Always got "The value must be a valid insights metric" error

Question

Always got "The value must be a valid insights metric" error

Opened this issue a year ago · 2 comments

Background

I want to get my Facebook page insight. But, the metrics always change without notice in the changelog. Now I am not sure which metrics is not available.

Code snippet

METRICS = [
    # Exisiting Metrics
    "page_impressions_unique",
    "page_views_total",
    "page_fan_adds_unique",
    # Follow and Like
    "page_fans",
    # Page CTA Clicks
    "page_total_actions",
    # Page Engagement
    "page_engaged_users",
    "page_post_engagements",
    "page_consumptions",
    "page_consumptions_unique",
    "page_negative_feedback",
    "page_fans_online_per_day",
    "page_consumptions_by_consumption_type",
    "page_consumptions_by_consumption_type_unique",
    "page_negative_feedback_by_type",
    "page_negative_feedback_by_type_unique",
    "page_positive_feedback_by_type",
    "page_positive_feedback_by_type_unique",
    "page_fan_adds_by_paid_non_paid_unique",
    # Page Impressions
    "page_impressions",
    "page_impressions_paid",
    "page_impressions_paid_unique",
    "page_impressions_organic_v2",
    "page_impressions_organic_unique_v2",
    "page_impressions_viral",
    "page_impressions_viral_unique",
    "page_impressions_nonviral",
    "page_impressions_nonviral_unique",
    "page_video_views_by_paid_non_paid",
    "page_impressions_by_story_type",
    "page_impressions_by_story_type_unique",
    # Page Posts
    "page_posts_impressions",
    "page_posts_impressions_unique",
    "page_posts_impressions_paid",
    "page_posts_impressions_paid_unique",
    "page_posts_impressions_organic",
    "page_posts_impressions_organic_unique",
    "page_posts_served_impressions_organic_unique",
    "page_posts_impressions_viral",
    "page_posts_impressions_viral_unique",
    "page_posts_impressions_nonviral",
    "page_posts_impressions_nonviral_unique",
    # Page Reactions
    "page_actions_post_reactions_like_total",
    "page_actions_post_reactions_love_total",
    "page_actions_post_reactions_wow_total",
    "page_actions_post_reactions_haha_total",
    "page_actions_post_reactions_sorry_total",
    "page_actions_post_reactions_anger_total",
    "page_actions_post_reactions_total",
    # Page User Demographics
    "page_fans",
    "page_fan_adds",
    "page_fan_adds_unique",
    "page_fan_removes",
    "page_fan_removes_unique",
    "page_fans_locale",
    "page_fans_country",
    "page_fans_gender_age",
    "page_fans_city",
    "page_fans_by_like_source",
    "page_fans_by_like_source_unique",
    "page_fans_by_unlike_source_unique",
    # Page Video Views
    "page_video_views",
    "page_video_views_paid",
    "page_video_views_organic",
    "page_video_views_autoplayed",
    "page_video_views_click_to_play",
    "page_video_views_unique",
    "page_video_repeat_views",
    "page_video_complete_views_30s",
    "page_video_complete_views_30s_paid",
    "page_video_complete_views_30s_organic",
    "page_video_complete_views_30s_autoplayed",
    "page_video_complete_views_30s_click_to_play",
    "page_video_complete_views_30s_unique",
    "page_video_complete_views_30s_repeat_views",
    "page_video_view_time",
    "page_video_views_10s_paid",
    # "page_video_views_10s", # problem
    # "page_video_views_10s_organic", # problem
    # "page_video_views_10s_autoplayed", # problem
    # "page_video_views_10s_click_to_play", # problem
    # "page_video_views_10s_unique", # problem
    # "page_video_views_10s_repeat"
    # Page Views
    "page_views_logout",
    "page_views_logged_in_total",
    "page_views_logged_in_unique",
    "page_views_external_referrals",
    "page_views_by_profile_tab_total",
    "page_views_by_profile_tab_logged_in_unique",
    "page_views_by_internal_referer_logged_in_unique",
    "page_views_by_site_logged_in_unique",
    "page_views_by_age_gender_logged_in_unique",
    "page_views_by_referers_logged_in_unique",
    # Page Video Posts
    "post_video_views_organic",
    "post_video_views_paid",
    "post_video_views",
    # Stories
    "page_content_activity_by_action_type_unique",
    "page_content_activity",
    "page_content_activity_by_action_type",
]

def get_insight(page_id, date_start, date_stop):
    page_account = f"{page_id}"
    my_page = Page(page_account)

    print(Fore.YELLOW + f"Get insight from {date_start} to {date_stop}")

