Facebook import with events agregator in the event scalendar

[mondiale]

the facebook import always crashes or failes with and without http
how can i fix this
at the moment we export to ical and then import but we´re loosing information on the way

thanks
corinna

[juanfra]

Hi Corinne,

Thank you for reaching out! I’m sorry to hear that.

Facebook recently announced a range of changes to their APIs (the protocols we use to ‘speak’ to their servers and retrieve event information) which are having an effect on a number of our users.

theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/ea-fb-privacy-policy — Updated on April 11

As a result, some Facebook imports that previously worked are not currently possible. Further details can be found in the above-linked article, which we will update as the situation develops.

In the meantime, can you provide me with an example of one of the URLs that you are having difficulties with?

Let me know if you have any other questions in the meantime!

Thanks,

Juan.

[mondiale]

hi juan

thanks for your reply
unfortunatly i dont know how a runnig fb import looks like
does it import the pics as well?
that would be great

how do you import all the events one person or page is attending anyhow
the page would be https://www.facebook.com/wasgehtmagazin/ https://www.facebook.com/wasgehtmagazin/
we tried everything wit or withut url
just one event
etc
at the moment we made a workaround and import the facebook ical url you get if you export events for ical
which is kind of perfect exept the fb event urls are too long and the pics are missing

http://wasgeht.berlin/events http://wasgeht.berlin/events

so is there any possiblity to get the pcitures as well and to shorten the fb url??

[juanfra]

Hallo Corinne,

Thank you for the follow-up.

Have you checked our documentation article regarding how to import events with Event Aggregator?

Ideally, the pictures were imported as well. But as I mentioned in my previous reply, Facebook recently announced some significant changes, including wide-ranging changes to its APIs (the protocols through which applications like Event Aggregator can speak to Facebook).

To check the cases in which you would or would not be able to import certain info from Facebook events I certainly recommend you reading this article:

theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/ea-fb-privacy-policy — Updated on April 11

With regards to shortening the URL, unfortunately, the import is done with the data that comes from the different sources.

Best,

Juan.

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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