Facebook Open Graph without a browser

Question

Hello,

For a middleware system with internet (which works inside a set-top box) I want to develop a primitive Facebook interface where users can type their user-names and password, showing their latest notification, messages and other casual stuff on the TV screen by using the recent Facebook Graph API.

This middleware program uses Java ME to run programs (such as this simple facebook app) and it can connect to internet however it doesn't have a real web browser. Without browser it can connect to any url to retrieve the JSON response however I am not sure how to achieve authentication without a real browser.

Under this circumstances, is it possible Facebook authentication? If you think so, what approach would you suggest ?

Thanks

Answer 1

According to this documentation on "Desktop Application Authentication" I don't believe your desired result is possible:

Facebook's OAuth implementation does not include explicit desktop application support. However, if your desktop application can embed a Web browser, you can add Facebook support to your application easily using the same OAuth User-Agent Flow used by JavaScript clients.

However, it is clearly possible for certain vendors to do this, since Microsoft's Xbox 360 Facebook application does exactly what you are proposing. I'd be interested to see if anyone has dug up any API for doing this that Facebook doesn't want in their most obvious documentation.

Answer 2

This isn't an answer but I'm trying to do the same thing. Check out this guy's blog which uses another server to proxy the requests: cory wiles blog

If you figure it out please post a detailed answer here so I can do it to.. :)