Using Facebook Graph to simply post a wall message with just javascript

Question

Hey guys, Now I know this question has been asked similarly a lot of times but I'm really struggling here.

Its a simple thing I need to do:

I would like to post a message onto a users wall saying "I scored 8/10 on objects game" then a URL

Thats it. I don't mind if facebook needs to authenticate and then post the message. and I really don't want to have to use the full API - as I don't want to handle user login details.

Is it possible using the new Graph API and javascript.

Uber thanks guys > this'll allow me to sleep tonight.

Answer 1

Yes, this is possible using the new Graph API and javascript, although I think your life will be much much easier if you have some server-side PHP to help you out.

First you'll have to authenticate using the publish stream extended permission, and then it's just a simple HTTP post request - see the "Publishing to Facebook" section in the Facebook Open Graph API. Note that you may have to register your application with Facebook first in order to get the Application ID necessary.

Answer 2

You can use something like this to publish to a wall, the user will need to confirm before it get sent. Don't forget that you'll need use FB.init and include the JS SDK link.

 function fb_publish() {
     FB.ui(
       {
         method: 'stream.publish',
         message: 'Message here.',
         attachment: {
           name: 'Name here',
           caption: 'Caption here.',
           description: (
             'description here'
           ),
           href: 'url here'
         },
         action_links: [
           { text: 'Code', href: 'action url here' }
         ],
         user_prompt_message: 'Personal message here'
       },
       function(response) {
         if (response && response.post_id) {
           alert('Post was published.');
         } else {
           alert('Post was not published.');
         }
       }
     );  
  }

Answer 3

but it will post it on just one friend's wall. is it possible to post it on all of my friends' walls using api?