facebook api for developers : introducing the facebook platform

Facebook API for DevelopersIntroducing the Facebook Platform

Wildan Maulanawildan.m@openthinklabs.com

http://workshop.openthinklabs.com

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What We Will Cover

● What Is Facebook?● A Brief History of Facebook● The Elements of the Facebook Platform● Facebook Markup Language

● REST API Calls● Facebook Query Language● Facebook JavaScript● Client Libraries

● Summary

What Is Facebook?

2007 Platform for Application DevelopmentLaunch

FBML

REST API FQL

Facebook JavaScript

A set of client programming libraries

Facebook API

A Brief History of Facebook

2002 2003

MySpace

SynapseFacemash.com

2004

thefacebook.com

2005

facebook.com

Focus on the college and university demographic(The 18–24 young adult market.)

2007

facebook.com

Open its doors to nonacademic users

The Elements of the Facebook Platform

Facebook Platform

Facebook Markup Language

REST API

Facebook Query Language

Facebook JavaScript

Set of Client Libraries for Different Programming Languages

Facebook Markup Language

<fb:dashboard><fb:help href="help.php">Application Help</fb:help></fb:dashboard>

REST API Calls

REST API Calls

facebook.auth

facebook.feed

facebook.friends

facebook.notifications

facebook.profile

facebook.users

facebook.events

facebook.groups

facebook.photos

Facebook Query Language

FQL

user

friend

group

group_member

event

event_member

photo

albumphototag

Table

Facebook Query Language

FQL

now()

strlen(string)

concat(string1, string2,…, stringN)

substr(string, start, length)

strpos(haystack, needle)

lower(string)

upper(string)

Functions

SELECT name, picFROM userWHERE uid = 7608007

Example

Facebook JavaScriptFBJS

<a href="#" onclick="new Dialog().showMessage('Dialog', 'This is the help messagefor this link');return false">Show Dialog Box</a>

Client Libraries

Client Libraries

ActionScript

ASP.NET

ASP (VBScript)

ColdFusion

C++

C#

D

Emacs LispLisp

Perl

PHP (4 and 5)

VB .NET

Windows Mobile Ruby

Python

Summary

Q&A

Reference

● Facebook API Developers Guide, Wayne Graham, firstPress