Facebook integration

[Reidy123]

Hi

I wonder if some one can help point me in the right direction. I want to enable my app to post a news feed item when a user performs a specific action. I've been reading through the various facebook documentation and am aware of the tools available to link with (facebook connect etc.).

My problem is not how do I link to facebook, but more what do I need to set up in order to do so? I've installed the developer app and created the basic skelleton for my facebook app. But do I need to go to the lengths of hosting the facebook sdk and html on my webserver baring in mind the only reason I am creating a facebook app is so that I can post messages from my iPhone app?

I was wondering if anyone else has been through this process and could help me out? Any blogs / tutorials would be great also!

Thanks
David

[Yakattak]

Originally Posted by Reidy123

Hi

I wonder if some one can help point me in the right direction. I want to enable my app to post a news feed item when a user performs a specific action. I've been reading through the various facebook documentation and am aware of the tools available to link with (facebook connect etc.).

My problem is not how do I link to facebook, but more what do I need to set up in order to do so? I've installed the developer app and created the basic skelleton for my facebook app. But do I need to go to the lengths of hosting the facebook sdk and html on my webserver baring in mind the only reason I am creating a facebook app is so that I can post messages from my iPhone app?

I was wondering if anyone else has been through this process and could help me out? Any blogs / tutorials would be great also!

Thanks
David

You'll need the Facebook iPhone SDK, I'm not sure if that's what you mean by "developer app".

You can find it here: Facebook Developers | Facebook Connect

[Reidy123]

My problem is not how do I link to facebook, but more what do I need to set up in order to do so? I've installed the developer app and created the basic skelleton for my facebook app. But do I need to go to the lengths of hosting the facebook sdk and html on my webserver baring in mind the only reason I am creating a facebook app is so that I can post messages from my iPhone app?

[lukeca]

No you do not need to the host the facebook sdk on your website, all you need is that basic skeleton you already set up, because you do need the application key and secret key from that skeleton app to allow your iPhone app to talk to facebook.

Also if you look for tutorial on the web they may be outdated now because Facebook is moving away from feed templates and you can no longer create new ones.

The facebook iphone connect wiki has an example of how to post a news feed using the new implementation

http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/...ect_for_iPhone