Programmatically getting an access token for using the Facebook Graph API

Question

I am trying to put together a bash or python script to play with the facebook graph API. Using the API looks simple, but I\'m having trouble setting up curl in my bash scrip

Answer 1

You first need to set up an application. The following will then spit out an access token given your application ID and secret:

> curl -F type=client_cred -F client_id=[...] -F client_secret=[...] https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token