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Luiz E.
Luiz E.

Reputation: 7279

how to search for pages with koala

I'm trying to using Koala gem to search for facebook page, like this

@graph.get_connection('search', movie_name)

but I got this /Users/luizeduardo/.rbenv/versions/2.2.3/lib/ruby/2.2.0/uri/generic.rb:1100:in rescue in merge': bad URI(is not URI?): /search/Jurassic World (URI::InvalidURIError)

Seems like I'm using the wrong method OR this is not possible

Upvotes: 1

Views: 663

Answers (4)

user1515295
user1515295

Reputation: 1211

The Koala Wiki should say this: @graph.search('koala', type: :place)

instead of this: @graph.get_connection('search', type: :place)

Hopefully that gets you closer to a solution.

Upvotes: 0

ran632
ran632

Reputation: 1209

get_connection throws the same error for me as well (maybe because v2.6?).

anyway, i found that solution works:

@graph.get_object('search?q=YOUR_QUERY&type=page')

Upvotes: 1

lacostenycoder
lacostenycoder

Reputation: 11226

You're use of get_connection seems like the incorrect method for doing a general search of public page data. get_connection has more to do with FB friends network. For a more detailed understanding of what API calls Koala will make, have a look at the code which has good comments describing how each method works. For general API graph calls you can simply use the graph_call method.

https://github.com/arsduo/koala/blob/master/lib/koala/api/graph_api.rb

You should be able to use the graph_call method and pass in whatever api call you'd like to make as single parameter in a string.

fb = Koala::Facebook::API.new(ENV['FACEBOOK_CLIENT_TOKEN'])
lookup = fb.graph_call("search?q=star%20wars%20movie&type=page")

see similar question and answer here

Upvotes: 0

Tobi
Tobi

Reputation: 31479

Have a look at

You can also search for users/pages/events/groups for the keyword of your choice:

# http://graph.facebook.com/search?q=koala&type=place
@graph.get_connection('search', type: :place)
# => [{"category"=>"Attractions/things to do", ...
#     "name"=>"Maru Koala & Animal Park"}]}

In your case this would mean

@graph.get_connection('search', type: :page)

IMHO...

See

Upvotes: 1

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