Drupal for Facebook

drupalforfacebook.org has been overrun with spam recently. Because I was on vacation, I didn't catch it as it was happening. And man, a lot of spam content a comments were posted to this server.

My most recent check-in changes the hook_fb API. I have a feeling not many users are implementing their own hook_fb, so I don't expect this to inconvenience anyone.

If you are, the new parameters are:

hook_fb($op, $data, &$return)

$op will tell your hook what is expected of it. See fb.module for the list of ops.

$data is an array containins a variety of things, depending on the $op. Most importantly, $data['fb_app'] and $data[$fb] will be set when these are known.

$return is a data structure which your app can set, for those ops which expect a returned value.

I plan to attend the upcoming Bay Area Drupal Camp. For those interested in learning about Drupal for Facebook, I've proposed a session. If you might attend, please vote for it now. Without votes, it will not be included in the program.

I'm also going to hold a smaller session there for developers who want to get Drupal for Facebook up and running. If you've run into problems and would like to ask me in person or if you're new to DFF and want a jump start, that may be the session for you: http://badcamp.net/session/drupal-facebook-hackathon

Facebook recently changed the way applications affect user accounts and profiles. It used to be that a user would add an application, and in doing so the application was allowed to write to the users profile, minifeed and do other things on behalf of the user. In the new scheme, the user has more control over exactly what an application can do, and by default most of these permissions are turned off.