CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user591272
user591272

Reputation:

Facebook page API - page feed (any difference between using auth_token and not using it?)

I was accessing different pages on Facebook, and I was using the auth_token parameter obtained from the Graph API, after the user enabled my application's access in there.

Now, I tried to access the feed data via the API without the auth_token, and it seems I get the same thing. Is there any use for the auth_token when fetching a page's feed?

Here's how an authenticated request looks like: https://graph.facebook.com/172697656074654/feed

It seems there is no difference between the data I get when authenticating, and the data I get when not being authenticated.

My question would be: - do you think that it is possible that some feed items won't show up when non-authenticated?

This is the "page" API documentation, any input on this would be great, http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/page/

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1936

Answers (1)

ifaour
ifaour

Reputation: 38135

Yes there's a big difference, in Facebook there are fields that are Publicly accessible and Available to everyone on Facebook among a lot of other permissions.

A viewer can be a:

  • An authenticated user - Logged-in Facebook user
  • A non-authenticated user - logged-out Facebook user (or not a Facebook user at all)

Facebook deals with each case (viewer) depending on each field. BUT still the above doesn't apply everytime.
For example while Available to everyone on Facebook means a logged-in user can view that specific field of the object we are browsing, this is not always true. As the object owner may have strict privacy setting that will override the general permission. And hence that field is no longer visible.

To better understand this:

  • Go to the post object.
  • Click on the example provided, check the comments and the count returned.
  • Now remove the access_token parameter and check again. You'll notice that the count is now less than the previous link!

Upvotes: 2

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