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Create facebook rest client using stored session_key (infinite session / offline_access)

In my facebook app, I figured out how to get a session_key by fetching the user's offline_access permission. (Using Facebook Java API) However, what I could not find out: How can I create an IFacebookRestClient using this key at a later point of time? Of course, as long as the session of my own app lasts, the client is stored within it -...

Where should I start with a facebook application?

Hi all. I am thinking about developing a fairly simple facebook application which i have modelled the database in access. I have web space and mySQL databases available, but I was wondering if anyone could point me towards any guides for facebook development? I had a search a while back, but they all seemed rather out of date. Anyone kno...

How to publish a FB notification froma FB connect app?

How can I publish a notification from a FB connect APP using only FMBL? Is it possible? ...

facebook-ish like iframe in ajax

Hello, Can anyone here expand on how I can create a frame within a page, like facebook has (when you click on a user's profile and your not friends with him, for example) in AJAX, or even better - does anyone know a framework that would do the AJAX dirty work, with me writing in PHP? Something like $frame = new iframeObject; $frame->s...

Facebook Content and Ownership

Hello, I am working on an app that imports photos from facebook. It creates a few "auto albums" for the users including one called "Photos of Me", which I think is pretty self explanitory (Yes, the "photos you're tagged in" one, provided by facebook). Anyway, how do I deal with ownership of these photos within my app? do I... Give t...

encode JSON in FBJS

Hi, I'm trying to encode a JS object into a JSON string (to read into a SWF as a FlashVar) but the encoders all seem to error out due to facebook prefixing the names of all JS objects with the app ID. I am not a very good JS debugger but the errors are telling me objects are not defined. ...

Post to Facebook Page via ASP.NET

I've seen this and this but before I sink a ton of time into it, I want to know if what I'm trying to do is possible. I have a Page on FB (not a profile, but a Page for business, websites, etc) and I want to post a story to it via my site automatically. I don't want to do anything else but that. I don't want to create an app (if I don't ...

Is it possible to retrieve Facebook Pages information like notes, photos, and videos?

I've been up and down the Facebook API as well as all over the internets looking for an answer to this question. Has anyone seen an example of a website that displays information pulled from a Facebook Page? Is this even possible? I've been able to run the demos provided at Trying Out Facebook Connect and the API Test Console, but I've...

Facebook style "whats new feeds" in ASP.net MVC sanity check

I would like to create a Facebook style “whats new” view for my asp.net mvc application. This might generate content such as... * Ciaran sent a message to The Rise and Fall of the Rockets * Rick is going to Songs for the bathtub on Thursday, 28 June 2009 * Col became a fan of The Rise and Fall of the Rockets * Leeroy posted Busk To Bea...

Facebook API question - uids and email

Hello Folks, I am trying to develop a application where The user 'X' has logged into Facebook app has a set of email addresses (possible friends of user 'X') app gets the list of friends of user 'X' (uids) Want to check if user with email address [email protected] is a valid facebook user by using email address and is user X's friend (ba...

Trying to figure out a way to have a Google map pop-up from inside Facebook.

Here's the deal: I have an fb app I wrote mostly for my own benefit. (you can play with it at http://apps.facebook.com/bicyclelog/log.php?uid=0 if you like...) Anyway, the problem is this: Facebook lobotomizes Javascript. Google Maps is Javascript based. Therefore, I have to put the map in an iFrame. But FB puts restrictions on iFrames,...

Authentication without a username and a password

Hi, I'm working on an AIR application that connects to facebook. After the user connects to his facebook account he should be able to do stuff to the account linked to the facebook account he's logged into. Typically, you'd have a login() function that accepts a username and a password, authenticates them and sets a cookie. In my case,...

Facebook app with an iframe on rails

I'm attempting to create a facebook app and went through the book http://pragprog.com/titles/mmfacer/developing-facebook-platform-applications-with-rails. Everything works fine on my development machine when I have my canvas render method set as fbml. But, for various reasons I want to build an app with an iframe. When I set my app to...

In what ways is JavaScript restricted when making a Facebook app?

I've been asked to do Facebook apps. Before I commit to anything, I want to know how easily a game can be moved to Facebook? (I'm completely comfortable making games in JavaScript in the browser.) Does Facebook filter the JavaScript in some way? Can I use jQuery or other JS libraries? Can I do animation by altering the DOM on the fly? ...

Facebook: What to do when run out of invitation quota when debugging invitation form?

There's a invitation quota limitation for Facebook <fb:multi-friend-selector>, and I wrapped it inside <fb:request-form>, in iframe mode I'm the application developer myself, and I have my own additional form data to add into the request-form However when I debug this function, facebook only allows me to invite for 3 times only. I have...

Facebook, iframe app, fb:request-form, action attribute problem

Hi all, I'm making a facebook iframe application I'm making a request form with my own form data. What should I do in order to process the data? If I put action="http://apps.facebook.com/[appName]/abc.php" , i.e. <fb:serverfbml> <script type="text/fbml"> <fb:fbml> <fb:request-form action="http://apps.facebook.com/[appName]/abc....

How does an IM service such as "digsby" works?

I would like to create an IM that includes Facebook chat, I've been looking around for sometime but I haven't been able to find out how can this be done. How do services such as "Digsby" manage to do this? I mean, since there's still no API for it (or none that I've found for that matter) and Facebook Connect, doesn't permits this functi...

Facebook: Application Menu points to Connect URL for Facebook application

I have an IFrame app, and I would like to use some Connect features using javascript. But when I set the Connect URL in the application settings, it then causes two problems. 1) The link for the app in the Application Menu now points to: http://mydomain.com/myapp/ instead of: http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/ 2) The request open...

Facebook, Django, and Google App Engine

I'm experimenting with app-engine-patch (Django for GAE) on Google App Engine. And I would like to write a Facebook application. Is it possible to use PyFacebook and its middleware? Or is there some other solution? ...

What are all the facilities provided by Facebook to an application?

Hi, I'm not going to integrate my application into Facebook platform I just registered my app to get the api key In that case what are all the facilities i can avail from facebook apart from using facebook for authentication 1. Can i get users friends list 2. will my application be allowed to send notification or messages or emails ...