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JoshDG
JoshDG

Reputation: 3931

Facebook graph API: Posts made by user

Can I generate a list of things a user has posted? /id/posts only returns that users wall. I can't find a query that generates posts made by the user anywhere on Facebook (id friends walls).

I also tried this in FQL, to no avail:

select message from stream where source_id in (select uid1 from friend where uid2=me()) and actor_id=me()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 462

Answers (2)

andyrandy
andyrandy

Reputation: 73984

Don´t use FQL if there is an easier way with the Graph API. In that case, it would be "/me/posts". You can try it in the Graph API Explorer:

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer?method=GET&path=me%2Fposts

Here´s a very good explanation about the posts connection and oter possibilities to get the feed and whatnot: What is the difference between feed, posts and statuses in Facebook Graph API?

See the answer with the highest voting:

The /posts api returns the posts created by the user (on her own wall or the wall of a friend), and it may include any kind of content such as shared links, checkins, photos and status updates.

Compare with the Facebook docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/user/#posts

You can try other connections too but technically it should be exactly what you need. You also should not need more than the "read_stream" permission.

EDIT: However, i just tested it in the Graph API Explorer and only get the postings on my own wall, so i assume that there is a bug in the API.

Upvotes: 2

hugofcampos
hugofcampos

Reputation: 695

You can check the user feed. There you will found every (public) post, comment, photo tag, etc. If you only need status posts, you can check where the attribute "type" is equals to status.

To see how it works, you can use the Facebook Graph Explorer Tool. There you can make Graph Api calls and see the answer for that. After grant an valid access token (click on the button and give the user status and friend user status permissions), call (GET) /me/feed and check the answer.

Upvotes: 2

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