What are all the custom URL schemes supported by the Facebook iPhone app?

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The Lazy Coder picture The Lazy Coder · Apr 18, 2011 · Viewed 91.3k times · Source

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Facebook has been updated a number of times and did not officially support any of these.

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I am trying to see what information is available about the Facebook app on the iPhone. So far I have found a couple sites containing limited information, and I was able to figure out the Facebook Profile Publish command (unfortunately it keeps the window open after you post - so the person who publishes to Facebook has to push post once and then cancel).

My question is, does anyone have any more info on the commands that can be sent to the Facebook app?

The following information I was able to obtain from http://wiki.akosma.com/IPhone_URL_Schemes

  • fb://profile – Open Facebook app to the user’s profile.
  • fb://friends – Open Facebook app to the friends list.
  • fb://notifications – Open Facebook app to the notifications list (NOTE: there appears to be a bug with this URL. The Notifications page opens. However, it’s not possible to navigate to anywhere else in the Facebook app)
  • fb://feed – Open Facebook app to the News Feed.
  • fb://events – Open Facebook app to the Events page.
  • fb://requests – Open Facebook app to the Requests list.
  • fb://notes – Open Facebook app to the Notes page.
  • fb://albums – Open Facebook app to Photo Albums list.

These commands only open the corresponding windows. The first useful command I found is

  • fb://publish/profile/#ID#?text=#BODY#

this is a combination of the Facebook graph api and some other info I found on other application. Then a little poke and hope.

replace #ID# with the id of the profile you want to post to, then replace #BODY# with the text you want to post to, and the window shows up in facebook app with the text pre populated.

Also you can use me as an id to post to the signed-in user's profile.

If anyone knows any more I am trying to interface with it and would like as much information as possible.

Answer

Vincent Guerci picture Vincent Guerci · Apr 18, 2011

June 2014 EDIT: Here is the updated list from Facebook v12:

fb://album?id=%@
fb://background_location
fb://browse?semantic=%@&result_type=%d&source_type=%d&title=%@
fb://codegenerator
fb://composer?%@
fb://composer?pagename=%@&pageid=%@
fb://composer?target=%@
fb://composer?view=location
fb://contactimporter/?ci_flow=%d
fb://discovery
fb://entitycards/?ids=%@&source=%@
fb://event?id=%@
fb://event?id=%@&post_id=%@
fb://eventguestlist?event_id=%@
fb://events/list
fb://eventslist?owner_fbid=%@
fb://f(.+)(\?|&)v=map(\&.*)?
fb://f(.+)incorrect_map_pin(\&.*)?
fb://friendsnearby
fb://friendsnearby/?source=%@
fb://friendsnearby/?source=divebar
fb://friendsnearby/ping?fbid=%@&source=%@
fb://friendsnearby/profile?fbid=%@&source=%@
fb://gift?
fb://group?id=%@
fb://group?id=%@&object_id=%@&view=permalink
fb://hashtag/
fb://hashtag/%@
fb://location_settings
fb://messageComposer?
fb://messaging/new
fb://messaging/new?id=%@&name=%@&isPage=%d
fb://messaging?
fb://messaging?id=%@
fb://messaging?id=%@&%@
fb://messaging?tid=%@
fb://messaginglist
fb://page?id=%@
fb://page?id=%@&source=%@&source_id=%@
fb://page_about?id=%@
fb://page_friend_likes_and_visits?id=%@
fb://page_reviews?id=%@
fb://photo?%@
fb://photo?id=%@
fb://pnp?type=instructions
fb://products?%@
fb://profile
fb://profile/%@
fb://profile?id=%@
fb://profile?id=%@&%@=%@
fb://story?%@
fb://story?graphqlid=%@
fb://story?id=%@
fb://timelineappsection?id=%@
fb://topic/%@
fb://uploadcoverphoto
fb://zrnext

April 2013 EDIT : Looks like none of below works anymore with latest versions, facebook app navigation probably has been rewrited. Some reverse engineering to do on latest version...

I guess that might help, that's from v3.4 :

