Facebook chat using graph API - facebook

Question

I'm using graph API in order to use Facebook chat.
I'm using the http://restfb.com/ framework.
The issue is that with the following code I can read all conversations and messages.
public void initClient()
{
m_facebookClient = new DefaultFacebookClient(MY_ACCESS_TOKEN, MY_APP_SECRET);
}
public void readPage()
{
Page page = m_facebookClient.fetchObject("352179081632935", Page.class);
System.out.println("Page likes = " + page.getLikes());
Connection<Conversation> conversations = m_facebookClient.fetchConnection("me/conversations", Conversation.class);
for(List<Conversation> conversationPage : conversations) {
for(Conversation conversation : conversationPage) {
System.out.println(conversation);
System.out.println(conversation.getUnreadCount());
Message lastMessage = null;
for (Message message : conversation.getMessages())
{
System.out.println("Message text = " + message.getMessage());
System.out.println("Message unread = " + message.getUnread());
System.out.println("Message from = " + message.getFrom().getName());
System.out.println("Message to = " + message.getTo().get(0).getName());
System.out.println("Message unseen = " + message.getUnseen());
lastMessage = message;
}
}
}
I would like to know how to send reply messages or new messages using this framework or Graph API?
Thank you,
Moshe

Answer 1

First of all, there is no me/conversations endpoint for users. Conversations are only available for Pages so it would be /{page-id}/conversations: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.2/page/conversations
The Facebook docs explain in detail how it works, including some example code. I suggest using one of the official SDKs instead (JS SDK, PHP SDK, ...).
The Chat API (which is what you would want to use) is deprecated: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat/
Meaning, it is not possible anymore to use the Facebook chat in your App.

Answer 2

I found the way yo solve it by replying based on the conversation id.
For example:
m_facebookClient.publish("t_mid.1420120490471:36257b35667389d257/messages", FacebookType.class, Parameter.with("message", "RestFB test"));
t_mid.1420120490471:36257b35667389d257 - is the conversation id