Skip to content

Facebook Trigger Instagram object#

Use this object to receive updates when someone comments on the Media objects of your app users; @mentions your app users; or when Stories of your app users expire. Refer to Facebook Trigger for more information on the trigger itself.

Credentials

You can find authentication information for this node here.

Examples and templates

For usage examples and templates to help you get started, refer to n8n's Facebook Trigger integrations page.

Trigger configuration#

To configure the trigger with this Object:

  1. Select the Credential to connect with. Select an existing or create a new Facebook App credential.
  2. Enter the APP ID of the app connected to your credential. Refer to the Facebook App credential documentation for more information.
  3. Select Instagram as the Object.
  4. Field Names or IDs: By default, the node will trigger on all the available events using the * wildcard filter. If you'd like to limit the events, use the X to remove the star and use the dropdown or an expression to select the updates you're interested in. Options include:
    • Comments: Notifies you when anyone comments on an IG Media owned by your app's Instagram user.
    • Messaging Handover
    • Mentions: Notifies you whenever an Instagram user @mentions an Instagram Business or Creator Account in a comment or caption.
    • Messages: Notifies you when anyone messages your app's Instagram user.
    • Messaging Seen: Notifies you when someone sees a message sent by your app's Instagram user.
    • Standby
    • Story Insights: Notifies you one hour after a story expires with metrics describing interactions on a story.
  5. In Options, turn on the toggle to Include Values. This Object type fails without the option enabled.

Refer to Webhooks for Instagram and Meta's Instagram Graph API reference for more information.