Facebook Connect Problems With Grails - facebook

I am trying to use the Grails Facebook Authentication plugin but am running into problem. I have (I believe) successfully installed the plugin, put a facebook connect control on a page, and ran the installation script.
When I click on the Facebook Connect button I am correctly brought to Facebook, where I login correctly. At this point the popup closes and nothing happens. I have a custom FacebookAuthService but no breakpoints inside ever get called. I believe I have either 1) hooked up the Service incorrectly or 2) hosed up my Facebook settings so that I am not getting the information back, but I am not sure how to diagnose the problem.
When I run the app locally, it runs on http://localhost:8080/TestApp
In my Facebook App Settings I have tried using "http://localhost", "http://localhost:8080", and "http://localhost:8080/TestApp" as the Site URL and I have "localhost" as the App Domain. What am I missing?
Here is a link to the GitHub Project (I've changed the fb private key).
Any ideas? Thanks.

Button authorize you only on client side, because of Facebook Javascript SDK. Please reload page after susseccful authization, like:
FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
if (typeof(response) == 'undefined') {
return
}
if (response.status == 'connected') {
window.location.reload();
}
})

The JS SDK does not currently have support for non-standard ports in this scenario, but come Tuesday, this will be corrected, and it will once again support it.

Related

Like option using cordova

I need a web and mobile application which will work on android, iphone and windows as well.
I want to use facebook login for my apps and customer can like my page after login thats why i am using cordova to convert my web app into android app but i need to integrate facebook-like option which i didn't get in plugin.
So i implemented this using oglike
$scope.facebookLike = function() {
if($localStorage.hasOwnProperty("accessToken") === true) {
$http.post("https://graph.facebook.com/me/og.likes?access_token="+$localStorage.accessToken+"&object=https://www.facebook.com/Nxtlife-Technologies-Ltd-UK-180614345644169/?ref=br_rs");
alert("like sucessfully done");
} else {
alert("Not signed in");
$scope.facebookLogin();
}
}
Problem:
The code will not throwing any error but after success message it didin't make any changes to my page. like count is remains same.
og.likes is for Open Graph objects – external URLs, outside of Faceook.
You can not like Facebook pages by any other means than the official Like button.

Facebook redirect after login

I have read a number of questions and answers, including this one on StackOverflow and none works. My question to all responses I have seen are 'does it work in Safari?'.
I am trying to get this to work with Safari. It works on Chrome and Firefox fine. But in Safari the login screen just freezes and I get the "Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL" log message.
I have a canvas app. I want to log the user in and redirect them to a page once they have logged in. I am trying to redirect directly after login. I have tried
setting window.top.location to a facebook url (with some data passed to a signed request as the all_data argument)
setting window.location to a URL with the same domain as my app.
subscribing to the auth.login event and putting the redirect there
putting the redirect in the callback to login
None of these works for Safari. I'm starting to think that there's no way to do it.
function doSomething()
{
FB.login(
function(loginResponse)
{
if (loginResponse.authResponse)
{
window.top.location = "my url"
}
},
{
scope:"some,scope"
}
);
}
}
In response to Nitzan Tomer, here is the equivalent code which doesn't work with Safari but does work with others:
function myThing()
{
FB.login(function(loginResponse)
{
if (loginResponse.authResponse)
{
FB.api('/me', function(response)
{
window.location = "http://my_app.com?x=" + response.xyz;
});
}
},
{
scope:"scopes"
}
);
}
This is not much of a solution to your problem, but more of a "workaround", though it still uses window.top.location but not from a callback so maybe it will work (I'm just not sure where the callback is executed, since it's the fb sdk that executes it, maybe they call it from the fb iframe inside your iframe).
Instead of using client side authentication, you can use the server side flow.
The entire process is happening on the top window, since it starts by you redirecting the user to the oauth dialog using window.top.location.
When the process ends facebook redirects the user to your redirect_uri, and there you can simply redirect the user where ever you want.
I hope this will help.
Also, you should be aware that in the Facebook Platform Policies it states:
13 . The primary purpose of your Canvas or Page Tab app on Facebook must not be to simply redirect users out of the Facebook experience
and onto an external site.
It turns out the problem was occurring slightly earlier in the login process and the callback never got called. I did set a breakpoint in the callback (which wasn't called) but I thought the breakpoint might not work for some reason (perhaps because it was being executed in the context of another window).
Anyway, the problem was that the channel file (which the docs seem to suggest are optional) wasn't working properly, and this caused a problem with Safari but not with other browsers.

