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ryancey
ryancey

Reputation: 1057

Is it possible to read a secret or closed Facebook group feed with the API?

The Facebook API documentation doesn't clearly state if it's possible to read a secret or closed group feed that the user is a member of, and I didn't succeed no matter the permissions asked. It works with owned groups though (and the user_managed_groups permission).

Permissions

  • Any valid access token for a public group (i.e. the group's privacy setting is OPEN).
  • A user access token for a member of the group.
  • The user_managed_groups permission can be used to read the group content for a group in which the user is an admin. This permission also allows the app to post as the user in the group if the app is also granted the publish_actions permission.
  • An app access token can read posts it published in app and game groups that belong to it.

Does anybody succeeded reading a secret or closed Facebook group feed with the API?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1195

Answers (1)

andyrandy
andyrandy

Reputation: 73984

The user_managed_groups permission can be used to read the group content for a group in which the user is an admin

As long as the user is admin, it should work. Afaik it does not work if you are just a member.

Upvotes: 1

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