Is there any better way of checking RSVP status of user (logged in our application) vs. specific Event through Graph API, than calling /v2.3/{user_id}/events and going through all events to find the one we're interested into and get the rsvp_status field there?
What I've tried, and what didn't work:
/v2.3/{user_id}/events/{event_id}
/v2.3/{user_id}/events?event={event_id}
/v2.3/{user_id}/events?event_id={event_id}
calling all of them, to find out if user is in any of RSVP groups: /v2.3/{event_id}/{attending|invited|maybe|declined|noreply}?user={user_id}
Also FQL is not a solution, if anybody wants to C&P existing FQL answers, because that's deprecated since API v2.0
This related answer is also wondering about efficiency on using Graph API, because pulling all user's events and going through them is both time and resource expensive operation
Ok, so I found the answer, which is quite simple:
/v2.3/{event_id}/invited?user={user_id}
Currently this method will
return nothing, if user is not yet part of event (was never invited and never attended/maybe himself)
return one object, with user object and his rsvp_status
/invited (what we've seen from testing) contains both users that were invited to the event, and users that joined the event themselves (so don't get confused by the word invited, at least unless facebook changes the API again)
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I have a backend running GraphQL, MongoDB + Mongoose, and Apollo. This application has functionality for user accounts and a friends list. Each user can login to their account and see a list of friends with their current 'status'; If a friend changes their status, I need that change to be reflected on the user's side. An example of this is like facebook's "green dot" on messenger that tells you when one of your friends is online using the application.
I have been searching documentation for GraphQL and have been suggested either Subscriptions or Live Queries. Subscriptions seem to be the majority of suggestions from what I understand, live queries are not officially part of GraphQL or were dropped.
Does anyone have a solution to getting "live" data with GraphQL/MongoDB that doesn't involve polling for this scenario?
You already seem to have your answer: subscriptions!
Using your example, consider two users - mikep17 and mcy. You are mikep17, logged into your application and viewing your list of friends and their statuses. I am your friend, and I log in as you are viewing this list, and you want to see that in your application's UI.
On the frontend, in your application's instance, your application will execute a subscription to some event. Let's call it friendStatusChange. Now your application is "listening" for that event in order to respond accordingly. Let's assume that when your application receives the event, it can parse out the information that "I" (mcy) have changed from offline => online and then use that to add the "green dot" next to my username.
On the backend, your GraphQL server will have code that handles your user functionality - logging in, logging out, etc. It will need to be enhanced to hook into these actions and "publish" the friendStatusChange event as applicable.
Now, instead of your client constantly asking (polling) "did a friend's status change? how about now? now?", it can just listen and wait for your server to tap it on the shoulder and say "hey buddy, your friend mcy's status changed".
My goal is to make a website, in which user could customize a photo and then provide his friends indicators like name or id. My next task is to fetch that info from database and send messages on specific date to provided users. Ex birthday wishes, greetings, and so on.
I studied facebook send api for a few days now and couldn't find solution for myself. If I want to send message, I need to have Page-scoped id of user, which is acquired when the person text you first, which is not desired, because person wouldn't know what it is.
Also I was looking into Customer matching API, also seems to require the same PSID. The next thing I checked was Send Dialog API, which seems to send messages instantly, but not on the specific date. Also I checked unofficial facebook-chat-api, which asks for user ID, whereas I can find my id, I couldn't find ids of my friends.
So I just want to know is it even possible, if yes, I'd really appreciate your help.
User to User communication is not possible (and not allowed) in an automatic way, there is no API for it except for the Send Dialog. The Messenger platform is for page to user communication only.
Do not use inofficial tools, they are not allowed and might get you banned.
I run an event platform and am looking for a way to retrieve event data (name, date, location, description, etc.) from different events (festivals) on Facebook.
We were working on a connection when the Cambridge Analytica thing happened. Since then my developers have not found a new way to retrieve info, but I'm a bit skeptical.
As of now, it is not possible to get Page Events (which you want to get, i assume):
This is a restricted edge. You cannot request access at this time.
Source: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/page/events/
I have a doubt about real-time Instagram subscription in the API. Can i subscribe to whatever user i want? or there is some restrictions about the users that i want to subscribe?
I arises this doubt because in the Instagram of real time subscriptions page says: Note that this subscription is for all of the client's authenticated users, not just a specific user.
Its means that i can only subscribe the users that have authorithed my app in Instagram??
I have to make an app that consumes the instagram subscriptions and when there is a new photo it automatly saves it in the DB.
Thanks
A few things, first if you use the "user" type, then you are correct it will ping your endpoint any time any user who has authorized your app posts, there is no IG side filter (yet), but you can easily filter on your end once you get the notification. Oddly, I did notice it now sends the media_id of the post (although the docs say it doesn't!?). If users do not authorize your app, then the only way to get notifications is via the other endpoints such as by tag.
I have found some issues though when dealing with "private" users, and some strange filter behavior to watch out for.
A final point, you said you want to save to your db - that could be in violation of their use policy, so be sure to clearly understand what IG's rules are and that you don't break them.
Hope this helps,
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Small problem here. I have an event created on Facebook and am using the Graph API to get the number of attendees.
I get the list of attendees with PHP from https://graph.facebook.com/EVENTID/attending?access_token=TOKENHERE and it returns a list of names.
However, the number of attendees is about 6 people lower than what is shown on the Facebook event page. Why would these numbers not match? Is there something in particular I'm supposed to do in the code to get the entire list?
As answered in the comments:
This discrepancy is probably down to a number of the attendees having opted out of Facebook Platform, which means their data isn't passed to apps via the API. Can't be 100% sure without the Event ID, but its a likely reason. – Simon Cross
From the Graph API, the people who have not joined the event will not show up under /{eventid}/attending, you need to add in the users who are returned in /{eventid}/not_replied. The not_replied set seems to be a special set in the GraphAPI.. and if you look at the docs, there is a mention of only people who have joined the event.