GraphAPI

GraphAPI is a Ruby Gem created to simplifiy and help manage authentication using the Facebook Graph API.

Usage

Here is how to use it.

Add it to your Gemfile

gem 'graph-api', require: 'graph_api'

Set up your Facebook Appications constants

You will have to configure the gem before using it. Here is an example setup.

GraphAPI.config do
  app_secret   '124ca2a483f12723cafa7a5da33a3492'      # The Facebook Application Secret
  client_id    '234513432316919'                       # The Facebook Application Id
  callback_url 'http://example.com/facebook_callback/' # URI for receiving the Facebook code param
  logout_url   'http://example.com/logout/'            # URI to redirect to when logging out
  access_scope [:offline_access, :email, :user_photos] # The Facebook application requirements
  user_fields  [:id, :picture, :name, :gender, :email] # The user fields pulled for
end

Visit https://developers.facebook.com/apps to register your Facebook application or checkout https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/user/ for a list of user fields and permissions.

Add it to your Application

Once configured you will be able to use GraphAPI to retrieve any Facebook user fields in your application. Here is basic example using Sinatra.

get '/facebook_login' do
  redirect GraphAPI.auth_url
end

get '/facebook_callback' do
  @facebook_user = GraphAPI.new(false, params[:code])
  session[:auth_token] = @facebook_user.auth_token
  render :signed_in
end

get '/profile'
  @facebook_user = GraphAPI.new(session[:auth_token])
  logger.info "User #{@facebook_user.name} viewed their profile."
  render :profile
end

graph-api

Development

Runtime

GraphAPI

Usage

Add it to your Gemfile

Set up your Facebook Appications constants

Add it to your Application

License