Post to my timeline in Facebook - facebook

Please suggest how to post some text which is entered by an end user after clicking on a button. I searched in social plugins of Facebook. I found share plugin but it is sharing only links but not the text. How can I post the text to Facebook? In my application, I'm using normal "textarea" to enter the text/status and I'm using a submit button to post it. I want to post the entered text to my timeline in Facebook. Is there any plugin available for this? Please suggest.
Thanks,
Dinakar.

Using Javascript SDK
<script>
function share()
{
var obj = {
method: "feed",
link: "Facebook page hyperlink",
picture: "Picture hyperlink",
name: "Title",
caption: "A short caption right below the title",
description: "Description"
};
function callback(response) {
document.getElementById('msg').innerHTML = "Post ID: " + response['post_id'];
}
FB.ui(obj, callback);
}
</script>
For More info: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/

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This should be simple, no?
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I have been searching for facebook publishing without showing Dialogue.
While reading Facebook developers doc, there are several things which seems to answer the question but after using them, I concluded those are not for this functionality.
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{
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link: fbAppURL,
picture: picURL,
name: name,
caption: caption,
description: description
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Display Modes: They are different type of display mode for dialogues, but there is no way to define if I don't want to show the dialogue.
That would be nonsense – if you don’t want to use a dialog, then don’t use a dialog.
But if you want to use a dialog, then it has to be “shown” in some way – otherwise it would not be a dialog.
But the problem is, it says [User] shared a link Which I don't want.
That is current “bug” – if you supply action links with your post, it will show up normal.
https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/485696594791863
Try this:
function jesseSays(){
var body = 'Yeah science Mr. White!!';
FB.api('/me/feed', 'post', {
message: body,
link: 'http://www.neoapps.com.br',
picture: 'http://www.neoapps.com.br/assets/img/logo-big.png'
}, function(response) {
if (!response || response.error) {
alert('Error occured');
} else {
alert('Post ID: ' + response.id);
}
});
}

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picture: imagelink,
name: name,
caption: caption,
description: description,
redirect_uri: "http://"+(window.location.host)+"/",
next:null,
app_id: appid,
actions: [
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};
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<script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
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</script>
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redirect_uri=http://www.yousitename.com/closewindow.aspx
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I understood that with redirect_uri callback is not being called.
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DEMO
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Use Javascript to open download link when feed dialog box is successfully shared?

Can someone please explain to me how can I have a download link appear when a user presses the share button on a feed dialog box? I'm using the following code: (with my own information of course)
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<script>
FB.init({appId: "YOUR_APP_ID", status: true, cookie: true});
function postToFeed() {
// calling the API ...
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method: 'feed',
link: 'https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/',
picture: 'http://fbrell.com/f8.jpg',
name: 'Facebook Dialogs',
caption: 'Reference Documentation',
description: 'Using Dialogs to interact with users.'
};
function callback(response) {
document.getElementById('msg').innerHTML = "Post ID: " + response['post_id'];
}
FB.ui(obj, callback);
}
</script>
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Add a hidden download box element to your page with an id of "download_box":
<div id="download_box" style="display: none;">
Download Box (whatever that means) goes here
</div>
And replace your current "callback" function:
function callback(response) {
if (response && response.post_id) {
document.getElementById('download_box').style.display = 'block';
} else {
alert('You must share your post before you can download.');
}
}