Facebook Platform: 101

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Facebook Platform: 101 Network Journal Club Meeting Shaomei Wu [email protected] May 7, 2008

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Facebook Platform: 101. Network Journal Club Meeting Shaomei Wu [email protected] May 7, 2008. You might want to know…. How to create a Facebook App? How to get data using Facebook Platform?. Guide to Create a Facebook App http://developers.facebook.com/step_by_step.php. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Facebook Platform: 101

Network Journal Club Meeting

Shaomei Wu [email protected]

May 7, 2008

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You might want to know…

• How to create a Facebook App?• How to get data using Facebook

Platform?

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Guide to Create a Facebook App

http://developers.facebook.com/step_by_step.php

1. Add the Developer Application2. Get a web server and/with a database

service (if you will use database) – Thanks Chris!

3. Create a new App in Developer4. Configure your App:

– The form is explained very clearly at: http://developers.facebook.com/step_by_step.php

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A very quick start

← define Facebook Class

← given after you create a new App

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Step-by-step Guide to Creating Facebook App

http://developers.facebook.com/step_by_step.php

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Extract data with your Apphttp://developers.facebook.com/documentation.php

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Facebook APIshttp://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/API#API_Metho

ds

• A lot of handy functions provided with a Facebook Object.

• For example: Users.getInfo– Returns a wide array of user-specific

information for each user identifier passed, limited by the view of the current user.

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Examples of using APIs

• Get current user’s first name and last name $user_details=$this->facebook->api_client-

>users_getInfo($uid, array('last_name','first_name')); $data['first_name']=$user_details[0]['first_name']; $data['last_name']=$user_details[0]['last_name'];

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Facebook Queryhttp://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/FQL

• Facebook Query Language, or FQL– allows you to use a SQL-style interface to

more easily query the same Facebook social data that you can access through other Facebook API methods (assuming your application has access!).

• It can be very concise and powerful!

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Examples of using FQLhttp://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Sample_FQL_Q

ueries

• Get the names of the groups of which u1 is a member: SELECT name FROM group WHERE gid IN (SELECT gid

FROM group_member WHERE uid = ''u1'')• In PHP, you write:

$query = "YOUR QUERY HERE"; //(see above examples) $array = $facebook->api_client->fql_query($query);

• The returned array is multidimensional, so $attribute = $array[0]['attribute'];

• If there are no rows returned, check to see if there are any results like this: if ($result != NULL)

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FBMLhttp://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/

FQBML

• Facebook Markup Language (FBML)– To me it looks like facebook CCS + a lot of

predefined dynamics elements. “You can hook into several Facebook integration points, including the profile, profile actions, Facebook canvas, News Feed and Mini-Feed.“

– Especially handy when you implement some Facebook styled things: wall posts, manipulate profile, invite friends, send out notifications…

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Examples of using FBML(from the App I wrote)

• <?php• $invfbml = <<<FBML• You've been invited to take a Friendship Quiz.• <fb:name uid="$user" firstnameonly="true" shownetwork="false"/>

wants you to take the quiz: {$test_name}.• <fb:req-choice url="http://apps.facebook.com/friendshiptest/$sNextUrl"

label="Take a Friendship Quiz!" />• FBML;• ?>

• <fb:request-form type="friendship test" action="post_invitation.php5" content="<?=htmlentities($invfbml)?>" method="POST" invite="true">

• <fb:multi-friend-selector max="20" actiontext="Invite your friends to take a quiz!" showborder="true" rows="5" exclude_ids="<?=$arFriends?>">

• <input type="hidden" name="test_id" value=<?php echo $tid;?>></input>

• </fb:request-form>

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