Facebook page vs profile
Posted Fri, 05/20/2011 - 20:15 by 1352748954@facebook

I am attempting to set up the FB module on my Drupal site. I want the interaction to be with my business page on Facebook, not my personal profile. However, Facebook doesn't seem to allow getting an API key unless associated with a profile, and doesn't allow profiles if you are not an individual. I notice many businesses that have Facebook apps. How is this accomplished?

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There's something called an

by Dave Cohen - 11/21/2011 - 18:42

There's something called an "extended permission". Your app needs one, called something like publish_stream, in order to write on your wall.

It needs another, manage_pages or something like that, in order to access any of the pages your facebook account administers.

See

by 574400813@facebook - 11/18/2011 - 14:26

http://drupal.org/node/444644

Facebook Pages

by 574400813@facebook - 11/18/2011 - 13:30

I'm looking to do the same thing, and came across an issue on D.O. questioning this very point; and the issue was marked "Closed, works as designed" because Pages are handled the same way as Profiles.

Sorry I closed it and can't point you right at it, but but my understanding is that if your Profile has access to the Page, then you should be able to access the stream with your API key.

I've just marked that issue

by Dave Cohen - 11/21/2011 - 18:48

I've just marked that issue out of date, since most of the discussion took place before the graph api and the manage_pages extended permission, which are now the recommended way to publish to a page.

+1, subscribing ..

by 831999315@facebook - 06/12/2011 - 04:36

+1, subscribing ..