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A while back I created an app ID on facebook and added the appropriate meta data to a website. I now want to continue adding facebook-related features to the site, but it seems the app is not related to my account afterall.

I must have created it under a different account or something, but how can I find who the owner is based on an App ID? I have existing likes, so I don't really want to change the App ID. I don't see any way in the UI, and I do not see the app when I go to the Developer app. Is there a way to do it using the Graph API?

Craig
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If you have access to the app id and the app secret but no access to the app within Facebook it is possible to discover the creator_uid and from there the email address of the app owner using the graph api.

First get an app access token:

https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id={APP_ID}&client_secret={APP_SECRET}&grant_type=client_credentials

With this you can get the creator_uid:

https://graph.facebook.com/{APP_ID}?access_token={APP_ACCESS_TOKEN}&fields=creator_uid

Using the app token you will then get the email address when looking up the creator_uid in the graph api:

https://graph.facebook.com/{creator_uid}?access_token={APP_ACCESS_TOKEN}

George
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  • yeh, this is the best answer IMO. thanks so much! you saved me much hair pulling over an old legacy bit of code. – bhu Boue vidya Jun 03 '17 at 05:07
  • Can't get email address using this solution. I forgot the email address to the main account – Abdul Feb 08 '21 at 07:08
  • Yes, Facebook has now changed the way this works and it looks like you can't get the email address this way any longer. – George Feb 16 '21 at 13:49
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EDIT (Jan 2013)

Looks like Facebook have removed app profile pages so that method no longer works.

Option 1
You could return the app object, which stores all the populated information about the app by requesting:

https://graph.facebook.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Option 2 (This method no longer works)
Or, you could visit the app's profile page and contact the developer directly using the 'contact developer' link:

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(you'll need to replace xxxxxxxxxxx with your app id)

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  • I have actually tried both already. The object only contains the name, some images, and the app page link. Contacting the developer did not send an email to me. – Craig Dec 01 '11 at 09:55
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    Well, turns out it sent an email to my wife, so sorted :) – Craig Dec 01 '11 at 09:56
  • I don't seem to get a 'contact developer' link for an app whose developer I'm searching for. It says "You are being redirected to the xxxxxx web app." and doesn't provide any more info. – Zach Lysobey Jan 08 '13 at 20:36
  • Having the same issue except my app isn't appearing in the app store as it's "misconfigured". Awesome! Anyone have any ideas please let me know. – lloydphillips Oct 21 '14 at 03:59
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    This isn't working at all for me, I get an "Unsupported get request" response. – jessica Nov 20 '14 at 22:13
  • Didn't try the first solution, but it seems others have. However the second one just redirects to facebook.com/ Are there any new ways to find or contact the developer behind an app id? – miyalys Jan 28 '15 at 13:22
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    @miyalys The second solution no longer works, FB removed app profile pages (see edit Jan 2013) – Moz Morris Jan 28 '15 at 19:41
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I got this working. If you have both app id and app secret then you can try below steps to get the owner details.

  1. Get the access token using id and secret of the facebook app.

    https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id={APP_ID}&client_secret={APP_SECRET}&grant_type=client_credentials

  2. Using the access token you can call the below API to get a list of administrators of the app.

    https://graph.facebook.com/{APP_ID}?fields=id,name,roles&access_token={ACCESS_TOKEN}

  3. Retrieve the owner profile details by,

    https://www.facebook.com/{USER_ID}

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I have a similar problem, in that I have the id and the secret but no access to the app within facebook.

I haven't found a way to see who owns does have access to the app. But I have found a way to contact a dev

First get the app access token. https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id={APP_ID}&client_secret={APP_SECRET}&grant_type=client_credentials

Then get the address: https://graph.facebook.com/{APP_ID}?access_token={APP_ACCESS_TOKEN}

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