Features are authorization mechanisms that allow apps to access specific types of data through our various APIs. In this way they are similar to Permissions, however Features cannot be granted to an app by an app user. Instead, Features are active or inactive depending on the app user's relationship to the app and the app's mode when it is being used.
For apps in Development Mode, all Features except for Page Public Content Access and Page Public Metadata Access are active for any app user who has a Role on the app or a Role in a Business that has claimed the app.
For apps in Live Mode, only Features approved through App Review are active for app users. This also applies to app users who have a Role on the app or Business.
For Business app types (which have access levels instead of modes), Features are active for any app users who have a Role on the app or in a Business that has claimed the app, unless access has been removed. In order for a Feature to be active for app users without a Role on the app or Business, it must first be approved through App Review.
Access to any Feature that is granted by default or through App Review can be used to request analytics insights to improve your app and for marketing or advertising purposes, through the use of aggregated and de-identified or anonymized information (provided such data cannot be re-identified).
Unlike Permissions, Features do not expire, their approval will not be revoked, if they are unused.
The Ad Targeting Data Access feature allows access to ad targeting data within the Facebook Open Research and Transparency tool for election, political, and social issue ads that are run on Facebook from Meta and Instagram from Meta.
The Ads Management Standard Access feature allows your app to access the Marketing API.
Allowed Usage
Enable an unlimited number of ad accounts and lower rate limiting.
To read ads reports for ad accounts you own or have been granted access to by the ad account owner, request Ads Management Standard Access, along with the ads_read permission.
To read and manage ads for ad accounts you own or have been granted access to by the ad account owner, request Ads Management Standard Access, along with the ads_management permission.
To pull ads reports from a set of clients, and to read and manage ads from another set of clients, request Ads Management Standard Access, along with both ads_read and ads_management permissions.
The Business Asset User Profile Access feature allows your app to read the User Fields for users engaging with your business assets such as id, ids_for_business, name, and picture.
Allowed Usage
You can use this feature if your app uses one or more of the User Fields in its business app experience.
Allows an app to share user data including Instant Games context ID, and player ID, user profile, location and gameplay data. The allowed usage of this feature is to integrate user profiles in Instant Games on Meta’s network without gaining direct access to the user’s data.
Allowed Usage
Allowed Usage
Integrate user profiles in Instant Games on Meta’s network
The Meta oEmbed Read feature allows your app to get embed HTML and basic metadata for public Facebook and Instagram pages, posts, and videos. The allowed usage for this feature is to provide front-end views of public Facebook and Instagram pages, posts, and videos.
Allowed Usage
Allowed Usage
To provide front-end views of public Facebook and Instagram pages, posts, and videos
The Page Public Content Access feature allows your app access to the Pages Search API and to read public data for Pages for which you lack the pages_read_engagement permission and the pages_read_user_content permission. Readable data includes business metadata, public comments and posts.
Allowed Usage
Analyze and/or display posts and engagement on Pages.
The Page Public Metadata Access feature allows your app access to the Pages Search API and to read public data for Pages for which you lack the public Page fields and the Pages Search API.
Allowed Usage
Analyze engagement with public Pages by viewing Like and follower counts.
Aggregate public-facing "about" Page information from multiple, disparate pages.