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Facebook calling Google App Engine code using GET instead of POST

I've been developing a Facebook app using Google App Engine in Python and the pyfacebook bindings. For weeks everything worked fine but suddenly it stopped. At first I thought it was a code change so I rolled back the entire dev directory to a version I knew worked, but still it failed. It's possible a change I made to the application'...

What are the potential problems with exposing the Facebook API secret?

I'm writing a little web utility that posts status updates to Twitter and/or Facebook. That involved creating 'applications' with both those services in order to get API keys and 'secrets'. My question is how protected I really need to keep those secrets -- in order for this to work at all, you seem to need the secret to interact with ...

How to solve null object reference after instantiate FacebookSessionUtil

Hi, everyone. I think you can help me out from this little problem. I am a novice in Facebook developer by choosing ActionScript 3 as my developer platform. I use SWC library from official facebook-actionscript-api that promoted by Adobe. So I followed their tutorial. So I did following instruction: Create Flex project. Download and...

Facebook like platform for applications

I'm developing a CMS for my university. With this Cms university staff can login and design their personal web sites without any knowledge of html or php. What i want is sperate all external applications from my CMS. For example, there is a Polls application, Gallery and Images application and so on. And others programmers will work on ...

LIVEMESSAGING Using " FaceBook API " in Silverlight Application.

I'm using a Silverlight Application and want to use LIVEMESSAGE class for Instant Messaging through FaceBook API. Can any body tell me how to use this LIVEMESSAGE for Messaging by using an Example? Thanxs In Advance, Ravi Joshi ...

How to Add facebook "Install App Button" on a Fanpage Tab (Based on working example)

Hello there! For some time now I try to figure out how these guys were able to add "Sign online here" button which is "install App" button on their fan-page tab: http://www.facebook.com/GuinnessIreland?v=app_165491161181 I've read around the web and couldn't come up with any solid solution. The FBML and FBJS documentation left me with...

Cell specific Action like slide-in menu

I'm attempting to implement a slide-in menu like in the facebook app. I have a NIB for a custom UITableViewCell, which includes a button. The button has an IBAction associated with it, in which I animate in a subview of my NIB (the delete/edit menu). My problem is that my animation only happens on one cell, and its not the cell where I...

load xfbml content without the connect login button

i have an iframe php application. i want to use xfbml on my page. the problem is i am only able to initialize and use xfbml when i use the connect login button the regular FB.init is not working... please help. <fb:login-button>Login button</fb:login-button> <script src="http://static.ak.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.ph...

Back to a Previous URL post-publishing a Note in Facebook

Hi, Anybody know how to back to previous link Post-Publishing something in Facebook, for our convenience there's back buttons no browser back buttons, Facebook doesn't redirect to the previous URL programmatically. The only way for me is to wait for expiring the time out. Please throw me some light on this... Thanx!!! ...

How do I check if a user is a fan of my facebook page on my website?

I want to check if my users are fans of my facebook page. I think something like this should do it: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; <script type="text/javascript">FB.init("my api key","xd_receiver.htm");</script> <script typ...

Choosing a thumbnail from an external link

I am trying to build a script that retrieves a list of thumbnail images from an external link, much like Facebook does when you share a link and can choose the thumbnail image that is associated with that post. My script currently works like this: file_get_contents on the URL preg_match_all to match any <img src="" in the contents Wor...

How to make vertical menu like a new facebook on the left ?

How to make vertical menu like a new facebook on the left ? important point is selected tabs.. ...

Failed to Load swf on a facebook iframe application

I'm currently learning how to make facebook apps, and I've hit a problem. Usually when I make flash applications, I can use the index.html and run the swf from a webserver. However, I tried to make a facebook iFrame app using the same setup, all I get is the Alternative Content Text. Any experienced flash/facebook developer help would ...

Controlling scroll position for Facebook iFrame application's parent frame

I've got a Facebook iFrame application happily up and running, but I'm realizing that I don't have a way to handle the scroll position of the parent frame because of cross-domain issues. If a user clicks too far down on the page, I can't pop them back up to the top. Has anyone had an luck with either any of the Facebook JS libraries or...

Post a link to an event using facebook API

I feel like I've tried everything, but I'm not getting anywhere with stream.publish. I would like to post to the "links" section of an event. The application and the logged in user are both admins of the event. I am able to write on the event's wall like so (examples in python using pyFacebook): facebook.stream.publish( message =...

Could Facebook have been implemented in Adobe Flex?

I am considering creating a website with the complexity of Facebook that should be able to scale into the millions of users. My question is: Is there any reason not to use Adobe Flex for such large project apart from the obvious point of requiring everyone to have Flash installed and not having to rely on Adobe? In my view Adobe Flex wou...

Displaying text on multiple lines in Facebook News Feed Story

Hi I am trying to make a Facebook application and I would like to publish stories on Users' News Feeds. The problem i am having is that i would like to show text in multiple lines but HTML tags aren't allowed (Allowed Tags). However, i recently received a news story from another application which had a list style story posted which is ...

Facebook Connect w/ MVC

I am trying to add facebook connect into my ASP.NET MVC I followed all the directions on how to do this, however it isn't working right for some reason. In IE the window that prompts you to login is blank but in Firefox or Safari it works fine.. anyone have any insight to this problem? ...

Facebook Mobile Authorization

I am trying to make a Facebook Connect web app more "mobile friendly". I am currently able to allow iPhone users to log into the site using the normal Facebook Connect PHP libraries. Here is the issue: Using my iPhone I am able to log in successfully. However this leaves 2 Mobile Safari tabs open: the site and the cross domain helper fi...

How do I display a list of my friends' Facebook statuses on my own web site using Facebook Connect?

How do I display a list of my friends' Facebook statuses on my own web site using Facebook Connect? Essentially, I want to log into my own web site on my own domain using Facebook Connect's login mechanism, and then display a Feed-like status alongside my own web site's content (so long as I'm logged in via Facebook Connect). I haven't ...