The following content is from the Meta App Development documentation. Please refer to the Development documentation to learn more about the Meta App Development process.
This document shows you how to create and customize a Meta app that allows your app users to publish posts, share stories, respond to comments, answer direct messages and more with the Pages API.
This guide assumes that you have read and implemented the requirements for creating an app with Meta.
There are a number of ways to create an app.
Add the following details about your app:
Click Next to save your app's details.
If you're building an app for a business you own or manage, you aren't required to connect a business to your app.
If you're a Tech Provider, you're building an app that will be serving clients or other business portfolios, you're required to connect your app to a business that has completed both Access and Business Verification before you can publish your app.
However, you can connect a business now or at any time during the development process.
Learn more about Access and Business Verification.
Your app may need to complete certain requirements to publish your app and maintain data access. These requirements will be listed, if applicable, with a link to the use case triggering the requirement and link to learn more about each requirement.
Click Next.
This step allows you to review the following:
The Meta Platform Terms and Developer Policies are linked here for you to review.
Click Go to dashboard.
When your app is created you will be redirected to your app's dashboard to further customize your app.
business_management
pages_show_list
public_profile
If you are implementing Facebook Login for Business in your app, follow these steps.
Use the Quickstart to add Facebook Login for Business to your app.
This optional feature of Facebook Login for Business allows you to create multiple configurations and present them to different sets of users. Configurations allow you to choose:
If you are finished customizing the use cases for this app follow these steps. You can add more use cases later, but that might require additional reviews and requirements.
The Dashboard is replaced with a list of required actions, if applicable, rate limit information for your app, and the use cases on your app.
If your app needs to access business data owned by other business portfolios to provide services or functionality to those businesses, you must become a Tech Provider. This option will require additional data questions and approval through App Review before publishing.
Congratulations on completing your app!
Visit the following to learn more about the app development process: