Question

I am having a big problem with FBML app generated notifications. The app sends two kind of notifications. One type of notification is to invite the user’s friends to use the app (spreading the word), and second type is when user send request to his friends to check out his score on the app. The code for one of the invitation section is as follows. The other one is also similar to this with the exception of text.

<div style="width:580px;">   <fb:serverFbml width="582px" >
  <script type="text/fbml">
     <fb:request-form 
        method="post"           
        action="<?php echo $this->callback ?>/buddies/call"
       content="<?= htmlspecialchars('<fb:req-choice url="'.$this->application.'msg/invite_" label="Accept"/>Hi, I’m using My APP to find out about myslef, and that of my friends. Wanna join?”', ENT_QUOTES); ?>"
        type="event"
        target=""
        invite="true">
        <fb:multi-friend-selector actiontext="Invite your friends" exclude_ids="<?php echo $this->excludes;?>" email_invite="false" cols="3" max="35" />
    </fb:request-form>
</script>

Now the problem is that if the application is installed on the friends profile then the notification appears on the top globe and once clicked re-directs to the right page on the app. However, if the app is not installed then the notification appears on the top globe but when clicked nothing happens. I have checked via firebug that when clicked the page sends an AJAX call but nothing happens. Also the link that is generated is the same regardless of the fact that app is installed or not installed on the friends profile.

Any help will be most appreciated. I have deadline to meet and I am so short on time.

Thanks in advance.

Usman

Answer 1

You should use the new Requests 2.0. FBML is deprecated and will be completely removed from existence on June 1st (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fbml/).

Here’s the documentation on how to use the new Requests 2.0:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/requests/

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/requests/

as simple as (when specifying a specific friend):

function sendRequestToRecipients() {
  FB.ui({method: 'apprequests',
    message: 'My Great Request',
    to: '499802820'
  }, requestCallback);
}

OR allow the user to choose which friends:

function sendRequestToRecipients() {
  FB.ui({method: 'apprequests',
    message: 'My Great Request'
  }, requestCallback);
}