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Get Facebook Ads Lead Notifications in Realtime with Node.js
const axios = require('axios');
const express = require('express');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const app = express();
const port = 3000;
// Enter the Page Access Token from the previous step
const FACEBOOK_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN = '_______________________________';
// Accept JSON POST body
app.use(bodyParser.json());
// GET /webhook
app.get('/webhook', (req, res) => {
// Facebook sends a GET request
// To verify that the webhook is set up
// properly, by sending a special challenge that
// we need to echo back if the "verify_token" is as specified
if (req.query['hub.verify_token'] === 'CUSTOM_WEBHOOK_VERIFY_TOKEN') {
res.send(req.query['hub.challenge']);
return;
}
})
// POST /webhook
app.post('/webhook', async (req, res) => {
// Facebook will be sending an object called "entry" for "leadgen" webhook event
if (!req.body.entry) {
return res.status(500).send({ error: 'Invalid POST data received' });
}
// Travere entries & changes and process lead IDs
for (const entry of req.body.entry) {
for (const change of entry.changes) {
// Process new lead (leadgen_id)
await processNewLead(change.value.leadgen_id);
}
}
// Success
res.send({ success: true });
})
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
});
// Process incoming leads
async function processNewLead(leadId) {
let response;
try {
// Get lead details by lead ID from Facebook API
response = await axios.get(`https://graph.facebook.com/v9.0/${leadId}/?access_token=${FACEBOOK_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN}`);
}
catch (err) {
// Log errors
return console.warn(`An invalid response was received from the Facebook API:`, err.response.data ? JSON.stringify(err.response.data) : err.response);
}
// Ensure valid API response returned
if (!response.data || (response.data && (response.data.error || !response.data.field_data))) {
return console.warn(`An invalid response was received from the Facebook API: ${response}`);
}
// Lead fields
const leadForm = [];
// Extract fields
for (const field of response.data.field_data) {
// Get field name & value
const fieldName = field.name;
const fieldValue = field.values[0];
// Store in lead array
leadForm.push(`${fieldName}: ${fieldValue}`);
}
// Implode into string with newlines in between fields
const leadInfo = leadForm.join('\n');
// Log to console
console.log('A new lead was received!\n', leadInfo);
// Use a library like "nodemailer" to notify you about the new lead
//
// Send plaintext e-mail with nodemailer
// transporter.sendMail({
// from: `Admin <admin@example.com>`,
// to: `You <you@example.com>`,
// subject: 'New Lead: ' + name,
// text: new Buffer(leadInfo),
// headers: { 'X-Entity-Ref-ID': 1 }
// }, function (err) {
// if (err) return console.log(err);
// console.log('Message sent successfully.');
// });
}
@digisidekickNoida
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Hey can you please give me full source code ?

@eladnava
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Hi @digisidekickNoida,
This is the full source code.

Visit my blog post for the full guide:
https://eladnava.com/get-facebook-ad-lead-notifications-in-realtime-with-node-js-webhooks/

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How can I contact you, I have some doubts!!!

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