Hi, I have a question concerning the implementation of Facebook Conversions API via Google Tag Manager Server-Side.
We are using DNN /EVOQ CMS which is a .net application.
Everything else is in place concerning Facebook Pixel and Business manager.
I also tested it on the Graph API and it worked fine.
It’s just the last step that is missing.
I know one way to implement the Facebook Conversions API is with Node.js Business SDK.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/conversions-api/using-the-api
My Question:
If you use Google Tag Manager Server-Side, do you still need to add the Node.js Business SDK ?
Thanks in advance
The Node sdk is to send FB conversions directly to FB.
In your case, you send all the FB conversion info with the hit to your GTM endpoint and then you make a custom http request tag and retranslate all the info you've got from your backend into a proper FB conversion request.
That's pretty much it.
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I was looking for a way to integrate my CodenameOne app with Facebook. Particularly to collect data aimed to improve the adds shown on Facebook to users who have, for example, installed the app. What I found for integration with Facebook on CN1 is (mainly) this https://www.codenameone.com/javadoc/com/codename1/social/FacebookConnect.html
This seems useful for publishing photos or posts to Facebook as a user, but not for gathering data as I need it. Is there a way to access this part of the Facebook SDK in CN1? If there isn´t is this planned for the future?
The connect API is designed for authorization and authentication which need to be native. From that point on you can use the token against the standard Facebook Graph API.
I'm not really familiar with the marketing API but does it require functionality from the native SDK which isn't available in the current SDK?
In my work we often need to build Facebook apps in the form of Facebook Canvas and Website. These apps are available on Facebook direclty (an iframe) and as mobile versions (outside Facebook, in the browser).
We are working with a code base which mixes Facebook JS SDK (authentication and authorization) with PHP SDK (API calls). I find it rather dirty, and not easy to understand for people freshly working on the projects.
It's inconvinient to make API calls with JS, and making them with PHP forces extending access tokens. Authenticating user with JS SDK involves client-side redirects which are ugly to be honest, as they usually occur moments after the current page starts rendering, and so on...
I googled a lot about separating these two SDKs but did not find a clear answer to my questions:
Is it possible to create Facebook app (Canvas, Website) which bases ONLY on PHP SDK? Check login status, login, permissions, making API calls, etc. Would signed request be enough?
Is JS SDK the only full-proof way to determine user's login status at any time?
This link seems to describe what I'm thinking of, however the docs are rather brief (which seems to be a problem of Facebook documentation in general). Can anyone suggest other sources that might help? Does anyone have experience with builing FB aplications based only on server-side?
Thanks.
EDIT:
The link I posted above covers the case of not using ANY SDK, so no, it's not what I'm looking for.
You can even create an App WITHOUT any SDK - with simple CURL calls, for example. So yeah, it is indeed possible to use the PHP SDK only, but the login process is much better with the JS SDK (no redirection needed) and you can´t auto-refresh a user session like it is possible with FB.getLoginStatus afaik.
In short, i would not recommend it, the JS SDK is the very best way to authorize users and refresh Access Tokens. I would only use the PHP SDK (or simple CURL calls) for stuff that MUST happen on the server, and for stuff that includes using the App Secret, for example.
Documentation on the net seems to be VERY scarce. The only option I can think of at the moment
is to have my SPA app break convention and to have the (initial) logged out page be different to the logged in one (eg my app).
My app is built using Durandal 2.0.0.
In one of my OAuth tests app's I've managed to implement this link successfully. But as Durandal does not work in the same way (Server-side controller, & razor views), I'm thoroughly confused in how to achieve what I want to.
I'd like to have my app remain a single page app. But I've got little to no experience with the OAuth SDK
My only requirement is that the user log into my app using his FB account.
I've had an initial stab at this using the FB java script API, and got it working, but after discussions with another developer this side, it doesn't seem like the purpose of the java script API is to facilitate secure application login's? As the way we had it, would allow any user to pass a valid fb userId, then he would be logged into our app. :/
How would I go about achieving this process flow in a Durandal/Web API Single Page App?
User logs in using fb ->
then on the server we get his fb userId ->
retrieve our internal appID
I'm not asking for a complete answer/for someone to do my work....
But any documentation to get me started/less confused would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a sample project which demonstrates how to use OAuth with Durandal and Web API:
DurandalAuth.
However there are some modifications in viewmodels needed, since router changed in Durandal 2.0.0.
Is it possible to register my FB application to use Facebook REST API?
Or is it possible to authenticate in facebook mobile app with no redirection?
You do not need to register an app with a particular API - just go ahead and use it, the instructions are all there. However, Facebook recommends that you do not use the REST API as it is no longer being supported or updated. Use the Graph API and/or FQL - these are under active development and they're what most of the development community use.
Regarding the mobile app issue, could you give a little more detail? The OS and SDK you're using, for example?
I am a student majoring in CS and very newbie to Facebook app development. I couldn't find any good resources online so, I was wondering how can I send an app request or a message using python tornado framework to targeted user? So far, I have my app access token but I couldn't get app request to work... I need some kind of reference to follow but I am not having good time finding one that is "SIMPLE" enough... Thanks!
Regardless of the backend framework, doing app invites is all client-side, so as long as you can stream out HTML from your server with the correct Javascript, then you'll be well on your way.
See: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/requests/ For information and examples can be found and played with in Javascript tool at: http://developers.facebook.com/tools/console/ click Examples, then click apprequests