Marketing API
Graph API Version

Ad Account Adspixels

Reading

ad account to ads pixels edge

Example

Graph API Explorer
GET /v24.0/<PIXEL_ID>/?fields=code 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(
    '/<PIXEL_ID>/?fields=code',
    '{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(
    "/<PIXEL_ID>/",
    {
        "fields": "code"
    },
    function (response) {
      if (response && !response.error) {
        /* handle the result */
      }
    }
);
Bundle params = new Bundle();
params.putString("fields", "code");
/* make the API call */
new GraphRequest(
    AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
    "/<PIXEL_ID>/",
    params,
    HttpMethod.GET,
    new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            /* handle the result */
        }
    }
).executeAsync();
NSDictionary *params = @{
  @"fields": @"code",
};
/* make the API call */
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]
                               initWithGraphPath:@"/<PIXEL_ID>/"
                                      parameters:params
                                      HTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,
                                      id result,
                                      NSError *error) {
    // Handle the result
}];
curl -X GET -G \
  -d 'fields="code"' \
  -d 'access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>' \
  https://graph.facebook.com/v24.0/<PIXEL_ID>/
If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide.

Parameters

This endpoint doesn't have any parameters.

Fields

Reading from this edge will return a JSON formatted result:

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

data

A list of AdsPixel nodes.

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

Default

Error Codes

ErrorDescription
200Permissions error
190Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token
80004There have been too many calls to this ad-account. Wait a bit and try again. For more info, please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/overview/rate-limiting#ads-management.
100Invalid parameter

Creating

You can make a POST request to adspixels edge from the following paths:
When posting to this edge, an AdsPixel will be created.

Example

Graph API Explorer
POST /v24.0/act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/adspixels HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com

name=My+WCA+Pixel
/* PHP SDK v5.0.0 */
/* make the API call */
try {
  // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object
  $response = $fb->post(
    '/act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/adspixels',
    array (
      'name' => 'My WCA Pixel',
    ),
    '{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(
    "/act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/adspixels",
    "POST",
    {
        "name": "My WCA Pixel"
    },
    function (response) {
      if (response && !response.error) {
        /* handle the result */
      }
    }
);
Bundle params = new Bundle();
params.putString("name", "My WCA Pixel");
/* make the API call */
new GraphRequest(
    AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
    "/act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/adspixels",
    params,
    HttpMethod.POST,
    new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            /* handle the result */
        }
    }
).executeAsync();
NSDictionary *params = @{
  @"name": @"My WCA Pixel",
};
/* make the API call */
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]
                               initWithGraphPath:@"/act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/adspixels"
                                      parameters:params
                                      HTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,
                                      id result,
                                      NSError *error) {
    // Handle the result
}];
curl -X POST \
  -F 'name="My WCA Pixel"' \
  -F 'access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>' \
  https://graph.facebook.com/v24.0/act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/adspixels
If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
name
string

Name of the pixel

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
6202More than one pixel exist for this account
6200A pixel already exists for this account
100Invalid parameter
200Permissions error

Updating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.