Messenger Platform

Broadcast API Reference

On October 29, 2019 we announced a breaking change. That all broadcast API will stop working on March 4th, 2020. Matching the deprecation date set by the policy update shared on August 29, 2019.

We recommend apps to migrate to the new policy and migrate to use the Send API as soon as possible.

The Messenger Platform's Broadcast API allows you to broadcast a message to everyone that currently has an open conversation with your Page or a custom set of people.

The broadcast message is displayed on the Page inbox only when a user replies in a thread.

For more information on using the Broadcast API, see Broadcasting Messages to Multiple Conversations.

Permissions

A page access token with pages_messaging permission is required to interact with this endpoint. Also the Page must have been approved for Subscription Messaging feature. See Page Subscription Messaging

Apps in Development Mode, are restricted to message people that have a role in the app. Additionally Pages in unpublished status will only be allowed to message people with a role on the Page.

Contents

Request URI

Create Message Creative

https://graph.facebook.com/v5.0/me/message_creatives?access_token=<PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN>

Send Broadcast

https://graph.facebook.com/v5.0/me/broadcast_messages?access_token=<PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN>

Example Request

Create Message Creative

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{    
  "messages": [
    {
      "attachment":{
        "type":"template",
        "payload":{
          "template_type":"generic",
          "elements":[
             {
              "title":"Welcome to Our Marketplace!",
              "image_url":"https://www.facebook.com/jaspers.png",
              "subtitle":"Fresh fruits and vegetables. Yum.",
              "buttons":[
                {
                  "type":"web_url",
                  "url":"https://www.jaspersmarket.com",
                  "title":"View Website"
                }              
              ]      
            }
          ]
        }       
      }
    }
  ]
}' "https://graph.facebook.com/v5.0/me/message_creatives?access_token=<PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

Send Broadcast

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{    
  "message_creative_id": <MESSAGE_CREATIVE_ID>,
  "notification_type": "SILENT_PUSH",
  "messaging_type": "MESSAGE_TAG",
  "tag": "NON_PROMOTIONAL_SUBSCRIPTION"
}' "https://graph.facebook.com/v5.0/me/broadcast_messages?access_token=<PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

Properties

Create Message Creative

Property Type Description

messages

Array

The messages to send.


For information on supported message types, see Broadcasting Messages.

Send Broadcast

Property Type Description

message_creative_id

Integer

The message_creative_id of the message creative to send in the broadcast. Each message creative can only be sent once.

notification_type

String

Optional. Push notification type:

  • REGULAR: sound/vibration
  • SILENT_PUSH: on-screen notification only
  • NO_PUSH: no notification

Defaults to REGULAR.

messaging_type

String

Must be set to MESSAGE_TAG

tag

String

Must be set to NON_PROMOTIONAL_SUBSCRIPTION

Response

Create Message Creative

{
  "message_creative_id": 938461089,
}
Property Type Description

message_creative_id

Integer

The unique ID of the message creative.

Send Sponsored Message

{
  "broadcast_id": 827  
}
Property Type Description

broadcast_id

Integer

The unique ID of the sent broadcast.

Audience Limits

Broadcast API reach is limited to 10,000 recipients per message. Depending on the audience size, messages might not be sent all at once.

To avoid hitting this limit the suggestion is to target smaller audiences by using Targeting Broadcast Messages.

Call Rate Limits

Calls to the broadcast API are rate limited to 10 calls per 60 seconds per page; calls that exceed this rate will fail with error code 613.