Connect a Social Account
Deprecated compatibility endpoint. Connect external accounts with POST /external_accounts/connect instead.
Authorizations
An Account API key, an App API key, an account access token, an account-scoped user token, or a user OAuth token. Prepend the key or token with Bearer, for example Bearer ***************************. See Auth & API keys for how to get each one.
Headers
A unique key that makes this request safe to retry. See Idempotent requests.
255"d9105228-4a08-46b1-8b91-42fed586d383"
Pins the request to a dated API version.
"2026-10-15-1"
Body
The platform to connect the external account on. Use meta_business to connect Meta Business assets, which is how Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts are connected — there is no separate instagram value. Use tiktok for TikTok accounts, snapchat for Snapchat Public Profiles, linkedin to connect the authenticated user’s LinkedIn profile, youtube to connect their YouTube channel, or x to connect their X profile.
meta_business, tiktok, linkedin, youtube, x, snapchat "meta_business"
Where to send the user once they finish connecting their accounts. Any http or https URL. On success, the user is redirected with an external_account_connected query param naming the platform; if the connection fails, with an external_account_error query param instead. The same values also arrive as social_account_connected / social_account_error.
"https://example.com/settings/social-accounts"
The Account (biz_ identifier) to connect the external account for. An account-scoped API key may omit this to default to its own account. Omit for user profile connections.
"biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
The connection purpose. For meta_business and snapchat, advertise is required and connects company advertising assets. For linkedin, youtube, and x, omit scopes to connect the authenticated user’s profile; advertising is not supported. For tiktok, omit scopes to connect the authenticated user’s profile, or pass advertise to connect company advertising assets. Profile connections still request the platform permissions needed to read the profile.
advertise Response
authorize url returned through the deprecated path
"https://www.facebook.com/v25.0/dialog/oauth"

