In facebook connect, how can I check if a user is a fan of my facebook page? Is it possible to track?

Question

I am trying to determine if a user is a facebook fan. I load the facebook JS library and initialize:

Answer 1

not sure if this is helpful at all, but I inspected the DOM with firebug and I found that it has moved onto the Facebook object

var pageID = 'your page';
var uid = FB.Facebook.apiClient.get_session().uid;
FB.Facebook.apiClient.pages_isFan(pageID, uid, function(result){ alert("boo!");});

Answer 2

Please note that @daaku's answer is true only in two cases:

1. If your app grant the user_likes permission or
2. The user's pages privacy setting is set to everyone.

Source:

Note: This call no longer requires a session key. You must pass a user ID if you don't pass a session key. If the user's pages are set to less than everyone privacy, you must ask the user for the user_likes extended permission and include a valid user access token in the API call.

Try this code to better understand:

<button onclick="checkDoesLike()">Check if user Likes the Page (wrong way)</button>
<button onclick="checkDoesLike2()">Check if user Likes the Page (right way)</button>

<script>
window.checkDoesLike = function() {
  FB.api({ method: 'pages.isFan', page_id: '184484190795', uid: '579187141' }, function(resp) {
    if (resp) {
      Log.info('579187141 likes the Application.');
    } else {
      Log.error("579187141 doesn't like the Application.");
    }
  });
};

window.checkDoesLike2 = function() {
  FB.api({ method: 'pages.isFan', page_id: '184484190795', uid: '579187141' }, function(resp) {
    if (resp == true) {
      Log.info('579187141 likes the Application.');
    } else if(resp.error_code) {
      Log.error(resp.error_msg);
    } else {
      Log.error("579187141 doesn't like the Application.");
    }
  });
};
</script>

Working example.

I've also written a full tutorial about this today.

Answer 3

Using the new JS SDK:

<fb:login-button perms="user_likes">
  Grant Permissions to Allow access to Likes
</fb:login-button>

<button onclick="checkDoesLike()">Check if user Likes the Page</button>

<h1>Like this Application's Page</h1>
<fb:like-box profile-id="184484190795"></fb:like-box>

<script>
window.checkDoesLike = function() {
  FB.api({ method: 'pages.isFan', page_id: '184484190795' }, function(resp) {
    if (resp) {
      Log.info('You like the Application.');
    } else {
      Log.error("You don't like the Application.");
    }
  });
};
</script>

A working example: http://fbrell.com/fb.api/does-like