Welcome to the Lazy template guide for fetching comments from a Facebook post using the Facebook API. This template is designed to help you quickly set up an application that can retrieve comments from a specific Facebook post. It's perfect for social media managers, marketers, or developers who need to analyze engagement on their Facebook pages.
To begin using this template, simply click on "Start with this Template" on the Lazy platform. This will pre-populate the code in the Lazy Builder interface, so you won't need to copy, paste, or delete any code manually.
Before you can fetch comments from Facebook, you'll need to set up an environment secret for your Facebook access token. This token is required to authenticate your requests to the Facebook API.
pages_read_engagement
, pages_manage_metadata
, and pages_read_user_content
.FACEBOOK_ACCESS_TOKEN
and paste your generated access token as the value.With your environment secret set, you're ready to test the application. Press the "Test" button on the Lazy platform. This will deploy your app and launch the Lazy CLI.
After pressing the "Test" button, if the application requires any user input, the Lazy CLI will prompt you to provide it. For this template, you will need to enter the Facebook post ID for which you want to fetch comments.
Once the app is running, Lazy will provide you with a dedicated server link to use the API. Additionally, since this app uses FastAPI, you will also receive a link to the API documentation. This documentation will guide you on how to make requests to your new endpoint and fetch comments from a Facebook post.
After successfully fetching comments, you may want to integrate this functionality into your existing systems or frontend applications. Here's how you can do that:
/fetch-comments/
endpoint from your frontend or service.Here's a sample request you might make from another application:
POST /fetch-comments/ HTTP/1.1<br>
Host: [Your Lazy Server Link]<br>
Content-Type: application/json<br>
<br>
{<br>
"post_id": "1234567890123456"<br>
}
And a sample response you might receive:
{<br>
"data": [<br>
{<br>
"from": {<br>
"name": "User Name",<br>
"id": "1234567890"<br>
},<br>
"message": "This is a comment!",<br>
"id": "0987654321"<br>
},<br>
...<br>
],<br>
"paging": { ... },<br>
"summary": { ... }<br>
}
By following these steps, you can seamlessly integrate the Fetch Facebook Post Comments app into your workflow, allowing you to gather valuable insights from your Facebook audience.