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codeandcloud
codeandcloud

Reputation: 55248

Facebook feed parameter "properties" not working on using C# SDK

I am using Facebook C# SDK 6.0.20 and posting to facebook (Server Side Flow) like this.

dynamic parameters = new ExpandoObject();
parameters.message = message;
parameters.description = description;
parameters.link = url;
parameters.name = url;
parameters.picture = smallImage;
parameters.caption = "www.mysite.com";
parameters.properties = new
{
    text = joinPrompter,
    href = url
};
parameters.actions = new
{
    name = joinPrompter,
    link = url
};
var api = new FacebookClient
{
    AccessToken = accessToken,
    AppId = ClientID,
    AppSecret = ClientSecret
};
result = api.Post("me/feed", parameters);

All is well except the properties I am passing. It gets displayed in the post at the end as

text: Join now!
href: http://www.mysite.com

What could be wrong with my post to me/feeds?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 719

Answers (2)

Juicy Scripter
Juicy Scripter

Reputation: 25938

Actually properties should be JSON encoded prior to publishing.

JsonArray jsonArray = new JsonArray();
jsonArray.Add(new {
  text = joinPrompter,
  href = url
});

parameters.properties = jsonArray.ToString();

This is sample using SimpleJson which is internally used in facebook-c#-sdk.

Or you can simply use something like:

parameters.properties = '[{"text":"Some text", "href":"http://example.com"}]';

Update:
Seems that you may use IList<object> and it should be encoded automatically by Facebook C# SDK:

IList<object> properties = new IList<object>();
properties.Add(new {
  text = joinPrompter,
  href = url
});
parameters.properties = properties;

Upvotes: 2

codeandcloud
codeandcloud

Reputation: 55248

The problem was not with the wonderful Facebook C# SDK. The problem was with the way I used it. properties should be used like this

parameters.properties = new {
    URL = new
    {
        text = joinPrompter,
        href = url
    }
};

Upvotes: 1

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