Facebook oauth callback and Opera

I have created a facebook app which, after clicking a submit button, asks the user for permissions. If the permissions are given, the user is redirected. This works fine in every browser I tested, except for Opera. Opera just doesn't seem to enter the callback function:
$("#perms").click(function(){
FB.ui( { method: 'oauth' } ,
function(response){
alert('test');
if (response != false) {
res = eval('(' + response.session + ')')
}
}
);
});
In Opera, I am asked for permissions, but the alert never happens. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a different (newer) way to ask for permissions that works with Opera? I googled this problem but found only one page with a sort of similar problem. Adding the channel.html didn't solve the problem though.
Thanks in advance
Still see this issue on Opera 11.52.
browser.js enabled and updated to the latest version.
channelURL set as described in FB docs.
But! it works if I use gistfile.js (beautified version of all.js) located on my host
Do you have browser.js enabled? We have workarounds against some problems with Facebook's Connect script. Note that the workarounds will only trigger if you run Facebook's script from the "official" location on Facebook's server.
For background, please see my response on FB.login callback not working on Opera Mobile browser

Facebook Oauth Logout

I have an application that integrates with Facebook using Oauth 2.
I can authorize with FB and query their REST and Graph APIs perfectly well, but when I authorize an active browser session is created with FB. I can then log-out of my application just fine, but the session with FB persists, so if anyone else uses the browser they will see the previous users FB account (unless the previous user manually logs out of FB also).
The steps I take to authorize are:
Call [LINK: graph.facebook.com/oauth/authorize?client_id...]
This step opens a Facebook login/connect window if the user's browser doesn't already have an active FB session. Once they log-in to facebook they redirect to my site with a code I can exchange for an oauth token.
Call [LINK: graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id..] with the code from (1)
Now I have an Oauth Token, and the user's browser is logged into my site, and into FB.
I call a bunch of APIs to do stuff: i.e. [LINK: graph.facebook.com/me?access_token=..]
Lets say my user wants to log out of my site. The FB terms and conditions demand that I perform Single Sign Off, so when the user logs out of my site, they also are logged out of Facebook. There are arguments that this is a bit daft, but I'm happy to comply if there is any way of actually achieving that.
I have seen suggestions that:
A. I use the Javascript API to logout: FB.Connect.logout(). Well I tried using that, but it didn't work, and I'm not sure exactly how it could, as I don't use the Javascript API in any way on my site. The session isn't maintained or created by the Javascript API so I'm not sure how it's supposed to expire it either.
B. Use [LINK: facebook.com/logout.php]. This was suggested by an admin in the Facebook forums some time ago. The example given related to the old way of getting FB sessions (non-oauth) so I don't think I can apply it in my case.
C. Use the old REST api expireSession or revokeAuthorization. I tried both of these and while they do expire the Oauth token they don't invalidate the session that the browser is currently using so it has no effect, the user is not logged out of Facebook.
I'm really at a bit of a loose end, the Facebook documentation is patchy, ambiguous and pretty poor. The support on the forums is non-existant, at the moment I can't even log in to the facebook forum, and aside from that, their own FB Connect integration doesn't even work on the forum itself. Doesn't inspire much confidence.
Ta for any help you can offer.
Derek
ps. Had to change HTTPS to LINK, not enough karma to post links which is probably fair enough.
I was having the same problem. I also login using oauth (I am using RubyOnRails), but for logout, I do it with JavaScript using a link like this:
Logout
This first calls the onclick function and performs a logout on facebook, and then the normal /logout function of my site is called.
