Facebook graph api with native iPhone application - iphone

I want to use the Facebook Graph API in a NATIVE iPhone Application. Has anybody been able to find a way to post images/message on a user's feed?
I have tried all possible ways to post a ‘picture’ (not a URL but a UIImage) on the feed and have been working on this for 2 weeks now.
If you go to facebook.com you can upload a picture from your computer on to the wall. I am using ASIHTTPRequest to work on facebook graph API.
This is the nearest I have gone to posting a picture on the feed. So if I have a ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:url];
The url is https://graph.facebook.com/me/feed
Now to post a picture I do the following:
[request setPostValue:#"My Message" forKey:#"message"];
[request setPostValue:#"somepic.png" forKey:#"picture"];
[request setPostValue:#"Some Name" forKey:#"name"];
[request setPostValue:#"Some description" forKey:#"description];
[request startAsynchronous];
If you try this then everything works fine other than the picture being posted. A blank placeholder for the picture is though show on the feed.

I created a method to help me do this. Hope this is of some help.
Please read the tutorial on how to set up the Facebook SDK.
-(void) updateStatusWithText:(NSString *) fbTitle //Status title
andStoryURL:(NSString *) fbURL //URL for the story
andStory:(NSString *) fbStory //The story
andImage:(NSString *) imageURL //Image to be displayed.
andPrompt:(NSString *) promptString{
NSLog(#"updateStatusWithText");
NSString *attachmentText =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"{\"name\":\"%#\","
"\"href\":\"%#\","
"\"description\":\"%#\","
"\"media\":[{\"type\":\"image\","
"\"src\":\"%#\","
"\"href\":\"%#\"}],"
"\"properties\":{\"Uploaded from an iPhone\":{\"text\":\"AFL Fan\",\"href\":\"Your itunes apstore URL\"}}}", fbTitle, fbURL, fbStory,imageURL,fbURL];
NSMutableDictionary* params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
promptString, #"user_message_prompt",
// actionLinksStr, #"properties",
attachmentText, #"attachment",
nil];
NSLog (#"attachmentText : %#", attachmentText);
[facebook dialog:#"stream.publish"
andParams:params
andDelegate:self];
}

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How to post photos to facebook iphone fbconnect
I am using FB SDK and getting an error while uploading picture on FB post from my app
in my view did load i have and UIImageView which has an image that i need to be posted on FB the code of the view did load
ImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 65, 65)];
ImageView.center = CGPointMake(42, 43);
[View addSubview:ImageView];
and in my method of FB post i did this
UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc]init];
image = ImageView.image;
NSMutableDictionary *params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:3];
[params setObject:#"LINK_HERE" forKey:#"link"];
// due to this line below, i am getting an error :
// "[UIImage length]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x170fa0e0"
// and if use http link instead of image(UIImage) it works, but i want to use my image
[params setObject:image forKey:#"picture"];
[params setObject:#"NAME_HERE" forKey:#"name"];
[params setObject:#"DEC_HERE" forKey:#"description"];
// Invoke the dialog
[self.facebook dialog:#"feed" andParams:params andDelegate:self];
How should i use my UIImage inside this code ... any idea ??
You can only upload URL based images in Facebook dialog method..Images generated within the app or within app bundle cant be uploaded..
To upload those images you have to use graph API
sample code
NSMutableDictionary *params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
image, #"source",
#"caption desc", #"message",
nil];
[facebook requestWithGraphPath:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"/me/photos?access_token=%#", self.facebook.accessToken]
andParams:params andHttpMethod:#"POST" andDelegate:self];
you can post your image simply like this
UIImage *imgSource = {insert your image here};
NSString *strMessage = #"Images Description";
NSMutableDictionary* photosParams = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
imgSource,#"source",
strMessage,#"message",
nil];
[self.facebook requestWithGraphPath:#"me/photos"
andParams:photosParams
andHttpMethod:#"POST"
andDelegate:self];
There is a sample app in facebook sdk, please check that.
You can also check out these tutorials:
Facebook Tutorial for iOS: How To Use Facebook’s New Graph API from your iPhone App
Facebook Tutorial for iOS: How To Get a User Profile with Facebook’s New Graph API from your iPhone App
Facebook Tutorial for iOS: How To Post to a User’s Wall, Upload Photos, and Add a Like Button from your iPhone App

