Facebook Messenger API “URL COULD NOT BE VALIDATED”

Question

I\'m trying to setup the Facebook messenger API and I\'m getting this error when I attempt to add the WebHook:

The URL couldn\'t be validated. Callback ve

Answer 1

Was trying to setup FB messenger webhook with a strong verify token. Somewhat like this: o\/ERviEE\/vt0|

The same is been verified in the code:

req.query['hub.verify_token'] === 'o\/ERviEE\/vt0|

However, the value received from FB is: o\\/ERviEE\\/vt0|

This is strange. There seems to be no document reference as such which talks about how Facebook escapes special characters for verify tokens or alike. Not sure if this happens for other entities as well.

Conclusion: need to be a little bit cautious when using special characters for verify tokens.

Because, Facebook escapes special characters for webhooks' verify tokens.