Facebook Video API cURL error_subcode: 1363030 File URL Solution

Rant: Facebook has this nasty habit of cluttered unclear documentation that can riddle developers down the rabbit hole.

Problem: I was trying to hit up Facebook’s Video Publishing API by following their guide.

Their API Documentation

Here is the response code I got even with their official documentation.

Response Error

If you look closely, everything is identical to their Documentation’s cURL request, except for secret=true header.

Solution: After 20 minutes and countless tabs opened, I noticed what I actually need to do is to put file_url instead of file field in CURL request. It’s that simple! (Ughh)

Working as intended

Conclusion: Their guide documentations aren’t updated. I’ve sent Feedback but let’s see if they actually fix the non-working example.