Find Facebook Hidden Interests via Telegram

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        "content": "## Facebook API\n\nTo get the API Key you need to follow these steps:\nhttps://developers.facebook.com/docs/commerce-platform/setup/api-setup/"
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Credentials you'll need

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• facebookGraphApi
• telegramApi

About this workflow

This n8n workflow is designed to extract specific interests from messages in a Telegram chat and retrieve related information using the Facebook Graph API. It aims to provide a streamlined solution for parsing and analyzing user-provided interests within the Telegram platform.…

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