Connecting Facebook to Switchboard Cloud – Switchboard Live - Help Center

This article will teach you how to add and authenticate a Facebook destination to your Switchboard Cloud account.

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We recommend that you do the following before you begin the authorization.

1. Use a desktop computer to authorize the destination to your Switchboard Cloud account.

2. In the same browser, log into the appropriate social media account before starting the authorization process.

Let’s begin!

You can start by watching the video and following the step-by-step instructions below.

Add a new Facebook destination.

Step 1

Click on the Facebook icon.

Step 2.

Click Authorize.

Step 3

You may be prompted to log into your Facebook account. It helps to have pop-up blockers disabled.

Step 4

Select the Facebook destination type ( profile, page, or group).

Step 5

Click Close.

Step 6

Click "Finish" when you are done or “Add another Destination” to continue adding more destinations to the workflow page.

Congratulations! You've successfully added a Facebook Destination to your Switchboard Account!

If you click, Add Another destination follow the steps below.

New Destination.

Select Facebook Live (or any other social channel).

Press the Authorize

Select the Facebook destination type ( profile, page, or group).

If you’ve added a Facebook Group, you’ll need to perform this extra step and add Switchboard as an approved application.

Learn how to add Switchboard as an approved application for your Facebook Group. Set Up Your Facebook Group For Streaming

Ready to Go Live!

Going live on Facebook

When ready to go live, start sending the video from your encoder.
Double-check that the video is showing on the confidence monitor and that the “receiving” indicator is green.
Select the destinations and press Go Live.

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