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aleclarson
aleclarson

Reputation: 19055

How do I use stream_filter with a me/feed Graph API request?

In Facebook's Graph API reference, the page /{user-id}/feed specifies in its "Reading" section that a possible modifier is filter of type "string". It points to the stream_filter reference table, too.

I'm having trouble understanding what a stream_filter does and how I use it in a request to the Graph API. Any help is appreciated!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1883

Answers (1)

andyrandy
andyrandy

Reputation: 74004

Out of interest, i searched for those filters too and found out that there is a thread about it already with a good answer: Facebook Graph Api filter feed by category

So this is how i get the available filters by FQL:

SELECT name, type, filter_key FROM stream_filter WHERE uid = me()

Try this in the Graph API explorer: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/?fql=SELECT%20name%2C%20filter_key%2C%20type%20FROM%20stream_filter%20WHERE%20uid%20%3D%20me%28%29

Now when i try /me/home?filter=x and replace the x with my photo filter, i do get a different result than without a filter. When i try this with /me/feed there is no difference, i get status messages without any photo too. Maybe it just does not work for the feed connection...Although it is mentioned in the docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/feed/

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