    data = my_page.get_insights(
        params={
            "since": date_start,
            "until": date_stop,
            "metric": METRICS,
            "period": "day",
        },
    )

    return data

Problem

When I ran the above code, I get this error

  Message: Call was not successful
  Method:  GET
  Path:    https://graph.facebook.com/v18.0/xxxx/insights
  Params:  {'since': '2023-10-29', 'until': '2023-11-05', 'metric': '["page_impressions_unique","page_views_total","page_fan_adds_unique","page_fans","page_total_actions","page_engaged_users","page_post_engagements","page_consumptions","page_consumptions_unique","page_negative_feedback","page_fans_online_per_day","page_consumptions_by_consumption_type","page_consumptions_by_consumption_type_unique","page_negative_feedback_by_type","page_negative_feedback_by_type_unique","page_positive_feedback_by_type","page_positive_feedback_by_type_unique","page_fan_adds_by_paid_non_paid_unique","page_impressions","page_impressions_paid","page_impressions_paid_unique","page_impressions_organic_v2","page_impressions_organic_unique_v2","page_impressions_viral","page_impressions_viral_unique","page_impressions_nonviral","page_impressions_nonviral_unique","page_video_views_by_paid_non_paid","page_impressions_by_story_type","page_impressions_by_story_type_unique","page_posts_impressions","page_posts_impressions_unique","page_posts_impressions_paid","page_posts_impressions_paid_unique","page_posts_impressions_organic","page_posts_impressions_organic_unique","page_posts_served_impressions_organic_unique","page_posts_impressions_viral","page_posts_impressions_viral_unique","page_posts_impressions_nonviral","page_posts_impressions_nonviral_unique","page_actions_post_reactions_like_total","page_actions_post_reactions_love_total","page_actions_post_reactions_wow_total","page_actions_post_reactions_haha_total","page_actions_post_reactions_sorry_total","page_actions_post_reactions_anger_total","page_actions_post_reactions_total","page_fans","page_fan_adds","page_fan_adds_unique","page_fan_removes","page_fan_removes_unique","page_fans_locale","page_fans_country","page_fans_gender_age","page_fans_city","page_fans_by_like_source","page_fans_by_like_source_unique","page_fans_by_unlike_source_unique","page_video_views","page_video_views_paid","page_video_views_organic","page_video_views_autoplayed","page_video_views_click_to_play","page_video_views_unique","page_video_repeat_views","page_video_complete_views_30s","page_video_complete_views_30s_paid","page_video_complete_views_30s_organic","page_video_complete_views_30s_autoplayed","page_video_complete_views_30s_click_to_play","page_video_complete_views_30s_unique","page_video_complete_views_30s_repeat_views","page_video_view_time","page_video_views_10s_paid","page_views_logout","page_views_logged_in_total","page_views_logged_in_unique","page_views_external_referrals","page_views_by_profile_tab_total","page_views_by_profile_tab_logged_in_unique","page_views_by_internal_referer_logged_in_unique","page_views_by_site_logged_in_unique","page_views_by_age_gender_logged_in_unique","page_views_by_referers_logged_in_unique","post_video_views_organic","post_video_views_paid","post_video_views","page_content_activity_by_action_type_unique","page_content_activity","page_content_activity_by_action_type"]', 'period': 'day'}

  Status:  400
  Response:
    {
      "error": {
        "message": "(#100) The value must be a valid insights metric",
        "type": "OAuthException",
        "code": 100,
        "fbtrace_id": "xxxx"
      }
    }

Also, when I want to get only page_impressions_unique metric still get the same error even though it shows in the docs.
docs

    data = my_page.get_insights(
        params={
            "since": date_start,
            "until": date_stop,
            "metric": ['page_impressions_unique'],
            "period": "day",
        },

Error:

  Message: Call was not successful
  Method:  GET
  Path:    https://graph.facebook.com/v18.0/xxxx/insights
  Params:  {'since': '2023-10-29', 'until': '2023-11-05', 'metric': '["page_impressions_unique"]', 'period': 'day'}

  Status:  400
  Response:
    {
      "error": {
        "message": "(#100) The value must be a valid insights metric",
        "type": "OAuthException",
        "code": 100,
        "fbtrace_id": "xxxx"
      }
    }

amzar96 commented 10 months ago

Any news?

Answer 1 · 2024-03-01T21:22:39.000Z

Thank you for reporting this. Currently, the SDK does not have knowledge of which metrics are supported versus those that are not, and the list of metrics is not yet included in the SDK. We'll try to address this issue and, in the meantime, update the documentation to reflect the latest status.