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Instagram Integration

🔹 Before App Installation​

Pre-Installation Checklist​

Complete these steps before proceeding with the installation.

📸 Instagram Integration​

ℹī¸ Note: Leave these fields blank if you don't want to use Instagram now. You can configure it later.

Option 1: Set Up Later​

Run this command on your server when ready:

INSTAGRAM_APP_ID='your_instagram_app_id' \
INSTAGRAM_APP_SECRET='your_instagram_app_secret' \
INSTAGRAM_CONFIGURATION_ID='your_instagram_config_id' \
INSTAGRAM_VERIFY_TOKEN='your_instagram_verify_token'

Option 2: Set Up Now​

Follow the configuration instructions below.

🔧 Step 1: Locate Configuration File​

  1. Open the web-server.env file in the installation folder provided by WhautoChat.
  2. Update the following Instagram integration settings:
# Instagram Integration
INSTAGRAM_APP_ID="your_instagram_app_id"
INSTAGRAM_APP_SECRET="your_instagram_app_secret"
INSTAGRAM_CONFIGURATION_ID="your_instagram_configuration_id"
INSTAGRAM_VERIFY_TOKEN="your_instagram_verify_token"  # Any random string

Instagram integration

🧩 Step 2: Create a Meta Business Portfolio​

⏊ Skip this step if you already have a Meta Business Suite account.

  1. Go to business.facebook.com
  2. Log in with your Facebook account
  3. Create a Meta Business Suite account to generate your business portfolio

👨‍đŸ’ģ Step 3: Create a Facebook Developer App​

⏊ Already have a Meta App for WhatsApp or Messenger? Skip to Step 4.

  1. Go to Facebook Developers
  2. Log in or sign up for a Developer account
  3. Click "My Apps" in the top-right corner, then "Create App"

Meta App

  1. In the dialog, click the Create App button (top right)

Create Meta App

  1. Enter the app details:
    • App Name (e.g., "ABC Business")
    • App Contact Email
    • Click Next

App Details

  1. Under "Use Cases", select Other → Click Next

App Use Cases

  1. Choose Business as the App Type → Click Next

Choose Business

  1. Select your Meta Business Account → Click Create App

Create App

🔑 Step 4: Get App ID & App Secret​

  1. In the left sidebar, go to Settings > Basic
  2. Update required info (App domain, Privacy Policy, etc.)
  3. Click Save Changes
  4. Copy these values:
    • App ID → Paste into INSTAGRAM_APP_ID
    • App Secret → Paste into INSTAGRAM_APP_SECRET

App ID and Secret

⚙ī¸ Step 5: Configure Instagram Login​

⏊ Already done for Messenger or WhatsApp? Skip to Step 6.

  1. Go to the Dashboard
  2. Scroll to "Facebook Login for Business" → Click Set Up

Facebook Login

  1. Under Settings, enable Login with the JavaScript SDK
  2. Add your self-hosted app domain (e.g., https://yourappdomain.com/)
  3. Click Save

Login with JavaScript

īŋŊ Step 6: Create Instagram Configuration​

  1. Go to Configuration → Click Create Configuration

Create Configuration

  1. Name it (e.g., "Instagram") → Click Next

Instagram Configure

  1. Choose General login variation → Click Next

Login Variation

  1. Select User Access Token → Click Next

User Access Token

  1. Enable these permissions:
    • pages_messaging
    • pages_show_list
    • pages_manage_metadata
    • business_management
    • instagram_basic
    • instagram_manage_messages
  2. Click Create

Instagram Permissions

  1. Copy the generated Configuration ID → Paste into INSTAGRAM_CONFIGURATION_ID

Configuration ID

🔑 Step 7: Set Instagram Verify Token​

  1. Generate a random string using random.org/strings
  2. Copy any of one generated string

Random Verification

  1. Update in your configuration: 
    INSTAGRAM_VERIFY_TOKEN="your_random_string_here"
    Example: INSTAGRAM_VERIFY_TOKEN="2AqYO0vP0M"

✅ Final Configuration​

Your complete .env configuration should look like this:

# Instagram Integration
INSTAGRAM_APP_ID="112233445566778"
INSTAGRAM_APP_SECRET="a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0"
INSTAGRAM_CONFIGURATION_ID="9988776655443322"
INSTAGRAM_VERIFY_TOKEN="2AqYO0vP0M"

⚠ī¸ Important: Instagram configuration is required if you want to offer Instagram Messaging to your customers. Without this, the Instagram channel cannot be connected.

🔹 After App Installation

Post-Installation Configuration​

📸 Instagram Webhook Configuration​

⚠ī¸ Important: Webhook configuration is mandatory after installation. Without it, Instagram messaging will not work.

🔧 Step-by-Step Instructions​

✅ 1. Open Your Meta App​

  1. Go to developers.facebook.com
  2. Log in with your Meta developer account
  3. Click My Apps (top-right) and select your app

Open Your Meta App

⚙ī¸ 2. Set Up Webhook for Instagram​

  1. In the Dashboard, scroll to the Messenger section
  2. Click Set Up
  3. Navigate to Instagram Settings
  4. Under Webhooks, click Add Callback URL

Instagram Webhook

  1. Enter these details:
    • Callback URL: 
      https://yourserverdomain.com/instagram/webhook
    • Verify Token: Use the same value from your .env file (INSTAGRAM_VERIFY_TOKEN) Example: 2AqYO0vP0M

Callback URL

  1. Click Verify and Save

📡 3. Subscribe to Webhook Fields​

In the Webhook Fields section, enable Subscribed for:

  • messages
  • messaging_postbacks
  • messaging_seen
  • messaging_handover
  • message_reactions
  • messaging_referral
  • messaging_optins
  • comments
  • live_comments

Webhook Fields

✅ 4. Finalize in WhautoChat​

  1. Go to your self-hosted WhautoChat app
  2. Complete the Instagram Integration setup
  3. Send a test message to verify the connection

💡 Summary of Required Values​

INSTAGRAM_VERIFY_TOKEN="2AqYO0vP0M" INSTAGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL="https://yourserverdomain.com/instagram/webhook"

Need Help?​

📩 Contact us at support@whauto.chat – we're happy to help!

Additional Resources​

For advanced features or troubleshooting, refer to Meta's documentation or WhautoChat support.