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The new Facebook developer integration should be really handy and easy, but i'm struggling with creating a test user or a regular Facebook user to get permissions to sign in my app.

I opened a "TestApp", and login in as a "Admin" works great! The problem is adding more Facebook accounts and test users.

When i tried to add a Facebook account to "Testers" section, i get this (pending) message next to the persons name, and can not log in the app using Facebook with that user! Same issue with adding a "Admin" to the app:

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After this didn't work, i figured if i create a "TestUser" maybe i'll have better luck, but the test user does not show up when i'm trying to add him to the "Role".

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Any one that can make this clear to me a-bit more will be much appreciated. Thanks!

MCMatan
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    The user that you are adding in Admin or Tester have to accept the role. They get a notification on facebook.com and when they accept it (pending) disappear. – WizKid May 13 '14 at 07:58
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    That's what i thought! But i do not get any notifications, did you get? – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:01
  • Why would you get one if you add someone else. The person you add will get it – WizKid May 13 '14 at 08:01
  • Yah its the same thing, its fakeUsers for developing.. – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:03
  • Use test users instead of fake users. Fake users may be deleted at any second and is against policy. – WizKid May 13 '14 at 08:04
  • But that is the the issue, i cannot add test users to the "Testers" section is "Role". And will there are not there, i cannot log in using them – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:06
  • Testers are real users that you want to be able to test the app. Use Test-users. – WizKid May 13 '14 at 08:07
  • In the image i posted there is a TestUser named "Charlie" that i created. He will not show up at the "Role" when pressing "Add Tester" button. And if he is not there, he has no permissions to log in. – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:10
  • If he is a test user he doesn't have to be a tester. He will be able to use the app anyway. – WizKid May 13 '14 at 08:11
  • Did it work for you? I tried it with no luck.. – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:12
  • Login with "Charlie" TestUser – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:14
  • Log in with FaceBook in my app with the TestUser will not work. And if i try to log in with the "Admin", (the original first one, not the pending one), it works. – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:17
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    @WizKid Thanks for your help! I found what i was doing wrong, the reason users did not receive notifications for a "Tester" was that the notification is received only at the "Developer section of that user. And not at the FaceBook home page. – MCMatan May 13 '14 at 08:53

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Found the answer, its a bit silly but if anyone else gets the same issue...

After you add a new user to the "Testers" he gets a notification that he must accept, so the "Pending" will go away, and the user will be activated.

This notification does not get to the Facebook home page, only to the "Developer section" of that user. As @rmp251 mentioned, that can be found on this page

Thanks for the help.

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MCMatan
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  • Don't use Fake users. That is against Facebook Policy – WizKid May 13 '14 at 16:13
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    Is this still working with the latest version? I add the fb user to the testers list but it never says pending nor does the fb user get any notification. When going to @Steve url when logged in with the tester user it just tells me I do not have any reqs? What’s going on? – StealthRT Dec 09 '17 at 16:24
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    Very useful answer - seems ridiculous that they state the user will receive a notification without qualifying that it'll **only** appear in the developer area. – Hayden Crocker Oct 07 '18 at 14:20
  • Can we accept the invitation via the Facebook app? – viper Sep 17 '20 at 06:03
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    Here is the new link: https://developers.facebook.com/settings/developer/requests/ You have to first "get started" as a developer to see the notification. Ridiculous that you don't even get an email about it. – rmp251 May 03 '22 at 03:08
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I just want to add few details on the answer but I cannot comment.

The test user need to register as Facebook developer (if he not reregistered already)

Link: https://developers.facebook.com/async/registration/

After that he need to approve the request from the app

Then he need to approve the request at this link Link: https://developers.facebook.com/requests/

approve the request

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  • https://developers.facebook.com/requests/ -> Sorry, the link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed. – Matt Apr 25 '22 at 14:26
  • This is the new url for developer requests. https://developers.facebook.com/settings/developer/requests/ – FAYEMI BOLUWATIFE Dec 19 '22 at 14:37
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I was trying to add an administrator to a Page owned by a Gray account. The invitee would see a notification appear briefly, but it would vanish as soon as they clicked on the Notifications button, and would not show up in their list of notifications.

Workaround: The invitee can go here to see and accept the invite: https://www.facebook.com/pages/?category=invites

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In case anyone is trying to add Instagram Test Users, there's also no documentation on where this "pending " request goes.

Log into the invited Instagram account in a web browser. Go to https://www.instagram.com/accounts/manage_access/. Click "Test Invites".

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Log in from desktop to your instagram tester account. Press MORE then SETTING, then APPS AND WEBSITES and then you'll have a 4th tab TESTER. Also you have to add tester the instagram account that you want to display.

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