Facebook status update through php

Question

Hi,

I want to develop a bot which will update the status of a facebook account using php.

Please guide me on this

Answer 1

Check this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/874512/update-facebook-status-from-site

Answer 2

Google is your friend :)

http://fbcookbook.ofhas.in/2009/02/07/facebook-reveals-status-api-how-to-use-it/

Answer 3

You want to learn the Facebook Connect API.

http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Facebook_Connect

Answer 4

@Porkchop is correct, you will probably need the Facebook Connect API. To update a users status on Facebook, you should look at the Status.set API call.

For coding a googletalk bot in php there are some articles that should get you started:

• Twitter PHP Jabber Bot Tutorial
• Jabber Simple - A PHP library

But also consider using IMified, which does a lot of the work of creating and running chat bots for you.

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If all you are interested in is a simple way to update your Facebook status from you Google Talk status, you probably don't need to go to all that work - just install the 'Google Talk Status Synchronizer' facebook application.

Answer 5

This bot already exists: it connects to facebook, performs the login and then sets the status. You can find it here:

http://www.barattalo.it/2010/03/01/php-curl-bot-to-update-facebook-status/

Answer 6

Hi, Since you are coding in PHP, I recommend using Jaxl (Jabber XMPP Library). It supports bot authentication using X-FACEBOOK-PLATFORM and updating facebook status should be a one line task using the library. http://github.com/abhinavsingh/JAXL

Answer 7

You could higher somebody to do it for cheap by outsourcing it, i mean thats what i do when i dont know code.