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Invalid Application ID: The provided Application ID is invalid on page with fbml

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I've searched extensively but haven't found any good answers for this issue. We've got fbml working on our site but in some situations (like http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/anthrax-files/) I also get a message saying Invalid Application ID: The provided Application ID is invalid - on occasion it even comes up twice.

I've run the pages through face book's lint already and made some changes. But I'm stumped - in particular because it doesn't always appear, only sometimes. Anyone have any insights as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks.

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Sam Bailey Avatar asked Oct 10 '22 16:10

Sam Bailey


2 Answers

If anyone is looking for the answer to this: a variable I failed to disclose in this question is that we use Disqus on the pages in question. The Facebook Application ID that previously worked in Disqus stopped working suddenly. Swapping in a new Application ID authorized to the domain solved the issue.

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Sam Bailey Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 07:10

Sam Bailey


If it helps, I got this error when using a "Like this on Facebook" widget with the wrong Facebook App ID. Unknown to me there was a different App ID in an og meta tag in the header and the two seemed to conflict with each other.

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Mike Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 05:10

Mike