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Facebook API: user_feed is empty

So I was very happy when Facebook approved my Chrome Extension app. Basically, it allows you to import your data from facebook into the local_storage in Chrome, then you can easily search your old posts. While it works like a charm for my account, when I switch to another account, login, approve the Facebook request for permissions, my user_feed data is empty. I am at a loss.

I am able to get user info, the image of the user, his/her name, etc. and I am able to retrieve an access token. But, when I make the call to the feed, it comes back empty:

https://graph.facebook.com/me/feed?access_token=EAAcu…&expires_in&limit=50&offset=1&fields=message,likes,story,created_time,link

(I have also tried injecting the ID for “me”). Again, this works great when it’s my FB account (also the developer account). So, I don’t think it is my code, the only thing that changes is the user…

Perhaps it takes a certain amount of time for the Facebook API to work even after Facebook approves your permissions request??

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    Got it. I didn't see this anywhere in the documentation, but in addition to having your app's permissions approved by facebook, you must also include the scope as a query parameter: https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?client_id=${appId}&scope=user_posts&response_type=token&redirect_uri=http://someresponse.com

    If anyone sees this in the documentation, please let me know.


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    Use the Access Token Debugger Tool to see if the access token that you are getting back has user_posts permission listed under “Scopes”. If it is not present, then you cannot use that access token to fetch the user’s feed.

    Note that user_posts permission requires approval prior to usage. If you are not approved, it will only work for people who have admin/developer role in your app.

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