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:ok_hand: A handy function to upload video in chunk on the facebook graph.
https://github.com/mrdotb/facebook-api-video-upload

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:ok_hand: A handy function to upload video in chunk on the facebook graph.

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# facebook-api-video-upload
> Upload a video in chunk on the facebook api. [more info](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/video-uploads)

## Install
```
$ npm i facebook-api-video-upload --save
```
Tested on OS X and Linux.

## Usage
```javascript
const fs = require('fs');
const fbUpload = require('facebook-api-video-upload');

const args = {
token: "YOURTOKEN", // with the permission to upload
id: "YOURID", //The id represent {page_id || group_id}
stream: fs.createReadStream('./fixture.mp4'), //path to the video,
title: "my video",
description: "my description",
thumb: {
value: fs.createReadStream('./fixture.jpg'),
options: {
filename: 'fixture.jpg',
contentType: 'image/jpg'
}
}
// if you want the default thumb from the video just remove the field
// you can add any extra fields from the api https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/page/videos/#Creating
// all keys except token, id, stream are passed to the final request
};

fbUpload(args).then((res) => {
console.log('res: ', res);
//res: { success: true, video_id: '1838312909759132' }
}).catch((e) => {
console.error(e);
});
```

## Note
The Video API allows you to publish Videos on Pages and Groups. Publishing on Users is not supported. [Read more](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/video-api/guides/publishing)

## License
MIT © [MrdotB](https://github.com/MRdotB)