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Test script publishing posts to a Facebook page
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import express from "express"; | |
import fetch from "node-fetch"; | |
const app = express(); | |
app.use(express.json()); | |
// Load environment variables | |
const { | |
FB_PAGE_ID, | |
FB_ACCESS_TOKEN, | |
PORT = 8080 | |
} = process.env; | |
// Endpoint to receive messages | |
app.post("/publish", async (req, res) => { | |
try { | |
const message = req.body.message || "System generated message"; | |
// Build the Graph API URL | |
const url = `https://graph.facebook.com/${FB_PAGE_ID}/feed`; | |
// Send request to Facebook | |
const response = await fetch(url, { | |
method: "POST", | |
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, | |
body: JSON.stringify({ | |
message, | |
access_token: FB_ACCESS_TOKEN | |
}) | |
}); | |
const data = await response.json(); | |
if (!response.ok) { | |
console.error("Error posting to Facebook:", data); | |
return res.status(500).json({ error: data }); | |
} | |
res.json({ success: true, postId: data.id }); | |
} catch (err) { | |
console.error("Unexpected error:", err); | |
res.status(500).json({ error: "Internal server error" }); | |
} | |
}); | |
// Endpoint to receive messages with photos | |
app.post("/publish-photos", async (req, res) => { | |
try { | |
const message = req.body.message || "System generated message"; | |
const photoUrls = req.body.urls; | |
if (!Array.isArray(photoUrls) || photoUrls.length === 0) { | |
return res.status(400).json({ error: "Missing 'urls' array of photo URLs" }); | |
} | |
const uploadUrl = `https://graph.facebook.com/${FB_PAGE_ID}/photos`; | |
// Step 1: Upload all photos unpublished | |
const mediaFbids = []; | |
for (const photoUrl of photoUrls) { | |
const params = new URLSearchParams(); | |
params.append("url", photoUrl); | |
params.append("published", "false"); | |
params.append("access_token", FB_ACCESS_TOKEN); | |
const response = await fetch(uploadUrl, { | |
method: "POST", | |
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" }, | |
body: params.toString() | |
}); | |
const data = await response.json(); | |
if (!response.ok) { | |
console.error("Error uploading photo:", data); | |
return res.status(500).json({ error: data }); | |
} | |
mediaFbids.push(data.id); | |
} | |
// Step 2: Publish post with attached media | |
const feedUrl = `https://graph.facebook.com/${FB_PAGE_ID}/feed`; | |
const params = new URLSearchParams(); | |
params.append("message", message); | |
params.append("access_token", FB_ACCESS_TOKEN); | |
mediaFbids.forEach((id, index) => { | |
params.append(`attached_media[${index}]`, JSON.stringify({ media_fbid: id })); | |
}); | |
const postResponse = await fetch(feedUrl, { | |
method: "POST", | |
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" }, | |
body: params.toString() | |
}); | |
const postData = await postResponse.json(); | |
if (!postResponse.ok) { | |
console.error("Error creating multi-photo post:", postData); | |
return res.status(500).json({ error: postData }); | |
} | |
res.json({ success: true, postId: postData.id, photos: mediaFbids }); | |
} catch (err) { | |
console.error("Unexpected error:", err); | |
res.status(500).json({ error: "Internal server error" }); | |
} | |
}); | |
app.listen(PORT, () => { | |
console.log(`Service listening on port ${PORT}`); | |
}); |
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