Hello!
Facebook apps are allowed to have a tab that a user can add to his profile's tabs if he wants.
How can I get the uid or otherwise identify the currently logged in user in order to customize the layout for him please?
Thank you.
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A:
As noted here:
Facebook does not pass back who the viewing user is when she first visits your tab. Facebook does send the profile owner's ID in the fb_sig_profile_user parameter, so you know whose profile to display content for.
Visitor id is passed as request parameter after a user interacts with your tab. I can't find exact parameter name as they removed a wiki page that used to contain a list of all passed parameters, but if you dump all your request vars you should be able to see it (but not during the first visit).
serg
2010-08-17 17:08:53
Francisc
2010-08-17 18:02:45
Just to make sure: if the link isn't visible, it shows a map with cities visited by the user who has that tab in his profile.How do they do that? If I had the FB ID of the user who has that tab it would be simple...
Francisc
2010-08-17 18:03:42
@Francisc if you need profile owner id then just read `fb_sig_profile_user` request parameter on your server side. You can get owner id, just not the visitor.
serg
2010-08-17 18:12:06
Excellent! That's exactly what I wanted.Thanks a lot, Serg!
Francisc
2010-08-18 10:44:51
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A:
some sources to do it + you must have turned on all items on migration in app settings
http://nathrondevblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-get-user-id-in-profile-tab.html
grexos
2010-10-01 07:07:14
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A:
Try out this one, If the user is logged in. You can directly get the user_id, session_key etc from the querystring.
long fbuid = long.Parse(Request.QueryString.Get("fb_sig_user"));
Adi_aks
2010-10-01 08:09:59