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Checking FB Access Token

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Written by Ofir Zodik
Updated over a year ago

Who can Perform this action?

  • Users with access to Secrets Manager at the AWS Management Console

Steps for this action:

  1. Login to the AWS Management Console

  2. In the Search bar, search for Secrets Manager


  3. In the Secrets screen, use the search bar by typing the wanted network name or part of it, and click use: {network_name}


  4. From the results list, choose the secret that's named 'facebook-{network_name}'

  5. At the secret screen, click on 'Retrieve secret value'

  6. From the data that was retrieved, Copy the value that saved for 'access_token'

  7. Go to FB Graph API Explorer, Paste the copied value into the Access Token field, and then hit the 'Submit' button

  8. After committing these 2 actions you will be able the see the access token status of the network:

    1. If you see the user name and ID (same as the image above), the token is clean from restrictions and working fine.

    2. If you see anything else (errors, instructions, etc.), The token is restricted and needs to be reconnected or replaced in order to solve it. (see image below for example)

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