One Graph to rule them all

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¿How to publish actions in the Open

Graph?

1. Get a wrapper

gem install koala

2. Get access to the user’s graph

graph = Koala::Facebook::API.new(user_token)

3. Publish your action!

graph.put_connections("me", ”my action name", :my_object=> my_object_url)

Not so fast!

¿What is the Open Graph?

Elements of the Open Graph

The User

Asking for permissions: publish_actions

Merging with publish_stream

publish_stream permits you to write in the user’s wall.

Now publish_actions include “basic” capabilities of publish_stream.

Facebook is trying to simplify its permission system.

The Object

Define the object with metatags

og:url

og:title

og:description

og:image

og:type

Using the object URL as a landing

A typical issue: caching

Facebook caches the URL of the objects.

Facebook Debugger cleans the cache. Use it!

The Action

The easy way: built-in Actions

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Better create your own!

Publishing your actions

Client-side: Facebook Javascript SDK

Server-side: Choose your wrapper!

Server-side & Background: Sidekiq, Resque...

Fb_graph

Meanwhile, in Ruby…

Surviving Facebook Review

Translating your action

¿Why the Open Graph?

Alternatives

Scores

Pretty good choice in simple, “closed” games.

Achievements

Every achievement has points associated.

A game has 1000 points to distribute across all the achievements.

The visibility of the achievement depends of the points.

Publishing in the wall

Things to remember

Open Graph is really simple to use.

Just adapt your application to Facebook way of life.

Greatly improves your visibility.

Now it’s true.