Set User Status with "@mentions" integration

Question

StackOverflow'ers,

I realize the new "@mentions" is a very new feature to facebook, but can any of you think of how to access this feature using the Facebook API?

I would assume there would need to be a separate call to get a list of available users/applications/ect...

I am just brainstorming here, I realize this may not be possible yet. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

AFAIK, This is currently not available through facebook api.
( http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Users.setStatus )

However you can use the following use the following format for tagging

 tagging @[USERID:blah] in my message from a app

where USERID is the numeric userId of the user whom you want to tag in the status and blah is any string. you should give a string there for it to work.

This format also works when you try to update the status on facebook directly. You can test it there.

Answer 2

Per Colin's bugs link (http://bugs.developers.facebook.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12947), it appears the link aspect of this feature has been disabled for 3rd party apps. It will only display the tagged friend's name in plain text, without linking and without notifications.