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Application Restriction Info

Reading

Demographic restrictions for a Facebook App

Example

To get the restriction settings of your app, send a GET request to the /{app-id} endpoint with an App access token:

curl -i -X GET "https://graph.facebook.com/{app-id}?fields=restrictions&access_token={app-access-token}"

On success the following will be returned:

{  "restrictions": {
"age": "21+",
"type": "alcohol"
},
"id": "{app-id}"
}

Parameters

This endpoint doesn't have any parameters.

Fields

FieldDescription
age
string

Age restrictions for the app. Can be one of the following values: 13+, 16+, 17+, 18+, 19+, or 21+

Default
age_distribution
string

Age restrictions by location

Default
location
string

Location restrictions for the app. Facebook uses 2 letter country codes.

Default
type
string

Custom category restrictions for the app. Currently can only be set to alcohol.

Default

Creating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Updating

To update a restriction, use the /{app-id}?restrictions={restrictions-json}&allow_cycle_app_secret=true parameter.

Note: This will invalidate all of your User access tokens. Users will need to log back into your app to restore access.

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.