Though I would prefer a serverside solution as well, but at least it does what I want, it logs me out on both sites.
I am also quite new to the Facebook integration stuff and played around the first time with it, but my general feeling is that the documentation is pretty spread all over the place with lots of outdated stuff.
This works as of now - and is documented on facebook's site # http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/. Not sure how recently it was added to the documentation, pretty sure it wasn't there when I checked Feb-2012
You can programmatically log the user our of Facebook by redirecting
the user to
https://www.facebook.com/logout.php?next=YOUR_REDIRECT_URL&access_token=USER_ACCESS_TOKEN
This solution no longer works with FaceBook's current API (seems it was unintended to begin with)
http://m.facebook.com/logout.php?confirm=1&next=http://yoursitename.com;
Try to give this link on you signout link or button where "yoursitename.com"
is where u want to redirect back after signout may be ur home page.
It works..
I can programmatically log user out Facebook by redirecting user to
https://www.facebook.com/logout.php?next=YOUR_REDIRECT_URL&access_token=USER_ACCESS_TOKEN
The URL supplied in the next parameter must be a URL with the same base domain as your application as defined in your app's settings.
More details: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication
You can do this with the access_token:
$access_array = split("\|", $access_token);
$session_key = $access_array[1];
You can use that $session key in the PHP SDK to generate a functional logout URL.
$logoutUrl = $facebook->getLogoutUrl(array('next' => $logoutUrl, 'session_key' => $session_key));
This ends the browser's facebook session.
With PHP I'm doing:
logout.
if(isset($_GET['action']) && $_GET['action'] === 'logout'){
$facebook->destroySession();
header(WHERE YOU WANT TO REDIRECT TO);
exit();
}
Works and is nice and easy am just trying to find a logout button graphic now!
Here's an alternative to the accepted answer that works in the current (2.12) version of the API.
Logout
<script>
FB.init({
appId: '{your-app-id}',
cookie: true,
xfbml: true,
version: 'v2.12'
});
function logoutFromFacebookAndRedirect(redirectUrl) {
FB.getLoginStatus(function (response) {
if (response.status == 'connected')
FB.logout(function (response) {
window.location.href = redirectUrl;
});
else
window.location.href = redirectUrl;
});
}
</script>
the mobile solution suggested by Sumit works perfectly for AS3 Air:
html.location = "http://m.facebook.com/logout.php?confirm=1&next=http://yoursitename.com"
For Python developers that want to log user out straight from the backend
At the moment I'm writing this, the trick with m.facebook.com no longer works (at least for me) and user is redirected to the mobile FB login page which obviously is not good for UX.
Fortunately, FB PHP SDK has a semi-documented solution (in case the link doesn't lead to getLogoutUrl() function, just search look for it on that page). This is also mentioned in at least one other on StackOverflow: Facebook php SDK getLogoutUrl() problem.
BTW I've just noticed that Zach Greenberg got it right in this question, but I'm adding my answer as a summary for Python developers.
A note for Christoph's answer:
Facebook Oauth Logout
The logout function requires a callback function to be specified and will fail without
it, at least on Firefox. Chrome works without the callback.
FB.logout(function(response) {});
#Christoph: just adding someting . i dont think so this is a correct way.to logout at both places at the same time.(Logout).
Just add id to the anchor tag . <a id='fbLogOut' href="/logout" onclick="FB.logout();">Logout</a>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#fbLogOut').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
FB.logout(function(response) {
// user is now logged out
var url = $(this).attr('href');
window.location= url;
});
});});
Update: This solution works and just a call to 'FB.logout()' doesn't work because browser wants a user interaction to actually call this function, so that it knows - it is a user not a script.
Logout
it's simple just type : $facebook->setSession(null); for logout

