Facebook Messenger API: Trouble setting up a webhook

javascript php facebook webhooks facebook-messenger

I came across a fix. I scrapped my js attempt and created a new php file with the following code:

<?php$challenge = $_REQUEST['hub_challenge'];$verify_token = $_REQUEST['hub_verify_token'];if ($verify_token === 'my_token_code') {echo $challenge;}

javascript php facebook webhooks facebook-messenger

That code is node.js code and should be run on the server not in a <script> tag in your HTML.

Here's a simple walk through of setting up the messenger bot with node.js:https://github.com/voronianski/simon-le-bottle

Essentially you need to make sure you have a host that supports node.js applications and run it as such. It will not work inside of HTML.

javascript php facebook webhooks facebook-messenger

Not sure if this help, but the query parameters that FB send are with underscore not dot e.g. :

P.S.

Sorry, this is valid for PHP

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