Facebook

Getting Started with Facebook

Facebook modules allow you to monitor, publish or update posts, photos and videos on your Facebook profile.

Prerequisites

  • A Facebook account

In order to use Facebook with Integromat, it is necessary to have a Facebook account. If you do not have one, you can create a Facebook account at Facebook.

Module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Integromat scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Facebook to Integromat

To connect Facebook to Integromat you must connect your Facebook account to Integromat. To do so, follow the general instructions for Connecting to services.

After you click the Continue button, Integromat will redirect you to the Facebook website where you will be prompted to grant Integromat access to your account.

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Confirm the dialog by clicking the Continue as <user> button.

Triggers

Watch Posts

Retrieves details of a new post.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
LimitEnter the maximum number of posts Integromat will work with during one execution cycle.

Watch Photos

Triggers when a new photo is added to your timeline or album.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
TypeSelect whether you want to watch for all photos (Photos uploaded by you to your timeline) or only photos added to the specified album (Photos from your album).
LimitEnter the maximum number of posts Integromat will work with during one execution cycle.

Watch Videos

Triggers when a new video is added.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
LimitEnter the maximum number of posts Integromat will work with during one execution cycle.

Actions

Get a Post

Retrieves the details of a specified post.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
PostEnter (map) or select the post you want to retrieve the information about.

Get Post Reactions

Returns the number of reactions (Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad or Angry.)

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
Post ID
Enter (map) the ID of the post you want to get the total count of reactions from.

Searches

List Posts

Returns the user's posts.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
Limit
Enter the maximum number of posts Integromat will return during one execution cycle. Must be lower than or equal to 1000.

List Pages

Lists the pages of the user.

In order to perform the List Pages action, the permissions must be extended.

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ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.

List Photos

Retrieves photos from a specified location.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
TypeSelect whether you want to receive photos uploaded to your timeline or photos from a specified album.
LimitEnter the maximum number of photos Integromat will return during one execution cycle.

List Videos

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your Facebook account.
LimitEnter the maximum number of videos Integromat will return during one execution cycle.

Troubleshooting

The Integromat dropdown doesn't show some Facebook Pages:

If some of your pages are not available in Integromat modules please follow the steps below:

1. Open the Facebook Settings and click on Business Integrations or use this link https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=business_tools

2. Open the Integromat app

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3. Check off all of the pages you want to see in the Integromat modules:

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4. Save the changes by clicking the Save button.

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