The tap-facebook-pages Meltano extractor pulls data from Facebook Pages that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.

Getting Started #

Prerequisites #

If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:

  1. Install Meltano
  2. Create your Meltano project

Installation and configuration #

Using the Command Line Interface #

  1. Add the tap-facebook-pages extractor to your project using meltano add : 

    meltano add extractor tap-facebook-pages
  2. Configure the settings below using meltano config .

Next steps #

Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:

  1. Select entities and attributes to extract
  2. Add a loader to send data to a destination
  3. Run a data integration (EL) pipeline

If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.

Capabilities #

Settings #

tap-facebook-pages requires the configuration of the following settings:

These and other supported settings are documented below. To quickly find the setting you're looking for, use the Table of Contents at the top of the page.

Page IDs (page_ids) #

A list of page IDs.

See https://www.facebook.com/help/1503421039731588.

How to use #

Manage this setting using meltano config or an environment variable: 

meltano config tap-facebook-pages set page_ids '[...]'

export TAP_FACEBOOK_PAGES_PAGE_IDS='[...]'

Access Token (access_token) #

User access token to authenticate with the API.

See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/access-tokens/#usertokens.

How to use #

Manage this setting using meltano config or an environment variable: 

meltano config tap-facebook-pages set access_token <access_token>

export TAP_FACEBOOK_PAGES_ACCESS_TOKEN=<access_token>

Start Date (start_date) #

The date to start syncing data from.

How to use #

Manage this setting using meltano config or an environment variable: 

meltano config tap-facebook-pages set start_date YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

export TAP_FACEBOOK_PAGES_START_DATE=YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

Looking for help? #

If you're having trouble getting the tap-facebook-pages extractor to work, look for an existing issue in its repository, file a new issue, or join the Meltano Slack community and ask for help in the #plugins-general channel.

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