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

Easy! Just use facebook-sdk.

import facebook

app_id = 'YOUR_APP_ID'
app_secret = 'YOUR_APP_SECRET'

graph = facebook.GraphAPI()

# exactly what you're after ;-)
access_token = graph.get_app_access_token(app_id, app_secret) 

Answer 2

Here you go, as simple as it can get. Doesn’t require any 3rd-party SDK etc.

Make sure Python 'requests' module is installed

import requests

def get_fb_token(app_id, app_secret):
    url = 'https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token'       
    payload = {
        'grant_type': 'client_credentials',
        'client_id': app_id,
        'client_secret': app_secret
    }
    response = requests.post(url, params=payload)
    return response.json()['access_token']