Facebook

Create a Facebook app and set up authentication on Mindflow

1. Go to: https://developers.facebook.com/apps/

2. Click the Create an app button and fill in the required fields.

3. Once the app is created, retrieve the App ID and the App Secret from *App Settings > Basic*.

   

4. Go to your app’s Dashboard and add the Facebook Login product.

5. Click the Vault tab, then the + Add Credentials button, and search for Facebook Lead Ads API.

6. Choose OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code for the Credential type and fill in the fields as follows:

   1. Client_id* = Your App ID
   2. Client_secret* = Your App Secret
   3. Authorization URL* = https://www.facebook.com/v12.0/dialog/oauth
   4. Access token URL* = https://graph.facebook.com/v12.0/oauth/access_token
   5. Scope(s)*(Advanced) = The scopes relevant to the actions you want to perform
      • e.g., (catalog_management,ads_management,business_management leads_retrieval,pages_show_list,pages_manage_metadata,pages_read_engagement,pages_read_user_content,pages_manage_ads) for the Facebook Marketing API

7. Copy the Callback URL, return to Facebook, go to Facebook Login > Settings, and add the Callback URL in the Valid OAuth Redirect URIs. Click Save changes.

8. Return to Mindflow and click Authorize and create. A Facebook window will open, click the button to validate the connection.

9. Congratulations, you have configured OAuth 2.0 authentication for your Facebook app. You can now use it by selecting this credential in your steps to authenticate Facebook integrations.

Note

Test webhook with test lead generator: Generator

Create the webhook

1. Go to the Dashboard of your Facebook app https://developers.facebook.com/apps/your_app_id/dashboard/
2. Add the Webhooks product by clicking the Set up button.
3. Click the Webhook page that appears on your sidebar.
4. Select the desired topic (e.g., Pages) and click the Subscribe to this object button.
5. Go to your playbook on Mindflow and click the ⚙️ icon.
6. Click the Triggers section, check the Webhook box, and copy the WEBHOOK (SYNCHRONOUS).
7. Return to your Facebook app and fill in the required fields:
   1. Callback URL = The value previously copied from Mindflow.
   2. Verify Token = Any value (e.g., my_verify_token).
8. Click the Verify and save button.
9. Return to Mindflow and create a webhook response step.
10. Configure it by adding a new Body of type Text and insert the hub.challenge value received from the Facebook webhook.
11. Return to the Facebook app and click Verify and save again.
12. You can now subscribe to events for the topic by clicking the Subscribe button and test your webhook with test data using the Test button.
13. You can now delete the webhook response step from your playbook; your trigger is operational.