Specify privacy when POSTing to Facebook Graph API

Question

I want to automatically post Notes on Facebook and have them be targeted to just a single member of a group. By target I mean only a specific Facebook user should be able t

Answer 1

If you are posting notes from an app, you can set default activity privacy as shown here:

It could be set when you are authenticating your own application, or in: account settings - > applications.

Answer 2

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/post

does not tell how to specify privacy in correct way

for varied option CUSTOM, FRIENDS, NETWORK_FRIENDS

Answer 3

Here's the answer.

Just include "privacy" in the Bundle in JSONObject format, including value "SELF", "ALL_FRIENDS" OR "EVERYONE".

This is using android SDK 2.0, and 3.0 is now avaliable, But the way to use graph api is the same, left comment if you reach any problem:).

public String PostWall(String Message,int Level){
    /***********************************************************
        * level 0 ==>only me
        * level 1==>friend only
        * level 2==>public
        * level >2 ==>error
    ***********************************************************/
    Bundle params = new Bundle();
    params.putString("message", Message);
    JSONObject privacy = new JSONObject();
    try {
        switch (Level){
            case 0: 
                privacy.put("value", "SELF");
                break;
            case 1: 
                privacy.put("value", "ALL_FRIENDS");
                break;
            case 2: 
                privacy.put("value", "EVERYONE");
                break;
        }
    } catch (JSONException e1) {
    }
    params.putString("privacy", privacy.toString());
    //Step 2 Request
    String resp= "";
    try {
        resp = fb.request("me/feed", params, "POST");
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }
    try{
        resp = new JSONObject(resp).getString("id");
        if(enableLog){
            Log.d(LOGTAG,"*****POSTWALL END*****");
            Log.d(LOGTAG,"RETURN "+resp);
        }
        return resp;
    }catch(JSONException e1){
    }
}
};

Answer 4

You can use SELF

php facebook api example:

$privacy = array(
        'value' => 'SELF' //private
    );

$publish = $facebook->post('/me/videos',
        array('access_token' => $page_token,
        'title'=> $title,
        'privacy'=> $privacy,
        'source' => $facebook->videoToUpload($fn),
        'description' => $desc
        ));

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object containing the value field and optional friends, networks, allow and deny fields.

The value field may specify one of the following strings: EVERYONE, ALL_FRIENDS, NETWORKS_FRIENDS, FRIENDS_OF_FRIENDS, CUSTOM .

The friends field must be specified if value is set to CUSTOM and contain one of the following strings: EVERYONE, NETWORKS_FRIENDS (when the object can be seen by networks and friends), FRIENDS_OF_FRIENDS, ALL_FRIENDS, SOME_FRIENDS, SELF, or NO_FRIENDS (when the object can be seen by a network only).

The networks field may contain a comma-separated list of network IDs that can see the object, or 1 for all of a user's network.

The allow field must be specified when the friends value is set to SOME_FRIENDS and must specify a comma-separated list of user IDs and friend list IDs that 'can' see the post.

The deny field may be specified if the friends field is set to SOME_FRIENDS and must specify a comma-separated list of user IDs and friend list IDs that 'cannot' see the post.

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Search for privacy on the following link to see all options:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.6/post

Answer 5

Yes, there is:

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/post

There's a field called privacy which you can modify.

Hope that helps, -Roozbeh