# How to Create New a Instagram Business Channel This section describes for how to mechanism for create new instagram business channel, by doing the following steps : * Login as “**Administrator**“, click the “**Integration**” menu in the main menu and selecting “**Channel Connector**” to create and manage channels account. ![Channel Connector](/files/-MUrmm_b49cNC7UIsQJK) * On the channel connector page, click “**plus**” button in the Instagram business channel, ![Add Instagram Channel](/files/-MUroC0MrIzCka9UfGue) * 3Dolphins will be redirect you to pop up channel setting appears. ![Channel Setting](/files/-MUrolUo25hhje_rfyoo) **Component explanation :** | **Name** | Description | | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | App ID | A unique identification number will be added to your App. | | App Secret | Facebook App will automatically generate a secret code which is connected with your App. Its purpose is to authenticate demands from the application towards Facebook servers. This code is also used as a password. | | User Access Token | Access token to the Facebook API. | #### **Get APP ID** * Copy and paste the **‘App ID’** in to the plugin settings page, within the instagram business channel settings box. ![Get App ID](/files/-MUrpx_MvMT42g0h-9tC) * Do also copy and paste the facebook page **‘App ID’** to the settings page which can be found on the ‘**setting**’ section, select “**Basic”** from the drop-down menu. Settings basic console will be displayed. See image below. ![Setting Basic Console](/files/-MUryx1FuiNTWuUIn2K6) #### **Get APP Secret** * Copy and paste the ‘**App Secret**’ in to the plugin settings page, within the Instagram business channel settings box. ![Get App Secret](/files/-MUz_QG7z8E_K31_ue02) * Do also copy and paste the facebook page **‘App Secret’** to the settings page which can be found on the ‘**setting**’ section, select “**Basic”** from the drop-down menu. Settings basic console will be displayed, click the “**Show**” button on the app secret. See image below. ![Show App Secret](/files/-MUrzCISrPLFx0tLbMtz) * Copy and paste ‘**User Access Token**’ in to the plugin settings page, within the Instagram business channel settings box. ![User Access Token](/files/-MUzaQrRAc4YG0snqkmS) * Do also copy and paste the facebook page ‘**Get User Access Token**’ to the settings page do the following steps : Obtain Short-Lived User Access Token * Click “**Tools**” menu, select “**Graph API Explorer**”, ![Graph API Explorer](/files/-MUrzMMWvyWGG5LDw5Dm) * In **Application**, select an app used to obtain the access token, ![Obtain Access Token](/files/-MUrzUZ2uVfuJ-qjhYhV) Click **User Token** → **Get User Access Token** ![Get User Access Token](/files/-MUrzfucCPYm9OK4wZ07) * On the pop up “**Select Permissions**”, under **User Data Permissions** check **Email** and under **Events, Groups & Pages**, Check **`manage_pages , pages messaging`**` ``,`` `**`publish_pages`**` ``,`` `**`instagram_basic`**` ``and`` `**`instagram_manage_comments`** Click “**Get Access Token” button.** ![Select Permission](/files/-MUrzraGXSiMS7wSqxMv) * Click the access token field to copy **User Access Token,** ![Copy User Access Token](/files/-MUs-8HwUDjZrFk5DuJo) * Check the properties in [**Access Token Debugger**](https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/accesstoken), click **Tool** to see the token in **Access Token Debugger** Paste the access token copied in the last step above to the text field and click “**Debug**” button. ![Access Token Debugger](/files/-MUs-HyG-dldcjEYRCb7) * Please check the followings: ![Access Token Info](/files/-MUs-ULOxEyZVXIYyuMa) 1. **App ID**: the app id mentioned in the prerequisite section 2. **User ID**: you, a person who has admin right to the Facebook Page mentioned in the prerequisite section 3. **Expires**: a time stamp that would probably expires in an hour or two 4. **Scope**: should contain the **“email”, “manage\_pages”, “publish\_pages”, “pages\_messaging”** permission. #### Exchange for Long-Lived User Access Token * Click **Extend Access Token** to get a long-lived token * Click “**Debug**” button, ![Debug Access Token](/files/-MUs06gO2Pe42JuU3KFv) * Check the properties of this access token in **Access Token Debugger**. It should have a longer time such as 60 days, or Never in the Expires. ![Properties Access Token Debugger](/files/-MUs0GSyB8-L1TWX4qry) Check the properties of this page access token in **Access Token Debugger**: 1. **App ID**: the app id mentioned in the prerequisite section 2. **Profile ID**: the page id mentioned in the prerequisite section 3. **User ID**: you, a person who has admin right to the Facebook Page mentioned in the prerequisite section 4. **Expires: Never** * Click ‘**Authorize’** button, * On the pop up, click “**Add Page Channel**”. ![Add Page Channel](/files/-MV-SpseWDOAqcGwd3Yp) * if authorize successful, click ‘**Save’** button, * Instagram business channel ‘**sri.amara.indriastuti’** has successfully created, ![Instagram Channel Created](/files/-MV-TLvV7YK1lvPkGjXo) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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