# How to get a Facebook Messenger API for automating data archiving?

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/how-to-get-a-facebook-messenger-api-for-automating-data-archiving/64932>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** api, connections\
**Created:** [December 27, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-get-a-facebook-messenger-api-for-automating-data-archiving/64932 "2024-12-27T14:31:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grace\_Ogunbowale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grace\_Ogunbowale](https://community.make.com/u/Grace_Ogunbowale)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-get-a-facebook-messenger-api-for-automating-data-archiving/64932/1 "2024-12-27T14:31:40Z")

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### What are you trying to achieve?

Create two automations for seamless conversation and audio archiving at the end of each workday. These automations will monitor Facebook Messenger interactions and RingCentral audio activity to consolidate and archive data in an organized manner. how do i get an API for facebook Messenger?

### Steps taken so far

none yet

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**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-get-a-facebook-messenger-api-for-automating-data-archiving/64932/2 "2024-12-28T13:04:25Z")

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Welcome to the Make community!

According to [https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/),

> To send messages to a person on Messenger or Instagram, the conversation must be initiated by that person.

For more information, see [https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/)

I would suggest completing the **Make Academy** before jumping into building a complete scenario. If you need **specific assistance** when you are **building a scenario** it’s easier to help you then. Otherwise, you can also **hire a professional** by posting a request in the #Hire a Pro category.

Here are some useful links and guides you can use to learn more on how to use the Make platform, apps, and app modules. I found these useful when I was learning Make, and hope they might benefit you too —

### Getting Started

- [Help Centre](https://www.make.com/en/help) | [Tutorials](https://www.make.com/en/help/tutorials.html) – Make “Manual”
- [Make Academy](https://academy.make.com) – Basics 101: Learn Make and get certified

### Help Centre Basics

- [Mapping](https://www.make.com/en/help/mapping/mapping) – What is mapping? What can I map?
- [Mapping with arrays](https://www.make.com/en/help/mapping/mapping-arrays) – How to map items in an array
- [Aggregate an array for mapping complex fields](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/flow-control#customizing-the-output)
- **Date Format** : [tokens for `parseDate`](https://www.make.com/en/help/functions/tokens-for-date-time-parsing) | [tokens for `formatDate`](https://www.make.com/en/help/functions/tokens-for-date-time-formatting)
- [HTTP modules](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/http) – Make a request, Get (download) a file
- [Webhooks](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/webhooks) – Error Handling, Responding to webhooks

### Articles & Videos

- [Router Magic Formula](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q-5BsCtJu4) - YouTube
- [Error Handlers in Make](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRE9E-rAD8U10mx2TRs54Nq1XJDdK9Kx4) - YouTube playlist
- [Getting started with OpenAI](https://community.make.com/t/getting-started-with-openai-gpt-3-and-make/7796) - How to setup and use OpenAI (ChatGPT) in Make
- [How to use Regex in Make](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-use-regex-in-make/202) - How to use pattern matching to extract the text you want
- [Webhooks – Make Academy](https://academy.make.com/courses/IntermediateC04) – tutorial on how to use Webhooks

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the [Make Academy](https://academy.make.com) will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-get-a-facebook-messenger-api-for-automating-data-archiving/64932/3 "2025-03-27T14:46:43Z")

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