How do I update FB Status using Python & GraphAPI?

Question

This question has been asked before, but many of the solutions have been deprecated and the requirement of GraphAPI seems to have rendered many solutions irrelevant. I have

Answer 1

This is how I got it to work. You absolutely don't need to create any app for this. I'll describe how to post status updates to your profile and to a facebook page of yours.

First, to post a status update to your profile:

Go to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer.
You'll see a textbox with Access Token written before it. Click on the button 'Get Access Token' beside this textbox. It will open a pop up asking you for various permissions for the access token. Basically these permissions define what all you can do through the Graph API using this token. Check the tick boxes beside all the permissions you need one of which will be updating your status.
Now go ahead and install the facepy module. Best way would be to use pip install.
After this pase the following code snippet in any .py file:

from facepy import GraphAPI

access_token = 'YOUR_GENERATED_ACCESS_TOKEN'
apiConnection = GraphAPI(access_token)
apiConnection.post(path='me/feed',
                            message='YOUR_DESIRED_STATUS_UPDATE_HERE')

Now execute this .py file the standard python way and check your facebook. You should see YOUR_DESIRED_STATUS_UPDATE_HERE posted to your facebook profile.

Next, to do the same thing with a facebook page of yours:

The procedure is almost exactly the same except for generating your access token.
Now you can't use the same access token to post to your facebook page. You need to generate a new one, which might be a little tricky for someone new to the Graph API. Here's what you need to do:

Go to the same developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer page.

Find a dropdown showing 'Graph API Explorer' and click on it. From the dropdown, select your page you want to post updates from. Generate a new access token for this page. The process is described here: . Do not forget to check the manage_pages permission in the extended permissions tab.

Now use this token in the same code as you used earlier and run it.

Go to your facebook page. You should YOUR_DESIRED_STATUS_UPDATE posted to your page.

Hope this helps!