Graph API Version

User Accounts

The Facebook Pages that a person owns or is able to perform tasks on.

Reading

Pages the User has a role on

New Page Experience

This endpoint is supported for New Page Experience.

Example

Graph API Explorer
GET /v21.0/{user-id}/accounts HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com
/* PHP SDK v5.0.0 */
/* make the API call */
try {
  // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object
  $response = $fb->get(
    '/{user-id}/accounts',
    '{access-token}'
  );
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
  echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
  echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
}
$graphNode = $response->getGraphNode();
/* handle the result */
/* make the API call */
FB.api(
    "/{user-id}/accounts",
    function (response) {
      if (response && !response.error) {
        /* handle the result */
      }
    }
);
/* make the API call */
new GraphRequest(
    AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
    "/{user-id}/accounts",
    null,
    HttpMethod.GET,
    new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            /* handle the result */
        }
    }
).executeAsync();
/* make the API call */
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]
                               initWithGraphPath:@"/{user-id}/accounts"
                                      parameters:params
                                      HTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,
                                      id result,
                                      NSError *error) {
    // Handle the result
}];
If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
is_place
boolean

If specified,filter pages based on whetherthey are places or not

is_promotable
boolean

If specified, filter pages based on whether they can be promoted or not

Fields

Reading from this edge will return a JSON formatted result:

{ "data": [], "paging": {}, "summary": {} }

data

A list of Page nodes.

The following fields will be added to each node that is returned:

FieldDescription
tasks
list<enum>

The User's tasks assigned to the Page.

paging

For more details about pagination, see the Graph API guide.

summary

Aggregated information about the edge, such as counts. Specify the fields to fetch in the summary param (like summary=total_count).

FieldDescription
total_count
int32

Total number of objects on this edge

Error Codes

ErrorDescription
459The session is invalid because the user has been checkpointed
190Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token
100Invalid parameter
200Permissions error
368The action attempted has been deemed abusive or is otherwise disallowed
80002There have been too many calls to this Instagram account. Wait a bit and try again. For more info, please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/overview/rate-limiting.
80001There have been too many calls to this Page account. Wait a bit and try again. For more info, please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/overview/rate-limiting.
483The session is invalid because the user is in consent app blocking
104Incorrect signature
283That action requires the extended permission pages_read_engagement and/or pages_read_user_content and/or pages_manage_ads and/or pages_manage_metadata

Creating

This API lets you create Facebook pages.

Permissions

  • A User access token with pages_manage_metadata and pages_show_list permissions.
  • The category_enum parameter with a Page Category.
  • Other requirements vary depending on the type of page you are creating but may require the following parameters: name, about, picture, and cover_photo.

Note: When setting the locale, at least one, city_id, location, or coordinates, is required. Caveats:

  • city_id and location can not be used together
  • city_id and coordinates can be used together however the coordinates must be within the city selected
  • location and coordinates can be used together however the coordinates must be within the location selected

Limitations

  • You can only create a Page as a test user or if your app has been allowlisted by your Facebook representative.

You can make a POST request to accounts edge from the following paths:
When posting to this edge, no Graph object will be created.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
about
UTF-8 encoded string

Short description

address
UTF-8 encoded string

Address

category_enum
string

Page category (enum). See Pages Categories API docs.

category_list
list<numeric string>

List of categories

city_id
city id

City ID

coordinates
JSON-encoded coordinate list

Coordinates

cover_photo
Object

Cover photo

url
URL

Required
offset_y
integer
Default value: 50

offset_x
integer
Default value: 50

focus_y
float

focus_x
float

zoom_scale_x
float

zoom_scale_y
float

no_feed_story
boolean
Default value: false

no_notification
boolean
Default value: false

description
UTF-8 encoded string

Description

ignore_coordinate_warnings
boolean

If ignore warnings generated in coordination validation (bool)

location
Object

This defines the location for this page. This is required if location_page_id is not specified, or if the Page referenced by the location_page_id doesn't have a valid value for the field. The dictionary must include the keys either city_id or all of city, state, and country (but state is optional if the address is not in the U.S.).

city
string

state
string

country
string

name
UTF-8 encoded string

Page name

Required
phone
UTF-8 encoded string

Phone

picture
URL

Profile picture

website
URL

Website

zip
string

Zipcode

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node represented by id in the return type.
Struct {
id: numeric string,
}

Error Codes

ErrorDescription
200Permissions error
100Invalid parameter
152Invalid page type
194Missing at least one required parameter
3950The system creation is throttled.
283That action requires the extended permission pages_read_engagement and/or pages_read_user_content and/or pages_manage_ads and/or pages_manage_metadata
104Incorrect signature
190Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token

Updating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.