Like any other development platform, it is important to have the right tools when developing for the Messenger Platform. Here is a short list of links to resources you may find useful as you get started.
Need help? Check out our developer community group! More than 45,000 members are here to help debug, answer questions, and share their experiences. We also share announcements on this group.
Join the Community →Introduced in 2019. A Q&A forum to get your implementation questions answered. Also don't be afraid to answer other developers questions and give back to the community.
Go to the forum →If you think you found a Platform bug, report it to us! we want to fix it
Report a Bug →Library of video content with walkthroughs, best practices and recorded events.
Browse videos →Do you rather get set up with one of our Messenger partners. They can help accelerate the results you get via Messenger
Messenger Directory →The Graph API Explorer is a simple UI for testing GET, POST, and DELETE Graph API requests. You can also generate access tokens for specific apps and Pages associated with your Facebook account.
Think your access token has expired? Not sure if it has the right permissions? Run it through the access token debugger to see all the metadata associated with the token.
Open the Debugger →Experiencing issues with the Graph API or other parts of the Facebook Platform? Check the FB Platform status page first to see if there is an outage or known issue.
Check Platform Status →There are many ways to integrate Facebook login into your Messenger Platform experience. For those looking to build a service provider on the Platform, request the manage_pages scope to get access to make API calls on behalf of a Page.