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Set up a connection to Instagram Ads

Naga Sri Hari Gonaboyina
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Instagram helps users to advertise their business and reach the next customers with precise targeting and actionable insights.

Set up a connection

This video demonstrates creating an Instagram connection.

After you start the connection, you have to configure it in the Create connection panel and must complete all of the required * authentication settings: 

Setting Instructions
Name your connection * Enter a clear and distinguishable name. Throughout integrator.io imports and exports, you will have the option to choose this new connection. A unique identifier will prove helpful later when selecting it from a list of the connections in your account.
OAuth 2.0 client *

Select the OAuth 2.0 client that stores the client ID and client secret provided to you by Instagram ads.
Fetch data How to retrieve the client ID and client secret
To add an OAuth 2.0 client and configure your credentials, click the plus (+) button. Click the edit ( ) button to modify a selected OAuth 2.0 client.
Fetch data How to create OAuth 2.0 client in integrator.io
Scopes *

Scopes are OAuth 2.0 permissions that the Instagram Ads API defines to limit access to your account.
Fetch data How to configure scopes

Tip: This connector documentation describes only the settings shown for the Simple view. For the corresponding HTTP settings, see OAuth 2.0 auth universal connector documentation.

  1. Sign in to your Facebook developer account.
  2. Navigate to My apps.
  3. Click Create app. For more information, see Create an App.
  4. From Select an app type, select Business, and Click Next.
  5. Enter App name and App contact email.
  6. Select Business account.
  7. Read the Policies and click Create app. You will be navigated to the created app page.
  8. Navigate to Settings > Basic.
  9. Copy App ID.
  10. Copy App secret.
  11. Click Save.
  12. From Add products to your app, select Instagram graph API, and click Set up.
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Note: This article is concerned only with the settings needed for creating OAuth 2.0 client for Instagram Ads. For complete field documentation, see Create a new iClient.

At this point, you’re presented with a series of options for providing OAuth 2.0 HTTP authentication.

General section

Name (required): Enter the required iClient name.

Configure OAuth 2.0 section

Client ID (required): Enter client ID (retrieved from the above section).

Client secret (required): Enter client secret (retrieved from the above section).

Grant type (required): Select Authorization code.

Send client credentials via (required): Select Basic auth header.

Authorization URL (required): Enter https://www.facebook.com/v15.0/dialog/oauth.

Access token URL (required): Enter  https://graph.facebook.com/v15.0/oauth/access_token.

Valid domain names (required): Enter facebook.com.

Configure auth token section

Send token via (required): Select HTTP header.

Header name (required): Select Authorization.

Header schema (required): Select Bearer and click Save and close.

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  1. Click Scope.
  2. To access all of the scopes in the API, click the » button.
        – or –
    Check the scopes you want to add and click the > button.
  3. Click Save.

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