Facebook web error: The application may not be valid

Question

I'm getting an odd error with a Facebook web app, via the console:

There was a problem getting data for the application you requested. The application may not be valid, or there may be a temporary glitch. Please try again later. - oauth:1

Switching in or out of sandbox mode doesn't seem to help. I'm hosing on Heroku. Any ideas what might be causing this?

Yeah, where are you seeing that error and what are you doing when you see it? — Igy, Jan 21 '13 at 03:50
Yep - happens on every time I load the app. Just appears in the JS console as soon as the DOM/page finishes loading. — Chris Nolet, Jan 23 '13 at 08:59
Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16460943/application-error-while-loading-the-facebook-sdk — turdus-merula, Mar 12 '18 at 22:09

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '14 at 18:58

This happened to me when I was using the pageId instead of the appId...

(function(d, s, id, appId) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=" + appId; //<--passing config value here
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk', config.appId)); //<--I added the extra param here b/c I am loading the config via a xhr.

Facebook web error: The application may not be valid

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