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Released April 12, 2016 | Available until July 13, 2018
admin_notes
edge reference docs on the Page node for more information. labels
edge reference docs on the User node for more information. pages_messaging
permission to send and receive messages on behalf of a Page. pages_messaging_phone_number
permission to send messages on behalf of Pages using a phone number as an ID. Live API - Post and manage Live Videos. Access to these endpoints requires approval. Please see our Live API documentation for more information.
Video Node - The following fields have been added. Please see the Video node reference docs for more details.
live_status
. The current broadcast state of the video. Values include: LIVE
, LIVE_STOPPED
, VOD
. If this field is null, it means the video was never broadcast. live_audience_count
- The number of unique viewers who watched the video when it was live. content_tags
- Add tags to a video.is_crossposting_eligible
and crossposted_video_id
field in the Video node and the videos_you_can_use
field on the Page node for more information. The videos_you_can_use
field tells you if a Page owner has granted permission for you to cross-post it Video Insights - The following edge has been added to the Video node:
video_insights
- Contains aggregated video insights from all crossposts across Pages. See the video_insights
edge for more information. We have also added Daily Video Metrics, Minutes Watched, and 10s metrics to insights edge on the Post Node. Webhooks - The following fields have been added. Please see our implementation guide for more information.
messages
- Receive inbound messages.message_deliveries
- Receive delivery confirmations.messaging_optins
- Receive authentiation events.messaging_postbacks
- Receive postback from buttons on Structured Messages.Messenger Plugin - We've added a new web plugin to authenticate people into the Messenger Platform. People can now interact with your business over Messenger. Please see our implementation guide for more information.
Message Us Plugin - We've added a new web plugin to enable people to start a chat directly with a Page. Please see our implementation guide for more information.
Send/Receive API - The Send/Receive API is part of the Messenger Platform. It can be used to send and receive messages between people and Pages. Please see our implementation guide.
likes
field on the Page node has been renamed to fan_count
. publish_actions
permission to have access to the returned post_id
. The post_id
will only be returned if the share generates a story on a person's timeline or in a group. This will take effect on October 11th.Insights - The following metric has been deprecated:
facebook_login_total_users
Device Authentication - The following endpoint has been deprecated:
oauth/device
- This affects devices that use this endpoint to generate access tokens. Please use the device/login
and device/login_status
endpoints instead. See our documentation on logging in with devices for more information. The following Pages Insights have been deprecated. Each of these has been replaced by another way to query a similar set of insights. Please see our documentation on Page Views for more information. The new insights start with the page_views
prefix.
page_visits_by_age_gender_logged_in_unique
page_visits_by_internal_referer_logged_in_unique
page_visits_by_profile_tab_logged_in_unique
page_visits_by_profile_tab_total
page_visits_by_site_logged_in_unique
page_visits_logged_in_total
page_visits_logged_in_unique
page_visits_total