Graph API Version

Page Tabs

This edge allows you create, delete, and reorder Page Tabs.

To ensure tabs lead to high-quality, accurate content, the Page Tabs feature is only available to Pages with 2000 or more likes.

Reading

Get a list of Tab nodes on a Page.

Requirements

You will need the following:

A Page access token requested by a person who can perform the MANAGE task on the Page.
The pages_manage_metadata permission

If a person is not able to perform the task on the Page, you will need the following:

The Pages Public Content Access feature

When using the Page Public Content Access feature, use a system user access token to avoid rate limiting issues.

Feature Permissions

Name	Description
Page Public Content Access	This feature permission may be required.

Example

Graph API Explorer

GET /v10.0/{page-id}/tabs HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com

/* PHP SDK v5.0.0 */
/* make the API call */
try {
  // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object
  $response = $fb->get(
    '/{page-id}/tabs',
    '{access-token}'
  );
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
  echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
  echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
}
$graphNode = $response->getGraphNode();
/* handle the result */

/* make the API call */
FB.api(
    "/{page-id}/tabs",
    function (response) {
      if (response && !response.error) {
        /* handle the result */
      }
    }
);

/* make the API call */
new GraphRequest(
    AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
    "/{page-id}/tabs",
    null,
    HttpMethod.GET,
    new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            /* handle the result */
        }
    }
).executeAsync();

/* make the API call */
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]
                               initWithGraphPath:@"/{page-id}/tabs"
                                      parameters:params
                                      HTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,
                                      id result,
                                      NSError *error) {
    // Handle the result
}];

If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide.

Parameters

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
`tab` list<string>	SELF_EXPLANATORY

tab

list<string>

SELF_EXPLANATORY

Fields

Reading from this edge will return a JSON formatted result:

{
    "data": [],
    "paging": {}
}

`data`

A list of Tab nodes.

`paging`

For more details about pagination, see the Graph API guide.

Error Codes

Error	Description
200	Permissions error
100	Invalid parameter

Creating

Requirements

You will need the following:

A Page access token requested by a person who can perform the MANAGE task on the Page.
The pages_manage_metadata permission

To update a tab's position, perform a POST operation and include the following parameters:

tab="/{page-id}/tabs/{tab-name}"
position={new-position-number}

You can make a POST request to tabs edge from the following paths:

/{page_id}/tabs

When posting to this edge, a Tab will be created.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`app_id` integer	The App ID for custom apps added tabs.
`custom_image_url` URL	URL for an image for this tab app
`custom_name` string	Custom name for this tab
`is_non_connection_landing_tab` boolean	A flag to identify whether the tab is a custom landing tab for viewers who are not already connected to this Page
`position` integer	Where this tab is located in the list of tabs
`tab` string	The Tab key. For default apps which appear on tabs this is a value such as `timeline`. For custom apps this is `app_{app_id}`.

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node to which you POSTed.

Struct {

success: bool,

}

Error Codes

Error	Description
200	Permissions error
100	Invalid parameter
210	User not visible

Updating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.