Subscriptions Edge

You can use the Graph API's /app/subscriptions edge to configure and manage your app's Webhooks product. Refer to our /app/subscriptions documentation to see which operations you can perform with this edge, and any permissions they require. This document only covers a few common operations.

Creating Subscriptions

To subscribe to an object and its fields, send a POST request to the /app/subscriptions edge and include the following parameters:

• object — The type of object you want to set up field subscriptions for (e.g., user).
• callback_url — Your endpoint's URL.
• verify_token — A string that we will include whenever we send you a verification request.
• fields — The fields you want to subscribe to (e.g., photos).

For example, if your app's ID were 188559381496048 and you want to be notified when your app's user publish a new photo, you could do this:

Sample Request

curl -F "object=user" \
     -F "callback_url=https://your-clever-domain-name.com/webhooks" \
     -F "fields=photos" \
     -F "verify_token=your-verify-token" \
     -F "access_token=your-app-access-token" \
     "https://graph.facebook.com/188559381496048/subscriptions"

Sample Response

If successful:

{
  "success": "true"
}

Getting Subscription Information

To see the object and field subscriptions that you have set up for your app, send a GET request the /app/subscriptions edge. For example, if your app's ID were 188559381496048, you could do this:

Sample Request

GET graph.facebook.com/188559381496048/subscriptions

Sample Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "user",
      "callback_url": "https://your-clever-domain-name.com/webhooks",
      "active": true,
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "photos",
          "version": "v2.10"
        },
        {
          "name": "feed",
          "version": "v2.10"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}