Facebook API: FB.Connect.requireSession issues

I have a Facebook app that is built as an iFrame. I am using the JavaScript client API loaded via:
http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php
In my initialization code, I use the requireLogin method to ensure that the user has authorized the app. I have found this to be necessary to be able to gather the user's name, avatar, etc. for the scoreboard. Here's a representative code snippet:
FB_RequireFeatures(["Connect","Api"], function() {
FB.Facebook.init("...API_KEY_HERE...", "xd_receiver.htm");
var api = FB.Facebook.apiClient;
api.requireLogin(function() {
api.users_getInfo(
FB.Connect.get_loggedInUser(),
["name", "pic_square", "profile_url"],
function(users, ex) {
/* use the data here */
});
});
});
This causes the iframe to redirect causing the Facebook authorization screen to load within my app's iFrame. This looks junky and is somewhat confusing to the user, e.g. there are two Facebook bars, etc.
Question 1: is there anything I can do to clean this up while still implementing as an iFrame, and still using the JavaScript APIs?
According to the FB API documentation:
FB.ApiClient.requireLogin
This method is deprecated - use
FB.Connect.requireSession instead.
My experience though when I replace api.requireLogin with FB.Connect.requireSession it never gets invoked. I'd prefer the recommended way of doing it but I struggled and was not able to find a way to get it to work. I tried adding various arguments for the other two parameters as well with seemingly no effect. My expectation is that this method will load in a dialog box inside my app iFrame with a similar authorization message.
Question 2: what am I missing with getting FB.Connect.requireSession to properly prompt the user for authorization?
Finally, at the end of the game, the app prompts the user for the ability to publish their score to their stream via FB.Connect.streamPublish. Which leads me to...
Question 3: am I loading the correct features? Do I need both "Api" and "Connect"? Am I missing any others?
Here is a summary of the changes I needed to make to clean up the authorization process. It appears that iFrames must fully redirect to properly authorize. I tried using the FBConnect authorization but it was a strange experience of popup windows and FBConnect buttons.
Ultimately this game me the expected experience that I've seen with other FB apps:
FB_RequireFeatures(["Connect","Api"], function() {
var apiKey = "...",
canvasUrl = "http://apps.facebook.com/...";
function authRedirect() {
// need to break out of iFrame
window.top.location.href = "http://www.facebook.com/login.php?v=1.0&api_key="+encodeURIComponent(apiKey)+"&next="+encodeURIComponent(canvasUrl)+"&canvas=";
}
FB.Facebook.init(apiKey, "xd_receiver.htm");
FB.ensureInit(function() {
FB.Connect.ifUserConnected(
function() {
var uid = FB.Connect.get_loggedInUser();
if (!uid) {
authRedirect();
return;
}
FB.Facebook.apiClient.users_getInfo(
uid,
["name", "pic_square", "profile_url"],
function(users, ex) {
/* user the data here */
});
},
authRedirect);
});
For iFrames, the solution was ultimately to redirect to the login URL which becomes the authorization URL if they are not already logged in.
I think that FB.requireSession only works from a FB connect site outside of
Facebook. If you're using an app hosted on apps.facebook.com use the php api
call instead,
$facebook = new Facebook($appapikey, $appsecret);
$facebook->require_login();
or link to the login page.
Of these methods to login
* Using the PHP client library
* Directing users to login.php
* Including the requirelogin attribute in a link or form
* Using FBML
only the first 2 are available to iframe apps hosted on apps.facebook.com
I think requirelogin and fbml only work with fbml canvas apps.
see
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Authorization_and_Authentication_for_Canvas_Page_Applications_on_Facebook
Question 1: is there anything I can do
to clean this up while still
implementing as an iFrame, and still
using the JavaScript APIs?
Question 2: what am I missing with
getting FB.Connect.requireSession to
properly prompt the user for
authorization?
Please have a look at this. This article discusses correct use of require session and provides links on how to implement that. And yes, you are right, the requireLogin has been deprecated and won't help any more.
Question 3: am I loading the correct
features? Do I need both "Api" and
"Connect"? Am I missing any others?
As far as I know, you can use both API and Connect together, basically you access Facebook's API with the help of JavaScript.
For iframe apps however, there is no great help and minimum support of API with some handful functionality available. See this for more info.
This causes the iframe to redirect
causing the Facebook authorization
screen to load within my app's iFrame.
This looks junky and is somewhat
confusing to the user, e.g. there are
two Facebook bars, etc.
Finally and personally I have not seen any iframe app requiring user to add the app first. This will create the problem of two bars you mentioned as quoted above.
The link I posted at the beginning of my answer has some useful links to get you started and decide the next-steps or possibly making changes to your apps.