How to post local image with dialog text in facebook

I have upload images with url image successful on this way
NSMutableDictionary* params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
#"https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/", #"link",
#"http://fbrell.com/f8.jpg", #"picture",
#"Facebook Dialogs", #"name",
#"Reference Documentation", #"caption",
#"Using Dialogs to interact with users.", #"description",
nil];
AppDelegate *delegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[[delegate facebook] dialog:#"feed"
andParams:params
andDelegate:self];
Now i want to upload image from a local image in same way
like
profImg = [UIImage imageNamed:LoginWithFacebookNormal#2x.png"];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithData:UIImagePNGRepresentation(profImg)];
i have used data, #"picture", in dictionary but it's give me error
is it any other way to upload local/Gallery/resource image with dialog box + comment area ?
I have searched but every time found that only url image can feed the dialog box
I have used Hackgraph tutorial for this posting.
Note: I am not using Sharekit or any other API i have used only Graph API
Finally after lots of research I get the example of Facebook. Download the example from here. You have to make modification because currently example hold static image.

Facebook page in UIWebView

I have a UIWebView in my application where I 'm loading the facebook profile of my application. I am using facebook's single sign on SDK(Graph API). And I logged in into facebook in the Safari in background using my application. But When I try loadmy game profile in my application web view still I could see "Log In" and "Sign Up" buttons.
I tried setting cookies, main document URL and relative URL too but no use.
I am adding here my code too here,
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.facebook.com/myapp" relativeToURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://login.facebook.com"]];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = nil;
if(url)
request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
NSArray * availableCookies = [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookiesForURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://login.facebook.com"]];
NSDictionary * headers = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:availableCookies];
if(request)
{
[request setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:YES];
[request setMainDocumentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://login.facebook.com"]];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];//login.facebook.com
[mWebView loadRequest:request];
}
You may be running into the situation I describe in the answer on this page:
Facebook iOS SDK not storing cookies for access

How to post on friend wall using Graph Api in iPhone

i am implementing a facebook application , i have used Graph Api and have successfully logged into facebook and got the friend list with the id in UITableView, now i have one string, how should i post on friend wall, Suppose if i click on any of my friend in UITableView, a message should be post,plz help me
EDIT: Code
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"graph.facebook.com/%#/feed",key];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
ASIFormDataRequest *newRequest = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:url];
[newRequest setPostValue:#"I'm inviting you to see download the OGC app" forKey:#"message"];
[newRequest setPostValue:fbGraph forKey:#"access_token"];
[newRequest setDidFinishSelector:#selector(postToWallFinished:)];
[newRequest setDelegate:self];
[newRequest startAsynchronous];
i am implementing this in function when clicked on tableview where key is id number for the friends name clicked in and in other function
NSString *responseString = [request responseString];
NSMutableDictionary *responseJSON = [responseString JSONValue];
NSString *postId = [responseJSON objectForKey:#"id"];
NSLog(#"Post id is: %#", postId);
but i am getting the post id nil plz help me
Are you using the Facebook iOS SDK?
Assuming you are, use requestWithGraphPath e.g.-
[_facebook requestWithGraphPath:#"uid/feed"
andParams:[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:#"Post on wall" forKey:#"message"]
andHTTPMethod:#"POST"
andDelegate:self];
Where uid is the user id of the user, naturally.
You'll need to make sure you have the relevant permissions when signing in to Facebook and handle the delegate call back to test for success.
If you're not using the SDK, you can do a similar thing with the Graph API directly, perhaps using your own NSURLConnection's or a third party library like ASIHTTPRequest. The SDK is pretty good and straightforward to use mind.

FBConnect (IPHONE) , custom publish dialog

is possible custominzing the FBdialog??, i have already modify the attachment on the dialog when the user wants to publish a post; but i need to make hidden the textfield that the dialog presents...there is a way to access to this property or it's just a webView that load a page from facebook's server?
sorry for my bad english!
thanks in advance
Yes, this is possible. just design your own UI and pass the message to a method containing this code:
NSString *message = #"test message here";
NSMutableDictionary *params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[params setObject:message forKey:#"message"];
[params setObject:toID forKey:#"target_id"];
[[FBRequest requestWithDelegate:self] call:#"facebook.Stream.publish" params:params];