Facebook: Is it possible to publish to a user's stream as if from the application itself?

Question

Using stream.publish, I've tried the above by passing the application's id as the "uid" parameter, but it always gives me a "Permissions Error". I've ensured that the extended permissions for "publish_stream" are set to allow, but it still gives me this error.

Is it possible to make posts appear as if they came from the application?

Answer 1

I had a similar problem to this. The easiest way to get your app to publish something is to use something like:

Facebook.streamPublish("I used this app")

This will prompt the user to update their status with the message "I used this app". This does not require any additional permissions and the final message contains a box saying it came via your app.

Answer 2

This should work fine if the user has given you extended permissions for offline access (which you can ask for when you request stream publishing permissions as well). More about that here:

http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Extended%5Fpermissions

Once the user has given you offline access, you'll get a session key that doesn't expire, and you can use that to make calls on their behalf.