Question

I am using RestFb as a java wrapper to make calls to Facebook graph API. I want to post to my fan page as admin. Currently, all posts appear as my personal posts. I have taken the access_code using “manage_pages” as one of the permissions. Here is my code:

public void postOnWall(String wallId, String message, String picture, String link, String linkname, String caption, String description) throws FacebookException {
        facebookClient.publish(wallId+"/feed", FacebookType.class,
                   Parameter.with( "message", message),
                   Parameter.with( "picture", picture), 
                   Parameter.with( "link", link),
                   Parameter.with( "name", linkname),
                   Parameter.with( "caption", caption),
                   Parameter.with( "description", description));
    }

and in my calling method:

try {
            FacebookService facebookService = new FacebookService("access_token");
            facebookService.postOnWall("page_id", comment, "image", "link", title, "caption", description);
        } catch (FacebookException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }

I have replaced all parameters in double quotes with the actual values. What else is required?

Answer 1

To post as the page itself you need to use the Page Access Token,

To retrieve this you need to:

• Obtain the manage_pages permission from the user
• Access the /me/accounts connection for that user
• Get the access token for each page from the result of that /me/accounts call
• Post to /{page id}/feed using the Page Access Token