facebook event import not working

[soundnerd]

No results yet for a paid add-on. I sure hope you can solve this.

I am trying to add events from facebook both auto and manual and neither are working. I’ve tried linking to this group’s events which did nothing; https://www.facebook.com/AES.org/events

I tried entering the ID for this event (and all the other events on the AES calendar too) and none worked . It says “does not exist” “valid URL not provided”
https://www.facebook.com/events/647876461933964/

These are listed as ‘public’ events. Can anyone else import them?

I tried deactivating all other plugins with no success.

(and why on earth do you NOT have ics import ability yet? Conversion to csv is not a good solution)

[Brian]

Hi

Sorry for the issues you are having with the Facebook Importer. I can help troubleshoot this with you.

I was able to import the Event above adding just this ID 647876461933964 to the import field on this page:

Events > Import: Facebook

Automatic Imports
For the page you would like to import events from you must only add the page id or name to the Automatic Facebook field on this page:

Events > Settings > Facebook Tab

In this case add just page name:

AES.org

To this field:

“Organization and page usernames / IDs to fetch events from”

I was able to import events after adding the id so all the events look good.

I would encourage you to look at your New User Primer for Facebook as it shows exactly how to add the page ids and event ids for import.

https://theeventscalendar.com/support/documentation/facebook-importer-new-user-primer/

Also, we are working on the ics importer, but it is not ready yet to be released.

Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

Thanks

[soundnerd]

It appears it was a mistake on my part with incorrect facebook app ID. Working now

[Brian]

I am glad to see you were able to fix this issue.

Since the issue is resolved I am going to go ahead and close this ticket. If you have a similar issue or another in the future, please do not hesitate to create a new ticket.

Thanks!

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