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1) Create a new APP if needed

Default permissions, just need an APP id / APP secret

2) On the Facebook Graph API Explorer

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/

i) Choose the correct APP, and click on Get Token > Get User Access Token

ii) Copy the returned token

3) Open the following URL:

https://graph.facebook.com/v4.0/oauth/access_token?grant_type=fb_exchange_token&client_id=APP_ID&client_secret=APP_SECRET&fb_exchange_token=RETURNED_TOKEN

i) Copy the returned token

4) Open the following URL:

https://graph.facebook.com/v4.0/me?access_token=RETURNED_TOKEN_2

i) Copy the returned ID

5) Open the following URL:

https://graph.facebook.com/v4.0/RETURNED_ID/accounts?access_token=RETURNED_TOKEN_2

i) Copy the returned token (the never expiring one)

6) Test that is a non expiring token on the following URL (Access token debugger):

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/accesstoken/

i) Paste the token

ii) Click debug

It should return Expires: Never

Congrats!

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