Easy way of posting on Facebook page (not a profile but a fanpage)

Question

Which option is the best and easy way to post text or some other content on a Facebook page?

I'm looking for a direct way to put something there from my Rails application.

For instance, clicking on a button and automatically posting on my application and sending data to the facebook page?

I've built one for Twitter and the method I have looks like this:

def tweet(url)
  Twitter.configure do |config|
    config.consumer_key = APP_CONFIG['twitter_consumer_key']
    config.consumer_secret = APP_CONFIG['twitter_consumer_secret']
    config.oauth_token = APP_CONFIG['twitter_access_token']
    config.oauth_token_secret = APP_CONFIG['twitter_secret_token']
  end    
  shorted_url = shorten_url(url)
  Twitter.update("#{title} - #{shorted_url}")
end

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can follow this link What's the easiest way, to post on my Facebook Wall through my Ruby on Rails App?

this is how my method look like:

def facebook_it(url)
  pages = FbGraph::User.me(APP_CONFIG['facebook_access_token']).accounts.first
  shorten_url = shorten_url(url) # create a bit.ly link
  pages.feed!(
    :message => "#{title}",
    :link => shorten_url,
    :description => "#{content[0..280]}"
  )
end

also I've created another method:

def share(url)
  tweet(url)
  facebook_it(url)
end

so I call it this way from the controller:

def publish
  url = job_url(@job)
  @job = Job.find(params[:id])
  @job.publish
  @job.share(url)
  ..
end

I don't know if this is the better approach, but it's working nice for me.

Hope this helps someone else.

Answer 2

Since I had to mix up a few different articles to get it all set up I would add that for one developper being admin on a client's Facebook page you will have to :

1. Go to the Graph API Explorer
2. Choose the app you created from the dropdown menu (if you didn't, create one)
3. Click "Get Access Token"
4. Click "Extended Permissions" tab
5. Choose both the manage_pages and the publish_stream permissions
6. Click "Get Access Token"
7. A window may open to ask you to confirm, say yes
8. Use the newly generated Access Token