I have a facebook application that requires user data (specifically location). I am trying to use the test user api but I can't figure out how to add additional info to my test users besides through logging into fb and changing it on the page. Is there a way to do this through the api either through initialization or by using an api call to update a user?
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Today I exactly ran into the same problem. I have an application that uses the location information of facebook users and now I'm searching for a way to automate the creation of these users for testing purpose.
You can now log in as a test user and update any profile information the same as a normal user within your app settings. However, you cannot interact with other users or 'like' pages, etc.
Section: Apps > Edit App > Developer Roles
URL: https://developers.facebook.com/apps/[APP_ID_HERE]/roles?ref=nav
Facebook doesn't have any graph api's to update profile information besides their current status. This includes test users. You can only set the name, password, and email when you create the user too unfortunately.
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I'm trying the recent released Facebook Messenger Platform and so far so good. Everything worked well and I was able to create a echo bot.
But I'm wondering how I could identify this user that started chatting in my page. For example, when a user started chatting I get a PID user (page specific user id).
Making the follow request to Facebook Graph API:
GET https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/{PAGE_SPECIFIC_USER_ID}
I discovered that I can just ask for the following fields: first_name,last_name and profile_pic.
So my question is, how could I discover if this user is a current customer of my business page? Is there another way of querying more information (like e-mail and real facebook user id)?
Facebook has updated the messenger platform API (2016-07-01) and introduced a new feature called Account Linking. This can be used to identify a user who has created an account on your website via Facebook Login and you can link the two accounts. Facebook login has its own set of permissions which can be used to get a lot more information via Facebook graph API. You can find the complete list here.
Currently, there's no way to do this. The best way would be to prompt the user to enter their information in chat or give them a link to a mobile login page or some other way of linking their account to the chat.
Messenger Platform 2.0 introduce "ID Matching API" ,that will solve the problem.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/connecting-accounts
you can retreive a user information like below using fbmq library https://github.com/conbus/fbmq
# this method will occur when a message received from user
#page.handle_message
def message_handler(event):
user_profile = page.get_user_profile(event.sender_id)
print(user_profile) #first_name, last_name, profile_pic, gender ...
I have a well functioning login system right now. Im in the process of implementing Google+ and Facebook login too. Its works fine. But:
When a user logs in via Facebook or Google shall I create a new user in my web apps users database? If so, what should i fill as password?
Lets say a user has logged in via Facebook and he inserts a new book in the books table. What shall I put in the creator column of the inserted row? Usually I put the user id of the logged in user which has a row in the users table.
A user doesnt have an account on my web app. He signs in for the first time using Google+. What happens to that user if he later on chooses to remove my site from his connected accounts on google? This might be related to the first question.
Thank you.
The Documentation of the both API are really great and understandable. But I could find answers to my questions.
It's technically possible to use Google+ Sign-In without data persistence. As an example, you can see client-side-only Google+ Sign-In features on the Is Too Cute demo site.
There are certain benefits to adding data persistence and managing your own set of users but there is still a ton of great functionality you can get without needing to implement a data store:
Over-the-air Android installs
Interactive Posts
Personalize the site to the user
Access Google APIs while the user is actively browsing your site.
I have the task to integrate some commercial sharing stuff into a website.
The idea is that the user a) logs in/registers in the website, b) the user connects his user account with his facebook account - by adding and accepting the website application.
Here comes the interesting part - is there a way of linking the facebook account with my website's account so that I can send them updates and promotions directly to their walls programatically?
In the application dialog, it's clearly noted that the user allows the application to write to the user wall so they accept and agree this. Then, for example, if I want to send them a promotion or update directly on their wall using the fb application api, how can I achieve this? All the tutorials I've read consider the user using the Facebook Login
The concrete idea is something like weekly promotion feed that my clients want to allow customers to allow being posted directly on their walls. As I don't have any experience with facebook development, I'd appreciate knowing how, if at all possible, this can be achieved?
Most of what you're suggesting is against policy, and isnt' technically possible either as users need to come back to the app once every 60 days for you to have a valid access_token for them.
The Authentication docs explain how to get access to a user's information with their permission, and the Permission documentation explains which permissions grant access to which functions or fields.
I want to create facebook application that will allow to insert some data from my site to user's profile. User can choose to set up application. The users enters his ID on my site and when user's profile is viewed there is block of data loaded from my site (specified to the ID).
Is this possible to create such application with facebook ? If no the what type of application is closest to this? My site users want to display their profiles from my site inside their facebook profiles , so facebook friends can see this.
If I understand you correctly you want to add some additional data on the users Facebook profile, something like if Stackoverflow would add their flair on the Facebook profile.
I don't think this is possible, but you have a few alternatives:
Make the user post out a link to his profile on your site to his Facebook Wall, more details here.
Integrate your site to the new Open Graph Objects. Open Graph Objects will create a box on the users profile for your application which shows the users activity in your application. You should check out the demos and documentation for more information about this.
The users enters his ID on my site and when user's profile is viewed there is block of data loaded from my site
You can't do anything like this, you will need to use the authentication flow provided by Facebook in order to get access to the Facebook user data and then tie up the Facebook user to "your user", see documentation.
When it comes to what type of app you should create, there is basically only one type of app with some different options. But you should focus on the "Facebook for websites" documentation.
Background:
I have successfully used the Facebook Graph API to publish activity on a particular web site to a Facebook fan page's stream (wall).
To do this I had to create a Facebook application for the web site and add it to my own Facebook user profile, with necessary authorizations.
Problem:
I don't want all the status updates to be associated with my personal Facebook user profile. I'd like the updates to look like they came from the Facebook application for the web site without identifying my personal profile. BTW, I'm pretty sure Facebook prohibits a person having multiple user profiles.
Question:
Is there a way for a Facebook application to post status updates to a stream and not have it look like it came from a particular user profile (i.e. either the application itself or anonymously)?If not, is there some other way to accomplish my goal of posting status updates to a page without identifying my personal profile?
Set up a profile for your company / website and publish updates through that. This is common practice.
Think about it this way. Who's profile should updates for Coca-Cola, Inc be published through? The CEO? The Marketing Director? Neither. Coca-Cola get's it's own company profile. So should your website.