Learning Facebook Application Development Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Getting to Grips with the Facebook Platform
• The Purpose of the Facebook Platform
• The Standard Web Application Model
• The Facebook Web Application Model
• The Facebook Platform Elements
• The Facebook API
• The Facebook API Test Console
• FBML
• The FBML Test Console
• FQL
• Obtaining the Facebook Client Libraries
• Adding the Developer Application
• Setting Up Your Application
• Required Fields
• Optional Fields
• Base Options
• Installation Options
• Integration Points
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Building a Facebook Application
• A Simple Facebook Application
• Getting the Server Ready for Action
• Creating Your First Facebook Application
• The Application Initiation Code
• The Application Code
• Viewing the New Application
• Developing the Simple Application
• Examining Variables
• Using FQL in Your Application
• Writing to the Facebook Profile
• Updating the Facebook Cache
• Mock AJAX and Your Facebook Profile
• Using a Form on Your Profile
• Creating a Dynamic Combo-Box
• Limiting Access to the Form
• Storing Data—Keeping Files on Your Server
• Storing FBML on Your Server
• Storing Data on Your Server
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Databases, Dashboards, and the Profile
• Setting up the Database
• Setting the Root Password
• Creating the Database
• Adding a User
• A Table for Our Data
• Migrating Data
• Accessing the Database from Your Facebook Application
• Connecting to the Database
• Using a Remote Database
• Running Queries on the Database
• Obtaining Data from the Database
• Inserting Data into the Database
• Deleting Data from the Database
• Analyzing the Database
• Calculating the Number Items in a Table
• Grouping and Ordering Data
• Updating Everyone's Profile
• Updating the Facebook Cache—Remotely
• Obtaining the Application Session ID
• Using the Session ID to Write to a Profile
• Updating More Than One User's Profile
• Automating the Facebook Cache Update
• A Simple Batch File
• Using At Command to Control the Batch File
• Using Cron to Control the Batch File
• Pros and Cons of the Methods
• Tracking Users
• A Table for Your Users
• Finding Your Application ID
• Adding New Users
• Removing a User
• Defining a Post-Remove URL
• Producing a List of Users
• The Facebook Dashboard
• Adding a Dashboard
• Adding Help to the Dashboard
• Adding an Action to the Dashboard
• The Dashboard Create Button
• Facebook JavaScript
• The Facebook Contextual Dialog
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Cooking User Data
• How to Fetch User Data
• FBML
• fb:name
• fb:pronoun
• fb:profile-pic
• fb:user
• Logical Tags
• fb:is-in-network
• fb:if-can-see
• fb:if-can-see-photo
• fb: if-is-friends-with-viewer
• fb:is-if-group-member
• fb:is-own-profile
• fb:if-is-user
• fb:if-user-has-added-app
• fb:if-is-app-user
• FQL
• Let's Have a Look at the Schema
• JOIN as Sub Query
• Effective Searching with Structures
• Common Snippets
• Find All the friends of a User
• Find All Friends Who Have the Current Application Installed
• Find All Friends Whose Birthday Is Tomorrow
• Find Which Groups a Specific User Is Subscribed To
• Find All the Photos Uploaded by the User and in Any Album
• Functions You can Use in FQL
• Using Facebook API to Retrieve Information
• Retrieving Profile Information
• Retrieving List of Friends
• Finding Out If Some Users are Friends
• Retrieving Group Member's Information
• Retrieving a User's Photo
• Facebook Developers Tool
• Summary

• Chapter 5: FBJS—The JavaScript
• How FBJS Works
• DOM Manipulation Using FBJS
• DRY Means Don't Repeat Yourself
• Managing Stylesheet with FBJS
• Creating a Drop-Down Menu in FBJS
• Dialog
• Displaying Information
• Accepting User Input
• Contextual or Pop Up?
• Advanced Input System Using Dialogs
• Events
• AJAX
• Common Tasks
• Posting Parameters to Server Side Code
• Posting Multibyte Characters
• Canceling an AJAX Request
• Making Sure that Users have to Log In for the AJAX Request
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Feeds
• What Are Feeds?
• How to Publish Feeds
• Sample Application to Play with Feeds
• So How Did it Work?
• Publishing News Feed
• Difference between These Two Methods
• feed_publishTemplatizedAction
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Invitations and Notifications
• Invitations
• fb:request-form
• fb:req-choice
• fb:request-form-submit
• fb:multi-friend-selector
• fb:multi-friend-input
• fb:application-name
• Notifications
• notifications_send
• notifications_sendEmail
• Tips for Effective Notification and Emailing
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Photos
• Photo API
• photos_getAlbum
• Accessing from an External Application
• Uploading Photo
• Tagging Your Photos
• Slideshow Application
• Summary

• Chapter 9: Tools and Multimedia
• Creating a Discussion Board
• Taking Comments from Users
• Making a Wall Using fb:wall
• Increasing Usability Using fb:switch
• Using fb:random to Display a Random Option
• Increasing Usability Using fb:switch
• Sharing Content
• Audio Sharing
• Video Sharing
• Multimedia Contents
• Displaying Photo
• Managing Audio
• Managing Video (FLV Format)
• Summary

• Index