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Kevin Beal
Kevin Beal

Reputation: 10878

Does the url I provide for Facebook Like Button need to be exact or can it be one that redirects?

So I'm trying to generate the right URL to go in the facebook Like button. The URL is to a person's facebook page and it's generated using their facebook page's ID.

The facebook like button developers page says that I need to include this URL in the data-href="" attribute in the <div> they provide (that the iframe is generated in).

When I go to a URL like http://www.facebook.com/234h23o4ub23 it redirects to the right place. So I'm wondering if I can get away with using this shorter url as opposed to the url that it redirects to like for example: http://www.facebook.com/pages/example-venue-name/234h23o4ub23. I don't have the "example-venue-name" segment of the URL stored in my database making this method very difficult. Is that page going to register that it was liked or do I have to do the entire URL?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 86

Answers (1)

Mitchel Sellers
Mitchel Sellers

Reputation: 63136

The URL on the like button is actually just what the user will follow back, so as long as the user can follow the link, you will be fine. The link is the unique tracker to the object so that Facebook knows distinct objects.

Upvotes: 1

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