Features are authorization mechanisms that allow apps to access specific types of data through our various APIs. In this way they are similar to Permissions, however Features cannot be granted to an app by an app user. Instead, Features are active or inactive depending on the app user's relationship to the app and the app's mode when it is being used.
For apps in Development Mode, all Features except for Page Public Content Access and Page Public Metadata Access are active for any app user who has a Role on the app or a Role in a Business that has claimed the app.
For apps in Live Mode, only Features approved through App Review are active for app users. This also applies to app users who have a Role on the app or Business.
For Business app types (which have access levels instead of modes), Features are active for any app users who have a Role on the app or in a Business that has claimed the app, unless access has been removed. In order for a Feature to be active for app users without a Role on the app or Business, it must first be approved through App Review.
Access to any Feature that is granted by default or through App Review can be used to request analytics insights to improve your app and for marketing or advertising purposes, through the use of aggregated and de-identified or anonymized information (provided such data cannot be re-identified).
Unlike Permissions, Features do not expire, their approval will not be revoked, if they are unused.
Feature | Description |
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Ad Targeting Data Access | The Ad Targeting Data Access feature allows access to ad targeting data within the Facebook Open Research and Transparency tool for election, political, and social issue ads that are run on Facebook from Meta and Instagram from Meta. Allowed Usage
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Ads Management Standard Access | The Ads Management Standard Access feature allows your app to access the Marketing API. Allowed Usage
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Business Asset User Profile Access | The Business Asset User Profile Access feature allows your app to read the User Fields for users engaging with your business assets such as id, ids_for_business, name, and picture. Allowed Usage You can use this feature if your app uses one or more of the User Fields in its business app experience. |
Human Agent | The Human Agent feature allows your app to have a human agent respond to user messages using the human_agent tag within 7 days of a user's message. Allowed Usage
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Instagram Public Content Access | The Instagram Public Content Access feature allows your app to access Instagram Graph API's Hashtag Search endpoints. Allowed Usage
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Live Video API | The Live Video API feature allows an app to manage live videos to Pages, Groups and User timelines when combined with the correct matching permission. Allowed Usage
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oEmbed Read | The oEmbed Read feature allows your app to get embed HTML and basic metadata for public Facebook and Instagram pages, posts, and videos. Allowed Usage
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Page Mentioning | The Page Mentioning feature allows your app mention any Facebook Page when publishing posts on the Pages managed by your app. Allowed Usage
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Page Public Content Access | The Page Public Content Access feature allows your app access to the Pages Search API and to read public data for Pages for which you lack the pages_read_engagement permission and the pages_read_user_content permission. Readable data includes business metadata, public comments and posts. Allowed Usage
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Page Public Metadata Access | The Page Public Metadata Access feature allows your app access to the Pages Search API and to read public data for Pages for which you lack the public Page fields and the Pages Search API. Allowed Usage
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Threat Exchange | The ThreatExchange feature allows your app to share threat data among a select group of vetted industry partners. Allowed Usage
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Feature | Deprecation Date |
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All Mutual Friends API | October 24th, 2018 |
Profile Expression Kit | September 30th, 2018 |
Optimized Sharing to Messenger | August 1st, 2018 |
Taggable Friends | April 4th, 2018 |
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