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Instagram Image URLs (lookaside.fbsbx.com) not triggering External Request webhook

  • September 14, 2025
  • 3 replies
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asfe

Hi,
I have a critical issue with External Requests.

When a user sends an Instagram image, the URL looks like this:

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/ig_messaging_cdn/?asset_id=...

This URL is passed in the payload, but the webhook in n8n never triggers.

  • Test webhook calls from ManyChat work fine

  • Text-only messages also work

  • Problem only occurs when the payload contains lookaside.fbsbx.com image URLs

Has anyone experienced this before? How can we make sure the webhook is triggered with Instagram image URLs?

Thanks in advance!

3 replies

Gustavo Boregio
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  • Manychat Community Moderator
  • 2821 replies
  • September 15, 2025

Hey ​@asfe check in Manychat, in settings > logs, and see if you have any errors.

If you see errors, make sure the variable is encoded to JSON - check this post and its comments for reference: 

 

If that’s not the issue, then you have something wrong in your N8N setup.


Raquel C
Manychat Team Member
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  • Manychat Community Manager
  • 237 replies
  • October 1, 2025

Hi ​@asfe did you get to solve your issue with Gustavo’s reccomendation?


Djaloul
  • Up-and-Comer
  • 1 reply
  • October 26, 2025

Facing the same problem. Were you able to solve it?