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MartinMoizard
MartinMoizard

Reputation: 6680

Facebook post on news feed and link behind the "name" of the post

I am posting a post on the current user feed with the following code:

   NSMutableDictionary *postParams = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                   @"http://url.com/image.jpg", @"picture",
                                   @"The title of the post on the feed", @"name",
                                   @"Caption text", @"caption",
                                   @"Description text", @"description", nil];

   [self.facebook requestWithGraphPath:@"me/feed" andParams:postParams andHttpMethod:@"POST" andDelegate:nil];

It works great but I can't figure out how to setup the link behind the name of the post ("The title of the post on the feed"). For now the link looks like the following : 

https://www.facebook.com/connect/uiserver.php?app_id=[MY_APP_ID]&method=permissions.request&redirect_uri=[THE_URL_OF_THE_PICTURE]&response_type=code&display=page&auth_referral=1

Is there a way to control this url easily? Thanks!

-- EDIT --

Here is a screenshot of a kind of post I want to create : enter image description here

http://cl.ly/image/020D1z3S2L16. The link behind the blue title "Je t'ai envoyé un défi dans Années 80" is really clean (just like http://itunes.apple.com/app/[APP_NAME]) and I'd like to do the same.

I believe this not an open graph action, just a basic post. Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1305

Answers (4)

ViruMax
ViruMax

Reputation: 1218

Hey Its very easy just try this code.

 NSMutableDictionary *params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary] ;
    [params setObject:@"Test post" forKey:@"message"];
    [params setObject:@"link" forKey:@"type"];
    [params setObject:@"http://yoursite.com" forKey:@"link"];
    [params setObject:@"Link description" forKey:@"description"];


    // Make the request
    [FBRequestConnection startWithGraphPath:@"/me/feed"
                                 parameters:params
                                 HTTPMethod:@"POST"
                          completionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {
                              if (!error) {

                                  if(appDelegate.isLoggedInWithTwitter)
                                  {
                                      [self postMessage:_lblTitle.text];
                                  }
                                  else
                                  {
                                      [self toggleProgressHud:NO title:@"" message:@""];
                                      NSLog(@"%@",[NSString stringWithFormat:@"result: %@", result]);
                                      UIAlertView *alertMsg=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:nil message:@"Shared Successfully" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:@"Ok", nil];
                                      alertMsg.tag=11;
                                      alertMsg.delegate=self;
                                      [alertMsg show];
                                  }
                                  // Link posted successfully to Facebook
                              } else {
                                  // An error occurred, we need to handle the error
                                  // See: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/errors
                                  NSLog(@"%@",[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", error.description]);
                                  [self toggleProgressHud:NO title:@"" message:@""];
                                  [self handleAPICallError:error];
                              }
                          }];

And here is the result which you want

enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

MartinMoizard
MartinMoizard

Reputation: 6680

"xx shared a link" cannot be controlled through a post. Facebook is performing tons of A/B testing to decide what to display...

Upvotes: 1

C3roe
C3roe

Reputation: 96397

For now the link looks like the following :

https://www.facebook.com/connect/uiserver.php?app_id=…&method=permissions.request&…

That sounds like you’ve got Authenticated Referrals enabled in your app settings …?

That would explain, why the link points to the Facebook URL with a parameter method=permissions.request embedded.

If so, and that’s not what you want – then turn of Authenticated Referrals.

Upvotes: 1

Gajus
Gajus

Reputation: 73908

All parameters of the Facebook feed are outlined in the Graph API reference, https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/post/.

The relevant ones are "name", "caption", "description" or "message". Therefore, if whatever is the element you are referring to is not affected, you don't have control over it.

Upvotes: 2

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