How to get Facebook share behavior with Facebook Connect on iPhone

Posted by Benoit on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Benoit
Published on 2010-04-23T19:37:31Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 19:43 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 494

Filed under:

facebook-connect

|

facebook-sharer

|

iphone

With the standard share at http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php one only needs to specify a URL. Title and thumbnail are automatically pulled from the web page (perhaps with the help of meta tags).

With Facebook Connect (I am using the iPhone SDK), I need to supply everything explicitly (URL, title, caption, description, images, etc.).

Is there a way to emulate the "share" behavior with Facebook Connect, i.e. let Facebook pull the missing elements from the page being shared itself?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about facebook-connect

Facebook Connect: Error when clicking the Facebook Connect button

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I am getting this error when I click on the facebook connect button: API Error Code: 100 API Error Description: Invalid parameter Error Message: next is not owned by the application. I am not too sure how to do this, but I've read all the documentation for facebook connect and came up with this: <… >>> More
Facebook Connect: hasPermission() from js?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Is it possible to determine whether a user has granted my app a specific permission or not via javascript? Something similar to how you do it in php: $fb->api_client->users_hasAppPermission('publish_stream'); I know i can request a permission with FB.Connect.showPermissionDialog('publish_stream'… >>> More
Facebook Connect Statistics

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
All, A client is asking for Facebook Connect statistical data. Specifically, how many people have shared a link to their wall. I have a Facebook app setup but I am having trouble interpreting the statistical data. Do Facebook apps collect this data, or can anyone think of any way of gleaning this… >>> More
OpenId + Facebook Connect

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi! I have a request for implementing a login system using local credentials + openId + facebook-connect. So a user could sign up/sign in using any of the 3 possibilities. I think that allowing OpenId AND facebook connect adds some flexibility in one had, but in other hand adds some restrictions… >>> More
Facebook Connect icon isn't showing up in Internet Explorer

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm working on a site that is using Facebook Connect and recently made some changes so that the main pages are cached and if you are not logged in (checked with an ajax call) it loads the Facebook Connect javascript and renders the connect button into the page. This works perfectly everywhere except… >>> More

Related posts about facebook-sharer

Facebook's sharer.php - default view

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm using sharer.php to share an item to the user's wall. The facebook sharer has 2 views: Post to profile (default view) : And when you click on "send as a Message instead you get : What I'm trying to do is to have the 2nd view (send a message) as the default one. So when the user clicks… >>> More
how to exclude an image from facebook sharer

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, even though i use this meta <link rel="image_src" href="myimage"/> in my page, facebook sharer selects an image that i am using for ajax loading (load.gif) how can i exclude that image ? >>> More
Facebook sharer, pass in a comment?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Is it possible to post a description/comment variable to the facebook sharer url? It's only possible for url and title as far as I can figure out. >>> More
Want custom title / image / description in facebook share link

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi! I am making a flash app that demonstrates potensial traffic injuries when driving at different speeds. I want the user to be able to share this information on facebook. However this demands that i can customize the text that will appear on facebook in some manner. I am making an url that is… >>> More
Android Share - Facebook SDK - ShareActionProvider

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I am trying to implement sharing a simple string inside my application. Obviously everything other than Facebook works. As far as I know, now I have to use their Facebook SDK to post statuses on a wall. However, if I do implement it using their SDK, is there a way to have it incorporated into the… >>> More