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Asked: 2026-05-28T06:43:50+00:00

I want my web application, which is built with Ruby on Rails, to communicate

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I want my web application, which is built with Ruby on Rails, to communicate with the Facebook Social Graph API, but I am aware of that I need some kind of authorization to achieve that.

So, do I need to build OAuth authentication for my application to make use of auto-publishing messages on the user’s Facebook wall?
If not, how could I integrate the social features into my web application?

The web application already has an existing user base; could I also allow my application to get Facebook access? If yes, how?

I would appreciate examples of sites who do this kind of integration really well, also with other services like Twitter, LinkedIn, etc..

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try using the following gems:

    1. Devise: User authentication (If you already have the framework for user authentication, this will not be needed.
    2. Omniauth: Facebook (or any other OAauth e.g. Twitter) authentication
    3. Koala: Facebook open graph api

    If you need only Facebook integration, Koala should be sufficient.
    For making them work together check this:
    Making OmniAuth, Devise and Koala work together

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