NAME

Net::Social::Service::Facebook - a Facebook plugin for Net::Social

PARAMS

For reading Net::Social::Service::Facebook needs

api_key

You need an API key from Facebook. You can read how to get one from here

            

              
              
http://developers.facebook.com/get_started.php
            
          

session_secret

See below.

session_key

See below.

GETTING A PERMANENT FACEBOOK SESSION

I use this script

            

              
              
#!perl -w
use strict;
use WWW::Facebook::API;
my $api_key        = shift || die "You must pass an api key\n"; # get these when you sign up
my $secret         = shift || die "You must pass an api secret"; # as a facebook developer
my $client         = make_client($api_key, $secret);
# Now get the auth token
print "1) Go to ".$client->get_infinite_session_url."\n";
print "2) Press 'Generate' and get token\n";
print "3) Enter the token now\n";
chomp(my $token = <>);
# Get a session
$client->auth->get_session($token);
$session_key    = $client->session_key;
$session_secret = $client->secret;
# And note the session key
print "4) Your infinite session key is $session_key\n";
print "5) Your infinite session secret is $session_secret\n";
# Now make a new client and set the session key again to see that it works
my $new_client = make_client($api_key, $session_secret);
$new_client->session_key($session_key);
# And get my friends
my $friends = $new_client->users->get_info( uids => $new_client->friends->get, fields => 'name');
print join("\n", map { $_->{name} } @$friends)."\n";
sub make_client {
    my ($api_key, $secret) = @_;
    my $client = WWW::Facebook::API->new(
            parse        => 1,
            throw_errors => 1,
    );
    $client->api_key($api_key);
    $client->secret($secret);
    $client->desktop(1);
    return $client;
}
            
          

METHODS

friends

Returns your friends. It defines the keys uid, name and type.

AUTHOR

Simon Wistow <simon@thegestalt.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright, 2007 - Simon Wistow

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