Type Function Return value Event Revision 2017.3060 Keywords facebook, request See also facebook.* fbconnect
Get or post data to the logged-in Facebook account. Can be used to post messages and photos to the account and friends' accounts. Can also be used to get user data and recent posts.
The request comes back as a fbconnect event that is sent to the listener function which was registered with the call to facebook.login().
facebook.request( path [, httpMethod] [, params] )
String. The Facebook Graph API path, for example "me", "me/friends", or "me/feed".
String. "GET", "POST", or "DELETE". If not specified, defaults to "GET".
Table. Table of key/value pairs passed as arguments to the Facebook API call. For more information, see this document.
-- Post a message to the user's account
facebook.request( "me/feed", "POST", { message="Hello Facebook" } )
-- Create a user-owned Open Graph object for an episode of The Simpsons
local simpsonsEpisodeObject = {
object = "{\"fb:app_id\":\"[YOUR FACEBOOK APP ID HERE]\",\"og:type\":\"video.episode\",\"og:url\":\"https:\/\/www.simpsonsworld.com\",\"og:title\":\"Treehouse\ of\ Horror\ XXVI\",\"og:image\":\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/e\/e6\/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXVI_poster.jpg\"}"
}
facebook.request( "/me/objects/video.episode", "POST", simpsonsEpisodeObject )