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Facebook API

Authentication, tokens

Page Access Tokens

The page admin must give an extended permission called manage_pages.

Graph API

Photo sharing

  • Social Plugins:

    • Like button - posts immediately on Timeline
    • Share button - allows adding a comment
    • Send button - send privately to friends

Facebook Developer account not required for web usage of the Social Plugins.

Photo hotlinking

CDN link is temporary. The way to reliably get the photos is using the API:

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