facebook access token is invalid - trying to post to facebook website-“page” via app using a cron

Question

I am trying to post to my website\'s Facebook fan-page via a cron on my server.

I created a user on Facebook named \"John Doe\", i made him admin on my website\'s Fa

Answer 1

This question is very similar to my own question and I've spent 2 days trying to solve this. The solution is super simple.

1. Set your app to Native/Desktop so you can get a 60-day token (you'll turn this to permanent later). Do this by going to https://developers.facebook.com/apps/ Edit settings > Advanced > Choose Native/Desktop in the App type.

2. Go to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/ select your app, and Get Access Token

3. In the Extended Permissions tab, select manage_pages and publish_stream

4. Now you have a 60-day temporary token.

5. To get your permanent token, go here and use your temporary token: https://graph.facebook.com/me/accounts?access_token=REPLACE_THIS_WITH_YOUR_TEMPORARY_TOKEN

You should see permanent access token to all Facebook pages which you are an admin