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Meta long-lived user tokens typically expire after ~60 days. If a token expires, any workflows that rely on it start failing. Manual renewal is easy to forget and time consuming.
This template monitors the token you store in an n8n Data Table and refreshes it automatically before expiration, so your social automations keep running without surprises or late-night fire drills.
Who’s it for
- Agencies, marketing team, creators managing Meta apps or scheduled social automations
- Anyone tired of “token expired” errors breaking flows at 2 a.m.
How it works / What it does
- Triggers: scheduled every 10 days, plus a Manual Trigger for testing.
- Reads: pulls the current token row from your "Meta credential" Data Table (fields: token and expires_at).
- Decides: IF the token expires in ≤ 15 days, proceed to renewal; otherwise do nothing.
- Calls the Graph API to get a new access token
- Updates: computes the new ISO expires_at from expires_in and writes the fresh token + expires_at back to the Data Table. Note: Meta typically issues ~60-day long-lived tokens; confirm for your app.
Requirements
- A Meta app with an initial (short-lived or long-lived) user access token
- n8n Data Tables enabled (you might need to update your instance to see the option) and a table named "Meta credential" with:
** token (string)
** expires_at (datetime)
How to set up
- Create the data table: name it "Meta credential" with columns "token" and "expires_at". Insert one row with your current token and its expiration date.
- Configure the IF node "Needs renewal?": keep (or tweak) the 15-day threshold logic.
- Run once with the Manual Trigger to validate, then enable the Schedule Trigger (10-day cadence by default).
How to customize the workflow
- Change the Schedule Trigger interval and hour.
- Notify on renewal: Add a Slack/Email node after "Update Record" to alert on token refreshes.