Minipostiz Facebook Setup

minipostiz-cli — Facebook Setup

minipostiz-cli posts to Facebook Pages (not personal profiles — the Graph API doesn't support personal timeline posts). You need a Page Access Token and the Page ID.

What you need

Step 1 — Create a Facebook App

1. Go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps → Create App
2. Choose "Authenticate and request data from users" use case (Consumer type) → Next
   • ⚠️ Do NOT pick Business type — it won't show pages_manage_posts in Graph Explorer
3. Fill in app name and contact email → Create App

Step 2 — Add Pages permissions via Use Cases

The new Facebook developer dashboard (2024+) uses use cases instead of individual permission requests:

1. In your app dashboard → click "Customize the Manage everything on your Page use case"
2. Add the following permissions to that use case:
   • pages_manage_posts
   • pages_read_engagement
3. Save — these are available in development mode without App Review for pages you admin

Note: There is no longer an "App Review → Permissions and Features" link in the dashboard. The use case customization screen is the replacement.

Step 3 — Get your Page Access Token

Via Graph API Explorer (recommended):

1. Go to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/
2. Select your app in the Application dropdown
3. Click the blue Generate Access Token button (opens a Facebook Login popup — NOT "Get App Token")
4. In the Permissions list, add pages_manage_posts and pages_read_engagement
5. Authorize → in the User or Page dropdown → switch to your Page (e.g. "Savoie Tech")
6. Copy the Page Access Token shown

Get your Page ID and a proper Page Token via curl (alternative):

# Use the User token to list all pages you manage + their page tokens
curl "https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0/me/accounts?access_token=YOUR_USER_TOKEN"
# Response includes each page's id and access_token — use those directly

Get a long-lived token (60 days instead of ~1 hour):

curl "https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0/oauth/access_token?\
  grant_type=fb_exchange_token&\
  client_id=YOUR_APP_ID&\
  client_secret=YOUR_APP_SECRET&\
  fb_exchange_token=YOUR_SHORT_LIVED_PAGE_TOKEN"

Step 4 — Store in minipostiz-cli

minipostiz auth --platform facebook \
  --pageAccessToken "YOUR_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  --pageId "123456789012345"

# Or via supercli
sc minipostiz auth set-facebook \
  --pageAccessToken "YOUR_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  --pageId "123456789012345"

Step 5 — Test

minipostiz auth verify --platform facebook
minipostiz publish --platform facebook --message "Hello from minipostiz-cli"

Troubleshooting

Token lifetime

• Short-lived Page Token: ~1-2 hours
• Long-lived Page Token: ~60 days (use the exchange flow above)
• Never-expiring Page Token: possible for some page roles — check Meta docs

Re-generating tokens

When your token expires, repeat Step 3 (Graph API Explorer) and update:

minipostiz auth --platform facebook \
  --pageAccessToken "NEW_TOKEN" \
  --pageId "YOUR_PAGE_ID"