fb://album/%@
fb://album/(aid)
fb://album/(aid)/cover
fb://album/(initWithAID:)
fb://album/(initWithAID:)/cover
fb://album/new
fb://albums
fb://birthdays
fb://birthdays/(initWithMonth:)/(year:)
fb://birthdays/(month)/(year)
fb://chat/(fbid)
fb://chat/(initWithUID:)
fb://chat/(user.fbid)
fb://contactimporter
fb://contactimporter/invites
fb://contactimporter/legalese
fb://contactimporter/modal
fb://event/%@
fb://event/%llu
fb://event/(event.fbid)/members/(rsvpStatus)
fb://event/(fbid)
fb://event/(fbid)/members/attending
fb://event/(fbid)/members/declined
fb://event/(fbid)/members/not_replied
fb://event/(fbid)/members/unsure
fb://event/(fbid)/rsvp
fb://event/(initWithEventId:)
fb://event/(initWithEventId:)/members/(rsvpStatus:)
fb://event/(initWithEventId:)/rsvp
fb://events
fb://events/
fb://faceweb/(initWithURL:)
fb://facewebmodal/(initWithURL:)
fb://feed
fb://feed/%@
fb://feed/(filter.filterKey)
fb://feed/(initWithFilterKey:)
fb://feedfilters
fb://findfriends
fb://findfriends/legalese
fb://findfriends/modal
fb://friends
fb://friends/picker
fb://friends/sync
fb://friends/sync/(removeData:)
fb://friends/sync/disconnect
fb://friends/sync/legalese
fb://group/(fbid)/members
fb://group/(initWithGroupId:)/members
fb://groups
fb://launcher
fb://mailbox
fb://mailbox/(folder)
fb://mailbox/(initWithFolder:)
fb://mailbox/(initWithFolder:)/(tid:)
fb://mailbox/(mailbox.folder)/(tid)
fb://mailbox/compose
fb://mailbox/compose/(fbid)
fb://mailbox/compose/(initWithUID:)
fb://map
fb://messaging
fb://messaging/(folder)
fb://messaging/(initWithFolder:)
fb://messaging/(initWithFolder:)/(tid:)/participants
fb://messaging/(initWithFolder:)/thread?tid=(tid:)
fb://messaging/(mailbox.folder)/(urlEscapedTid)/participants
fb://messaging/(mailbox.folder)/thread?tid=(urlEscapedTid)
fb://messaging/compose
fb://messaging/compose/(fbid)
fb://messaging/compose/(initWithUID:)
fb://messaging/original_message?mid=(commentId)
fb://messaging/original_message?mid=(initWithMessageId:)
fb://nearby
fb://note/%@
fb://note/(initWithNoteId:)
fb://note/(initWithNoteId:)/edit
fb://note/(noteId)
fb://note/(noteId)/edit
fb://note/compose
fb://notes
fb://notifications
fb://online
fb://online#offline
fb://online#online
fb://page/(page.id)
fb://pages
fb://photo/%@/0/%@
fb://photo/(album.user.fbid)/(album.aid)/(pid)
fb://photo/(album.user.fbid)/(album.aid)/(pid)/feedback
fb://photo/(fbid)/profilepic
fb://photo/(initWithProfilePicturesUID:)/profilepic
fb://photo/(initWithUID:)/(aid:)/(pid:)
fb://photo/(initWithUID:)/(aid:)/(pid:)/feedback
fb://photosapp
fb://place/%@
fb://place/(initWithPageId:)
fb://place/(targetId)
fb://place/addfriends
fb://place/addphoto
fb://place/create
fb://places
fb://places/%lld/%lld
fb://places/(initWithCheckinAtPlace:)/(byUser:)
fb://places/legalese/tagged/%lld/%lld
fb://places/legalese/tagged/(initWithTaggedAtPlace:)/(byUser:)
fb://post/%@
fb://post/%@_%@
fb://post/(initWithPostId:)
fb://post/(initWithPostId:)/tagged
fb://post/(postId)
fb://post/(postId)/tagged
fb://post/(postId)/untagSelf
fb://post/(untagSelfFromPostWithId:)/untagSelf
fb://profile
fb://profile/
fb://profile/%@
fb://profile/%lld
fb://profile/(addFan:)/addfan
fb://profile/(fbid)
fb://profile/(fbid)/addfan
fb://profile/(fbid)/addfriend
fb://profile/(fbid)/fanpages
fb://profile/(fbid)/fans
fb://profile/(fbid)/favorite
fb://profile/(fbid)/friends
fb://profile/(fbid)/info
fb://profile/(fbid)/menu
fb://profile/(fbid)/mutualfriends
fb://profile/(fbid)/photos
fb://profile/(fbid)/poke
fb://profile/(fbid)/removefriend
fb://profile/(fbid)/wall
fb://profile/(initWithFBID:)/menu
fb://profile/(initWithFansUID:)/fans
fb://profile/(initWithFriendsUID:)/friends
fb://profile/(initWithInfoUID:)/info
fb://profile/(initWithMutualFriendsUID:)/mutualfriends
fb://profile/(initWithPhotosUID:)/photos
fb://profile/(initWithUID:)
fb://profile/(initWithUID:)/addfriend
fb://profile/(initWithUID:)/fanpages
fb://profile/(initWithUID:)/poke
fb://profile/(initWithUID:)/removefriend
fb://profile/(initWithWallUID:)/wall
fb://profile/(toggleFavorite:)/favorite
fb://profile/(user.fbid)/fans
fb://profile/(user.fbid)/friends
fb://profile/(user.fbid)/mutualfriends
fb://profile/0
fb://publish
fb://publish/mailbox/(initWithFolder:)/(tid:)
fb://publish/mailbox/(mailbox.folder)/(tid)
fb://publish/photo/(album.user.fbid)/(album.aid)/(pid)
fb://publish/photo/(initWithUID:)/(aid:)/(pid:)
fb://publish/post/(initWithPostId:)
fb://publish/post/(postId)
fb://publish/profile/(fbid)
fb://publish/profile/(initWithUID:)
fb://publish/profile/(owner.fbid)
fb://requests
fb://root
fb://upload
fb://upload/%@/album/%lld/%@
fb://upload/%@/checkin/%lld
fb://upload/%@/profile/%lld
fb://upload/(initWithSource:)/album/(uid:)/(aid:)
fb://upload/(initWithSource:)/checkin/(checkinId:)
fb://upload/(initWithSource:)/profile/(uid:)
fb://upload/actions
fb://upload/actions/album/(initWithUID:)/(aid:)
fb://upload/actions/album/(user.fbid)/(aid)
fb://upload/actions/checkin/(checkinId)/
fb://upload/actions/checkin/(initWithCheckinId:)
fb://upload/actions/newalbum
fb://upload/actions/profile/(fbid)
fb://upload/actions/profile/(initWithUID:)
fb://upload/actions/resume
fb://upload/album/(showUploadMenuWithUID:)/(aid:)
fb://upload/album/(user.fbid)/(aid)
fb://upload/checkin/(checkinId)
fb://upload/checkin/(showUploadMenuWithCheckinID:)
fb://upload/discard
fb://upload/profile/(fbid)
fb://upload/profile/(owner.fbid)
fb://upload/profile/(showUploadMenuWithUID:)
fb://upload/resume
fb://userset
fb://video/%@
fb://video/(playVideoWithId:)
fb://video/(videoId)

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