Question

Is anyone else noticing that facebook and twitters APIs aren’t working?

For facebook even if I allow my application to have access to my wall

$facebook->getUser()

Is always 0… When I try to open getLoginUrl it just open pop-up and redirect it instantly to success return link…

Here is code:

require_once 'src/base_facebook.php';
require_once 'src/facebook.php';

$app_id = 'xxx';
$app_secret = 'xxx';

$facebook = new Facebook(array(
  'appId'  => $app_id,
  'secret' => $app_secret,
  'oauth' => true,
  'cookie' => true
));

$req_perms = "publish_stream";

$user = $facebook->getUser();

if (!$user)
    {
    $loginUrl = $facebook->getLoginUrl(array('display' => 'popup', 'redirect_uri' => 'http://xxxx.com/return_close.php?success=1', 'cancel_url' => 'http://xxxx.com/return_close.php?success=0','req_perms' => $req_perms, 'scope' => $req_perms));
    }

And for twitter it’s like someone mistyped return link…
When I open getAuthorizeURL and when I log in it redirects me to this URL:

https://twitter.comoauth_callback/?oauth_token=yA2xjLsVRm9tIuVEysXnCV8R7TISW8tF94uznn7zlw&oauth_verifier=Io1N2I8zOEzJeBWI77WXFMqmMRNDfCrXZGQxXmxJLbI

Yes, https://twitter.comoauth_callback/ is right, there is no / after .com, it’s together, so I get not found page…

It’s like both APIs have serious problems… Facebook sometimes work and sometimes doesn’t, it’s buggy a lot…

Facebook library downloaded from OFFICIAL GitHub page. Tried versions:

v3.1.1
v3.1.0
v3.0.1

And none of those work…

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Update

Return URL ( redirect_uri ) MUST have facebook class included in file…

There is so many examples/documentations and none of those had this explained…

So, Facebook fixed… Twitter still not working…

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Answer 1

Well, nothing is broken in the API. Where did you get the above code? and if you come up with it then based on what resource?

First of all, take a look at the example of the OFFICIAL PHP-SDK, you’ll notice the following:

1. Only the facebook.php file has been included, why not base_facebook.php? well because it’s included in the facebook.php file!
2. Developers used to use req_perms but now to request permissions you just need to use scope
3. Take a look inside base_facebook.php for the params the Facebook() class expect: appId, secret and fileUpload ONLY
4. Only use the display parameter if you know what you are doing!
5. Use proper indentation with your code, it makes your life (and others!) much easier!

This been said, this is a rewrite of your code:

require 'src/facebook.php';

$app_id = 'xxx';
$app_secret = 'xxx';

$facebook = new Facebook(array(
  'appId'  => $app_id,
  'secret' => $app_secret
));

$req_perms = "publish_stream";

$user = $facebook->getUser();

if (!$user) {
    $loginUrl = $facebook->getLoginUrl(array('display' => 'popup', 'redirect_uri' => 'http://xxxx.com/return_close.php?success=1', 'cancel_url' => 'http://xxxx.com/return_close.php?success=0', 'scope' => $req_perms));
}