FB.api error.. "An access token is required to request this resource"

Question

FB.api('/1354376857/groups', function(response){
     Data = response.name;
     alert(Data);

     if (response.error) {
        alert(response.error.message);
     }  
});

The outputted error message reads: "An access token is required to request this resource" and Data content is undefined for my Facebook app. The user is successfully logged in and the "user_groups" permission has been approved by the user.

I was under the impression that FB.api automatically sets the access token. Any thoughts on why this error is occurring?

Use access token along with the request http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4758770/how-to-get-access-token-from-fb-login-method-in-javascript-sdk — Surabhil Sergy, Dec 10 '13 at 03:43
Thank you Surabhil.. You're guidance was essential to solving the problem. — user3085287, Dec 10 '13 at 17:11

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 15 '15 at 02:13

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Change your code to this

var token = "YOUR_TOKEN";
FB.api('/1354376857/groups', function(response){
     Data = response.name;
     alert(Data);
     if (response.error) {
        alert(response.error.message);
     }  
}, {access_token: token});

You must pass your access token every time you do a request to the facebook api.

edited Aug 15 '15 at 02:13

Mark Lalor

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answered Dec 10 '13 at 05:10

Fabio Antunes

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Thank you- this worked. My steps: 1) Generate the token when the user logged in (under FB.login).. Token = response.authResponse.accessToken; 2) Store token on server side for easy access 3) Use AJAX to access the token when calling Facebook through FB.api calls – user3085287 Dec 10 '13 at 07:24

FB.api error.. "An access token is required to request this resource"

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