Facebook Apps ---what are they

 

• Applications that can be registered with Facebook and have Facebook Login and access to Facebook SDK and Graph API (These are called Canvas apps)
• Application runs on your server(s).
• Is a "web app" -- can be implemented in many languages including:
  • Java, Python, PHP and other languages etc.
• Output of any "web app" is HTML, JavaScript, CSS, with call backs (via links, form buttons, etc) to your "web app"
• FacebookAPIs Provided Features you may find useful to include in application

 

Registering your Facebook Application

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Facebook Applications -- How to Engage your User using "Social Channels"

Facebook Login User Authentication

• Facebook Login from your Web App

Social Information - the Graph API

• Facebook Graph API

 

Newsfeed stories/ Messages

The News Feed is shown immediately to users upon logging into Facebook

 

Timeline

• User's Timeline shows user's top game activity over a given period of time.
• Also shows as top scores and achievements
• Apps categorized as 'Games' can publish stories using Open Graph built-ins for achievements and scores. ONLY shown to users
  • achievements API = can publish stories about the user and their friends achieving a set of achievements defineed for your app.
  • scores API = can publish stories about the user and their friends passing each others' scores in your app as well as High Score stories when the user earns a new high score.
  • User needs to grant app publish_actions permission before you can publish a user's scores and achievements.