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haltabush
haltabush

Reputation: 4528

Using fb.ui send method to send link with referal id

I'm using a fb.ui send method to allow user to share a link through Facebook. (eg http://example.com/affiliateid=myuseraffiliateid) My problem is that the og:url of the shared page doesn't have this parameter, and og:url always take precedence.

Using the Facebook Send button, I'm able to send a fb_ref parameter, so the shared url is http://example.com/fb_ref=myuseraffiliateid. This solution is OK for me, I just have to set affiliate_id = fb_ref in the server side code of my page. However, I can't use the facebook send button as I need to prepopulate the "to" field.

In short, what I'm looking for is a way to add this fb_ref attribute to the link sent.

Maybe code is easier to understand than plain text, so here it is:

Here's is the code of the JS call to the send dialog:

FB.ui({
  method: 'send',
  link: "http://www.example.com/affiliateid/myuseraffiliateid",
  to: [11111,22222,33333],
});

With this method, the resultig shared link is equal to the og:url specified (ie http://www.example.com).

And here is the fb:send button which actually works, but without the "to" prepopulated

<fb:send 
  href="http://www.example.com" 
  ref="myuseraffiliateid"
></fb:send>

Now, since we've specified a "ref" attribute to the send button, the shared link is "http://www.example.com/fb_ref=myuseraffiliateid".

What I need is to reproduce the ref attribute using fb.ui...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2165

Answers (2)

haltabush
haltabush

Reputation: 4528

I finally avoided this issue by using a dynamic og:url in the landing page of the shared link. That's annoying, since I can't count the number of shared links :(

Upvotes: 0

Shreeni
Shreeni

Reputation: 3307

Instead of "example.com/affiliateid=myuseraffiliateid" change your URl structure to "example.com/?affiliateid=myuseraffiliateid".

By doing this, the og:url of the page should remain stable (and consistent with what FB expects) and hence it should work fine.

Upvotes: 3

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