Retrieving Facebook lead ads using ASP.NET Web API and Graph API Web-hooks
ASP.NET way of retrieving Facebook Lead Ad data
Prerequisites
- Facebook developer account
- Visual Studio 2015 or higher
Web API Implementation
Create a standard ASP.Net MVC Web API solution, add a API Controller and name it as WebhooksController.cs finally copy the below code.
Compile and host the Web API in your server ( Note: SSL Certificate is mandatory. Facebook accept only HTTPS URL)
- When an lead ad is generated Facebook will post the below data to the Web API’s Post action.
Sample data generated when a lead ad is generated
Facebook App & Web-hook Configuration
- Navigate to https://developers.facebook.com
- Choose Add a New App from the My Apps pull-down menu
Creating new app
- Provide the display name, contact email address and click Create App ID
Creating Facebook app id
- Navigate to Add Product and setup Webhook
Add product
Setup Facebook webhook
- Select Page from the pull-down menu and click Subscribe to this topic
Subscription
- Provide the callback URL (Note: SSL is mandatory), Verification Token and click Verify and Save
Update subscription
- On successful verification you will be prompted with a list of available subscriptions. From the list subscribe to Leadgen
Available subscriptions
Subscription confirmation
Testing
- Click Test button in the leadgen subscription
Creating test
- Facebook will open-up a popup with sample data, click Send to My Server button.
Test data
- If there is any valid method like sending email, writing to database etc is implemented in the API post will get executed.
Complete source code can be downloaded here
[somaraj/Facebook-ASP.NET-Webhook
Facebook-ASP.NET-Webhook - Retrieving facebook leads using ASP.NET Web API and Graph API Webhooksgithub.com](https://github.com/somaraj/Facebook-ASP.NET-Webhook "https://github.com/somaraj/Facebook-ASP.NET-Webhook")