I want to post some text to a users wall using the facebook sdk in an iOS app.
Is posting an open graph story now the only way to do that?
I've found with open graph stories they are really strange, you can only post things in the format "user x a y" where you preset x and y directly on facebook, like user ata a pizza or user played a game. Setting up each one is pretty laborious too because you have to create a .php object on an external server for each one.
Am I missing something or is there a simpler way to go about this?
Figured it out by browsing the facebook tutorials a bit more.
-(void) postWithText: (NSString*) message
ImageName: (NSString*) image
URL: (NSString*) url
Caption: (NSString*) caption
Name: (NSString*) name
andDescription: (NSString*) description
{
NSMutableDictionary* params = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
url, @"link",
name, @"name",
caption, @"caption",
description, @"description",
message, @"message",
UIImagePNGRepresentation([UIImage imageNamed: image]), @"picture",
nil];
if ([FBSession.activeSession.permissions indexOfObject:@"publish_actions"] == NSNotFound)
{
// No permissions found in session, ask for it
[FBSession.activeSession requestNewPublishPermissions: [NSArray arrayWithObject:@"publish_actions"]
defaultAudience: FBSessionDefaultAudienceFriends
completionHandler: ^(FBSession *session, NSError *error)
{
if (!error)
{
// If permissions granted and not already posting then publish the story
if (!m_postingInProgress)
{
[self postToWall: params];
}
}
}];
}
else
{
// If permissions present and not already posting then publish the story
if (!m_postingInProgress)
{
[self postToWall: params];
}
}
}
-(void) postToWall: (NSMutableDictionary*) params
{
m_postingInProgress = YES; //for not allowing multiple hits
[FBRequestConnection startWithGraphPath:@"me/feed"
parameters:params
HTTPMethod:@"POST"
completionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection,
id result,
NSError *error)
{
if (error)
{
//showing an alert for failure
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc]
initWithTitle:@"Post Failed"
message:error.localizedDescription
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
}
m_postingInProgress = NO;
}];
}