If I want to download statistics on a Facebook video, I can use https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/video to get almost all the public information about a video expect for its view count. Is there someway to get the view count from videos on Facebook page from the API without having access to pages insights?
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Try VIDEO INSIGHTS as I explained in this post: http://stackoverflow.com/a/38993938/552322 – pdolinaj Aug 17 '16 at 10:23
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Video in a Fan Page is treated as a POST, you can check the following link for the documentation
Permissions
Any valid access token can be used for publicly available metrics (currently page_fans_country or page_storytellers_by_country). access token with read_insights permission can retrieve metrics for all pages and domains owned by this user. A page access token with read_insights permission can retrieve all metrics for that Page.A user
So the answer to your question is, it's not possible without the "read_insights permission".
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1not any more as of Graph API v.2.9. There is video_insight endpoint for videos, and you can't use the regular insights anymore for videos. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/video/video_insights/ – Maor Barazany Jun 22 '17 at 09:20
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I am still getting empty data in response if use video_insights end point even though i am the owner of the video.? – Muhammad Usama Mashkoor Mar 20 '18 at 07:42