I have built an audio sharing application (pretty similar to soundcloud.com, but focused on a niche and just one country). I'd like to enable people to hear the tracks directly from Facebook, like they can do it with eg. Spotify.
I am having a trouble with getting development docs on how to do that.
Cheers,
Pablox
Deep-integration with Facebook (such as Spotify have done) is done via the Open Graph APIs, the beta documentation is covered here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph
If you just want users to be able to embed a player in posts/likes of your content, any app can do this with the use of meta tags on the pages, and this is covered under 'Attaching Audio and Video Data' on the Open Graph documentation
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I'm currently building an app in Flutter.
I'm using a package called "youtube_player_flutter" to put other people's Youtube videos in my app.
Does "placing videos in the app with youtube_player_flutter" mean "embedded videos" as Youtube calls them?
I'm talking about copyright-related issues.
Is it the same as embedding a video in a website?
Youtube allows embedding of other people's videos, so as long as the owner (uploader) of the video allows embedding, others can embed without permission.
(If the owner doesn't allow the embedding, others can't embed.)
Is it safe to assume that placing a Youtube video in an app (using youtube_player_flutter) is the same as embedding it in a website?
Well, of course, in that case, if the video owner deletes the video, the corresponding embedded video in my app will also become unwatchable.
You need the api for videos obviously. And youtube providing thier api to open developers to use. you just need an api key for that.
go and follow the api doc with legal procedure, there will be no copyright issues. youtube api doc
Today I stumbled upon a app that was playable directly in a Facebook newsfeed Newsfeed SmartApps.
How is this possible? Is there a new feature that I might have missed? If so, how do I build such an app myself?
They used to have that described under the name “Feed Gaming” in the docs at one point, but I think that section has now been removed.
Basically all this is, is an SWF flash file, embedded via Open Graph meta tags as a “video” – details for that see here, https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters#video
Of course that won’t work on mobile devices that don’t have flash – but currently, it is the only way.
(Some FB partners can also embed HTML5 content as an iframe directly into newsfeed – but normal 3rd-party apps can not do that, as of now.)
I need to link my unity app with Facebook, my game pulls data from a website, will it be possible to put it on facebook? Is there a way to also save the game status via facebook?
Yes you can link your app with Facebook. Have a look here at the SDK Facebook provides. Also have a look at this tutorial they provide. Think it has some mention of dealing with game status' via Facebook. Also this script shows an example of saving a score around line 126.
I am currently developing a new website / facebook app for an online magic competition. I am hoping most of the functionality can come from Facebook's own services, and would like your feedback on how plausible our goals are.
Essentially there will be two types of users: magicians and voters. Magicians will upload a video of them performing a trick (or select a video they have already uploaded). Voters will vote for their favourite magicians, and be able to post these videos to their wall.
Are these possible:
Video upload to Facebook - I have had a search, but the only method I found uses the depreciated REST API. Is there a newer implementation?
Video download - After a user has uploaded a video are they (or can we) able to download their video from Facebook?
Embedding magicians Facebook videos on the standalone website?
Thank you in advance
You can still upload videos and photos using the graph api. We have done this into galleries for a number of clients.
see here for a picture example (works with other media objects such as videos):
Is it possible to post a status update and adding an image file with facebook graph API?
The problems you may face though are the issues of managing and approving content in the site.
One solution we have found is to combine YouTube API and Facebook to get the best of both worlds. you can now embed a YouTube uploader in your site / app which will post videos into a channel of yours but have an approval app to control what lands. Then add any voting mechanism of your choice to the stream of videos. You can use YouTube likes, Facebook likes or your own. Take a look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1zgFlCw8Aw
You can embed a YouTube channel into Facebook easily too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pClpKAnddGI
Also using youtube, you can spread your net farther to reach more of an audience.
Hope this can be of some help. (No, I don't work for YouTube just find using more than one platform better)
Can anyone explain how (or point to sample code) to embed a video into a user's Facebook feed? This would be identical functionality to what the "Share on Facebook" button does on YouTube and Hulu. The video would be hosted on my site, and presumably viewed using a Flash-based video player. I am particularly interested to know how this can be accomplished through the new Facebook Graph API, or if that's not possible, through the old REST API. Thanks!