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# Facebook Graph API
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[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/) is a social networking site that makes it easy to connect and share with family and friends online.
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!!! note "🔑 Credentials"
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You can find authentication information for this node [here](/integrations/credentials/facebookGraph/).
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## Basic operations
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**Default**
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- GET
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- POST
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- DELETE
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**Video Uploads**
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- GET
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- POST
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- DELETE
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### Parameters
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* **Host URL**: The host URL for the request. The following options are available:
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* **Default**: Requests are passed to the `graph.facebook.com` host URL. Used for the majority of requests.
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* **Video**: Requests are passed to the `graph-video.facebook.com` host URL. Used for video upload requests only.
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* **HTTP Request Method**: The method to be used for this request, from the following options:
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* **GET**
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* **POST**
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* **DELETE**
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* **Graph API Version**: The version of the [Facebook Graph API](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/changelog) to be used for this request.
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* **Node**: The node on which to operate, for example `/<page-id>/feed`. Read more about it in the [official Facebook Developer documentation](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/using-graph-api).
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* **Edge**: Edge of the node on which to operate. Edges represent collections of objects which are attached to the node.
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* **Ignore SSL Issues**: Toggle to still download the response even if SSL certificate validation is not possible.
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* **Send Binary Data**: Available for `POST` operations. If enabled binary data is sent as the body. Requires setting the following:
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* **Binary Property**: Name of the binary property which contains the data for the file to be uploaded.
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## Example usage
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This workflow allows you to retrieve the first and last name of a profile on Facebook. You can also find the [workflow](https://n8n.io/workflows/514) on the website. This example usage workflow would use the following two nodes.
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- [Start](/integrations/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.start/)
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- [Facebook Graph API]()
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The final workflow should look like the following image.
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### 1. Start node
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The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.
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### 2. Facebook Graph API node
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1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Facebook Graph API node. You can find out how to do that [here](/integrations/credentials/facebookGraph/).
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2. Enter `me` in the *Node* field.
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3. Click on the *Add Option* button and select 'Fields' from the dropdown list.
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4. Click on the *Add Field* button and enter `first_name` in the *Name* field.
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5. Click on the *Add Field* button and enter `last_name` in the *Name* field.
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6. Click on *Execute Node* to run the workflow.
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