Question

I’m using the following code to publish an action onto the Open Graph from my iPhone application:

-(void) postEarnedBadgeToFacebook:(id)delegate:(Badge*)theBadge
{
    NSLog(@"Posting badge [%@] to facebook", theBadge.badgeTitle);

    NSMutableDictionary * params = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
    [params setValue:[theBadge getFullyQualifiedFacebookWebPageUrl] forKey:@"badge"];
    [params setValue:[theBadge getFullyQualifiedFacebookWebImageUrl] forKey:@"image"]; 

    AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    NSLog(@"Posting graph request for me/myapp:earn");
    [[appDelegate facebook] requestWithGraphPath:@"me/myapp:earn" andParams:params andHttpMethod:@"POST" andDelegate:self];
}

This works perfectly fine, and I’m able to see invocations of the above in the activity log of my facebook profile like so :

Question : Although my apps’ actions show in the activity feed, is there a way I can automatically have them show on the users timeline? At the moment, the user would manually have to click on the option circled in green, and select “show on timeline”

Answer 1

I don’t believe there is another method that involves what you wish to do as Facebook would restrict the potential spam this could create.

Instead, Facebook has included the publish_stream extended permission for developers interested in posting to user’s timelines immediately. This may be something you’re interested in.

Assuming you’re using PHP, this may be a great starting point for you to look at (with the PHP SDK):

Reference: developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/php/facebook-api/

Enjoy and good luck!