inside Edges
 Example: User, Pages, Posts

10. Nodes
* /me = shorthand for current app user’s ID

11. Edges
 Properties of Nodes that contains a collection
of objects / nodes
 “Branches”

12. Edges

13. Edges

14. Fields
 The other properties of a node
 “Leaves”

15. Fields

16. Access Tokens

17. Tokens

18. Kinds Of Access Tokens
 User Access – user account, managed pages,
timeline, friends
 Page Access – Page timeline, scheduled
posting,
 App Access – updating of app settings
 Long Access – User Access with 3 months
shelf life

19. Permissions

20. Permissions

21. The API Explorer

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