Facebook token for searching groups

Question

I have created an application on developers.facebook.com from my profile. Get APP ID, APP SECRET and generate TOKEN. Now, when I send the request like

https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=media&type=page&access_token=MY_TOKEN 

is ok, but when I try to send the request for GROUP, like

https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=media&type=group&access_token=MY_TOKEN 

I get the error

The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

Seems I have permissions problem. I set the permissions friends_groups, user_friends, user_groups to the account, but.. still the same error...

Can you please tall me what am I doing wrong? Maybe I need a different token?

Answer 1

As I understand you're using an App AccessToken for an endpoint (object type) which needs a user AccessToken. See the docs at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/using-graph-api/#search

It's stating

"All Graph API search queries require an access token included in the request. The type of access token you need depends on the type of search you're executing. Searches across Page and Place objects requires an app access token. All other endpoints require a user access token."