Integrate Facebook Comments to Google Sheets Using Pabbly Connect

Learn how to automate adding comments from Facebook Pages and Ads to Google Sheets using Pabbly Connect in this step-by-step tutorial. Discover how to seamlessly connect your essential tools through accessible instructions that make powerful automation available to professionals at every skill level.

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1. Setting Up Pabbly Connect for Facebook Comments

To start integrating Facebook comments with Google Sheets, we will use Pabbly Connect as our automation platform. First, access your Pabbly Connect dashboard by signing up for a free account. Once logged in, click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button to begin.

Next, name your workflow (e.g., ‘Facebook Comments to Google Sheets’) and select the appropriate folder. After that, you will see two windows: the trigger window and the action window. The trigger window is where we will set up the Facebook integration.

2. Connecting Facebook Pages to Pabbly Connect

In the trigger window, select ‘Facebook Pages’ as the app. Choose ‘New Comment’ as the trigger event. This ensures that every time a new comment is posted on your Facebook page, Pabbly Connect will capture this event to initiate the automation.

• Select ‘Add New Connection’ to link your Facebook account.
• Click the ‘Connect with Facebook Pages’ button and authorize Pabbly Connect to access your Facebook account.
• Choose the Facebook page you want to monitor for new comments.

After selecting your Facebook page, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to verify the connection. Once the test is successful, you can proceed to set up the filter conditions to ensure only new comments are captured.

3. Adding Filter Conditions in Pabbly Connect

To ensure that only new comments are recorded, we will add filter conditions in Pabbly Connect. This is done by selecting ‘Filter’ as the next action step. We will set conditions based on the verb and item.

• Set the first condition: verb equals ‘add’.
• Add a second condition: item equals ‘comment’.
• Add a third condition: from ID does not equal your Facebook page ID.

After setting these conditions, click ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to ensure that the filter works correctly. Once validated, you can move on to the next step of adding data to Google Sheets.

4. Integrating Google Sheets with Pabbly Connect

Now that we have our filter conditions in place, it’s time to integrate Google Sheets with Pabbly Connect. In the action window, select ‘Google Sheets’ as the app and choose ‘Add New Row’ as the action event. This action will enable us to add the captured comment data to our specified Google Sheet.

Click on ‘Connect’ and choose ‘Add New Connection’ to connect your Google Sheets account. Authorize Pabbly Connect to access your Google Sheets account. Once connected, select the spreadsheet and the specific sheet where you want the comments to be stored.

5. Mapping Data to Google Sheets

With the Google Sheets integration established, we will now map the data fields from the Facebook comments to the columns in our Google Sheet. This mapping includes the date and time, name of the commenter, post link, comment message, and comment ID.

For each field in Google Sheets, select the corresponding response from the previous steps in Pabbly Connect. Once you have mapped all the necessary fields, click ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to test the integration.

If the test is successful, you will see a new row added to your Google Sheet with the comment details. This confirms that the automation is functioning correctly, allowing you to track comments efficiently.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we demonstrated how to use Pabbly Connect to automate the process of adding new comments from Facebook Pages and Ads to Google Sheets. This integration streamlines tracking and monitoring user engagement, making it easier to manage your comments effectively.