meta-graph

A clean, httpie-style command-line client for Meta's Graph API and Instagram Graph API.

$ meta me
{"id": "10000...", "name": "Jane Doe"}

$ meta ig accounts
{"data": [{"page_id": "12345", "page_name": "My Page", "ig_user_id": "17841..."}], "count": 1}

$ meta ig publish 17841... --image-url https://example.com/img.jpg --caption "Hello world"
{"container_id": "18002...", "status": {"status_code": "FINISHED"}, "published": {"id": "17984..."}}

No SDK to wrap, no React app to log in to, no config server. Just your token and a thin HTTP shell.

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Why

Meta ships SDKs (Python, JS, PHP) but no CLI. The SDKs are typed object hierarchies that don't translate to flags, and the official one is heavy and Marketing-skewed. meta-graph is the missing piece: a small, version-agile CLI that maps directly to the underlying HTTP API and bundles the entire Graph + Instagram reference offline.

Install

pip install meta-graph-cli    # binary becomes `meta`

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/crimeacs/meta-graph-cli && cd meta-graph-cli
pip install -e .

Auth

Get a short-lived user token from the Graph API Explorer and either:

export META_GRAPH_TOKEN="EAA..."

…or write a config file at ~/.config/meta-graph/config.toml:

[default]
token = "EAA..."
api_version = "v22.0"
app_secret = "..."          # optional; enables appsecret_proof signing

[profile.prod]
token = "EAA..."

Use --profile prod to switch profiles.

meta token info             # decode scopes, expiry, app id
meta token refresh --app-id ... --app-secret ...   # short-lived → long-lived (~60 days)

Commands

Generic (works for any endpoint Meta exposes)

meta get /me fields=id,name,email
meta get /PAGE_ID/feed fields=id,message,created_time limit=50
meta post /PAGE_ID/feed message='Hello world'
meta delete /POST_ID
echo '[{"method":"GET","relative_url":"me"},
       {"method":"GET","relative_url":"me/accounts?limit=2"}]' | meta batch

Profile + Pages

meta me                      # /me
meta me pages                # /me/accounts (with linked IG account ids)
meta me permissions          # granted/declined permissions

Instagram (the headline curated surface)

# two flows, auto-detected from token prefix:
#   EAA…  → graph.facebook.com  (Instagram with Facebook Login; needs linked Page)
#   IGAA… → graph.instagram.com (Instagram with Instagram Login; no Page needed)
# Override the host with --base when needed.

# accounts
meta ig accounts                                    # works on either flow

# IG-direct shortcuts (no explicit ig_id needed)
meta ig me                                          # the IG account itself
meta ig me media [--all]                            # your media
meta ig me insights --metric impressions,reach --period day

# user
meta ig user IG_ID                                   # account fields
meta ig user IG_ID media [--all]                      # list media
meta ig user IG_ID stories                            # active stories
meta ig user IG_ID tags                               # tagged in
meta ig user IG_ID mentions                           # @mentions
meta ig user IG_ID insights --metric impressions,reach --period day
meta ig user IG_ID limit                              # 24h publish quota
meta ig user IG_ID live                               # active live broadcasts

# publish (two-step container flow handled for you)
meta ig publish IG_ID --image-url https://example.com/img.jpg --caption "..."
meta ig publish IG_ID --video-url https://example.com/clip.mp4
meta ig publish IG_ID --video-url https://... --reel
meta ig publish IG_ID --carousel "https://a.jpg,https://b.jpg,https://c.mp4" --caption "..."
meta ig publish IG_ID --story-image https://example.com/story.jpg
meta ig publish-status CONTAINER_ID

# media
meta ig media MEDIA_ID
meta ig media MEDIA_ID children
meta ig media MEDIA_ID comments [--all]
meta ig media MEDIA_ID insights --metric impressions,reach,saved,video_views
meta ig media MEDIA_ID delete

# comments
meta ig comment-on MEDIA_ID --message "Welcome!"
meta ig comment COMMENT_ID
meta ig comment COMMENT_ID reply --message "Thanks!"
meta ig comment COMMENT_ID hide
meta ig comment COMMENT_ID unhide
meta ig comment COMMENT_ID delete

# hashtags
meta ig hashtag search "barista"
meta ig hashtag recent HASHTAG_ID
meta ig hashtag top HASHTAG_ID

# discovery + embed
meta ig business-discovery IG_ID --username @nasa
meta ig oembed https://www.instagram.com/p/SHORTCODE/

Discovery (offline; ships with the wheel)

meta nodes                   # every documented Graph + IG node
meta edges page              # edges of /page
meta fields user             # documented fields of /user

Output

meta get /me                    # compact JSON, jq-friendly
meta get /me --pretty           # indented + colored when stdout is a TTY
meta get /me --jq '.id'         # passthrough to jq if installed; tiny fallback otherwise

Errors go to stderr as JSON. Exit codes:

code	meaning
0	success
1	Graph API error
2	usage error (bad flags / JSON)
3	auth (token missing / invalid / expired)

Design

• Thin HTTP wrapper. No FB SDK; just requests. The CLI follows the Graph API shape directly so anything Meta documents is reachable via meta get/post/delete.
• Auto retry on transient codes (1, 2) and rate limits (4, 17, 32, 613) with exponential backoff + jitter.
• appsecret_proof signing on every request when app_secret is configured (recommended for Live-mode apps).
• Cursor pagination via --all on listing commands; underlying client.paginate() follows paging.next until exhausted.
• Batched requests via meta batch (reads JSON array from stdin).
• Bundled docs at docs/reference.md — every Graph + Instagram endpoint scraped in one searchable markdown file. Regenerated via python scripts/scrape.py && python scripts/concat.py && python scripts/build_data.py.

Claude Code skill

A Claude Code skill named meta-platform-ops ships at skills/meta-platform-ops/ and teaches Claude how to drive this CLI from natural-language requests. Install with:

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r skills/meta-platform-ops ~/.claude/skills/

Then ask Claude things like "post this image to Instagram with caption '…'" or "reply to all unanswered comments on this Reel" — it'll resolve your IG account, run the right meta ig … invocations, and surface error codes with actionable fixes. See skills/README.md for details.

Library use

from meta_graph.client import GraphClient

client = GraphClient(token="EAA...", version="v22.0", app_secret="...")
me = client.get("/me", fields="id,name")
for media in client.paginate("/IG_ID/media", fields="id,caption,timestamp"):
    print(media["id"], media.get("caption"))

Development

pip install -e .[dev]
pytest -q                       # unit + vcr replay
ruff check src/ tests/
mypy --strict src/meta_graph

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

The bundled docs/reference.md is scraped from https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ and is © Meta Platforms, Inc.