Facebook Open Stream API
Md Emran Hasan
Co-founder, CTO
Right Brain Solution Ltd.
Facebook Developer Garage Dhaka
August 16, 2009

Open Stream API
• Allows 3rd party developers use the Facebook’s
activity stream inside their own applications and
services.
• Applications will be able to filter and remix the
stream
– Status updates
– Photos
– Videos
– Notes
– Likes
– Comments

Live Stream Widget
• Embeddable Social Widget
• Show on App Canvas or Profile Tab using
fb:live-stream FBML tag
• Show on external website using
• Easy copy-and-paste set-up via
http://www.facebook.com/developers/wizard.
php

Live Stream Box - Code
<fb:live-stream width="400" height="500">
</fb:live-stream>

Things to consider
• Facebook Authentication
• Stream Permission
• Reading Stream Stories
• Publishing Stream Stories

Facebook Authentication
• Facebook Application
• Facebook Connect (on 3rd party sites)

Stream Permission
• read_stream
• publich_stream
• methods:
– fb:prompt-permission tag
– FB.Connect.showPermissionDialog

Reading Stream Stories
• stream.get (PHP) and stream_get (JS)
• stream.getComments (PHP) and stream_getComments (JS)
• stream.getFilters (PHP) and stream_getFilters (JS)

Publishing Stream Stories
• stream.publish / stream.remove
• FB.Connect.streamPublish
• stream.addComment / stream.removeComment
• stream.addLike / stream.removeLike

References
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Using_the_Open_Stream_API
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Facebook_Connect_Tutorial1
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/JS_API_M_FB.ApiClient.stream_get
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/JS_API_M_FB.Connect.showPermissionDialog

Quick Start Example
http://www.phpfour.com/fbstream

Contact Questions
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Telephone:
+880 173 0053050
Email:
emran@rightbrainsolution.com
Address:
Right Brain Solution Ltd.
Flat B4, House 45, Road 27, Block
A, Banani, Dhaka 1213,
Bangladesh.
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