This document provides an overview of developing Facebook apps, including where to start, creating an app, the app architecture, API methods, permissions, linking content, testing, policies and staying up to date. It discusses the Facebook client libraries, REST API, FQL, user data available, and push notifications. Examples are provided for common API calls.

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23 FACEBOOK APP
DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS
FOR THE REST OF US
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2. Lukas Fischer
- CEO netnode IT services GmbH
- Webapplication Development
- We love Drupal
- We love Facebook Apps
- Founder of Guzuu.com
- On Demand Social Media Webshop

3. 1 Where to start?
http://www.facebook.com/developers/

4. 2 Create an App
http://www.facebook.com/developers/createapp.php

5. Create an App

6. 3 Facebook App Architecture
http://www.zilby.com/images/arch.png

7. 4 Facebook Client Librarys
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/User:Client_Libraries

8. 5 Facebook REST-API
include('facebook/client/facebook.php');
$facebook = new Facebook(KEY,SECRET);
$result = $facebook->api_client->DOSOMETHING();

9. 6 FACEBOOK REST-API
> 200 API methods

10. Facebook API Examples
include('facebook/client/facebook.php');
$facebook = new Facebook(KEY,SECRET);
$result = $facebook->api_client->users_getInfo(‘1432471352’, ‘sex’);
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[sex] => male
[uid] => 1432471352
)
)

11. 7 Facebook Userdata
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Users.getInfo
84 personal data chunks!
(including birth date, current location and preferred meeting sex)

12. 8 Extended permissions
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Extended_permissions
publish stream, read stream, email, read_mailbox, sms, ...

13. 9 FBML
>100 FBML tags

14. FBML Example

15. 10 Facebook Bookmarks

16. 11 FQL
FQL: SELECT name, pic FROM user WHERE uid = ‘1432471352’
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => Luc Fischer
[pic] => PICURL
)
)

17. FQL Examples
See the names of all the events that
your friends have been invited to:
SELECT name FROM event
WHERE eid IN (
SELECT eid from event_member
WHERE uid IN (
SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1=''$user_id''))

18. 12 FQL tables
42 FQL tables

19. 13 Test Console
http://developers.facebook.com/tools.php

20. 14 Facebook Policies
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php
http://developers.facebook.com/policy/

21. 15 Facebook API Roadmap
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Developer_Roadmap

22. 16 App Metrics

23. 17 Linking user content
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=XXXXX
- http://www.facebook.com/poke.php?id=XXXXX
- http://www.facebook.com/addfriend.php?id=XXXXX
- http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=XXXXX
- http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=XXXXX
- http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=XXXXX

24. 18 How to be up to date?

25. 18 Developer FAQ
http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=431

26. 19 WIKI
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/

27. 20 Forum

28. 21 Healthy?
http://developers.facebook.com/live_status.php

29. 22 Push Changes
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Push_Changes

30. 23 Devkon App
http://apps.facebook.com/devkonapp/

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