Facebook Connector 12.12

# Retrieve Information from a Facebook Page

To retrieve information from a Facebook page, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs fetch tasks automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

To create a new fetch task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=FacebookPage

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=FacebookPage

       [FacebookPage]

5. In the new section, ensure that you have set the parameters required to authenticate with Facebook. The OAuth configuration tool (described in Configure OAuth Authentication) creates a file that contains these parameters, and you can include them in the connector's configuration file using the following syntax:

       [FacebookPage] < "oauth.cfg" [OAUTH]

   For more information about including parameters from another file, see Include an External Configuration File

6. In the new section, set the following configuration parameters:

   `ProxyHost` | The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use to access Facebook.
   `ProxyPort` | The port of the proxy server to use to access Facebook.
   `LuaConfigureScript` | The name of the Lua script to use to retrieve information. Set this parameter to `configure_facebook.lua`.
   `PageID` | The page from which you want to retrieve data. You can extract the page ID from the page URL.

   For a complete list of configuration parameters that you can use to customize the task, refer to the Facebook Connector Reference.

7. Save and close the configuration file.

   You can now start the connector.

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Version 12.12 | Last updated June 2022

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Product: IDOL Facebook Connector 12.12

Topic Title: Retrieve Information from a Facebook Page