publish_actions issues

Question

i have adapted my app to all the new features from timeline, aggregations, mini stories and such. i set "publish_actions" as required in the oauth process as well as in the "new auth" process dialog. i have set up my aggregations and everything looks neat an all and i also got the opengraph near realtime ministories working.

BUT

1) i do not get the new auth page to show up ... i am the only developer, i have set "use new auth page" in app settings, i am in the developer beta and got the timeline in my profile of course, i got the near realtime opengraph stories working, i got my aggregations set, i can preview the oauth screen as myself and generic user fine.

2) the old auth page only shows "publish_actions" when i set my app to be of the app-type "games" and when i set my app to be of the type "other" i do not get prompted for "publish_actions" permission when adding the app and i get "OAuth "Facebook Platform" "insufficient_scope" "(#200) Requires extended permission: publish_actions" all the time.

why does developing for/on facebook have to be so buggy and hard all the time?

Answer 1

"These stories can only be published by apps categorized as ‘Games’ and are only shown to users when playing a game. We intend to broaden the types of apps that can use these new APIs in the near future." ( http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/539/ )

So I think we only have two choices right now. Change the app category to "Games" OR Using the new permissions dialog page.

Answer 2

Sorry for the issues you're having. This was a bug on our end and should be resolved later today.

Answer 3

Bump. I have same issue as well. Created new App, setup everything including new Auth dialog and publish_actions but getting old dialog instead.

I saw someone mentioning that all users should be at least Testers. Tried that and still doesnt work.

Woohoo, I just changed App type to the "Games" and in Auth dialog it showed now "Add to timeline". It still shows old Auth dialog for me but at least publish_actions is there.

Answer 4

I'm having exactly the same problem. I cannot find a way to get 'publish_actions' permissions for an app user. I've even tried to use directly which should automatically add 'publish_actions', but the auth dialog just flash and disappear.

This is certainly something linked to the new auth dialog which does not show up even when the correct migration settings are selected. Is it a Facebook bug ?