apiNG-plugin-facebook is a Facebook Graph API plugin for apiNG.

Information

• Supported apiNG models: social, image, video, event
• This plugin supports the get-native-data parameter
• This plugin needs an access token ⚠️
• Used promise library: angular-facebook-api-factory (included in distribution files)

Documentation

1. INSTALLATION
   1. Get file
   2. Include file
   3. Add dependency
   4. Add plugin
2. ACCESS TOKEN
   1. Generate your access_token
   2. Insert your access_token into aping-config.js
3. USAGE
   1. Models
   2. Requests
   3. Rate limit

1. INSTALLATION

I. Get file

Install via either bower, npm, CDN (jsDelivr) or downloaded files:

• bower install apiNG-plugin-facebook --save
• npm install aping-plugin-facebook --save
• use CDN file
• download apiNG-plugin-facebook.zip

II. Include file

Include aping-plugin-facebook.min.js in your apiNG application

<!-- when using bower -->
<script src="bower_components/apiNG-plugin-facebook/dist/aping-plugin-facebook.min.js"></script>

<!-- when using npm -->
<script src="node_modules/aping-plugin-facebook/dist/aping-plugin-facebook.min.js"></script>

<!-- when using cdn file -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/aping-plugin-facebook@latest/dist/aping-plugin-facebook.min.js"></script>

<!-- when using downloaded files -->
<script src="aping-plugin-facebook.min.js"></script>

III. Add dependency

Add the module jtt_aping_facebook as a dependency to your app module:

angular.module('app', ['jtt_aping', 'jtt_aping_facebook']);

IV. Add the plugin

Add the plugin's directive aping-facebook="[]" to your apiNG directive and configure your requests

<aping
    template-url="templates/social.html"
    model="social"
    items="20"
    aping-facebook="[{'page':'<PAGE_NAME>'}]">
</aping>

2. ACCESS TOKEN

I. Generate your access_token

1. Login on developers.facebook.com
   • Create an new app
   • Choose website/webapp
2. Open Graph API Explorer
   • Press on Graph API Explorer dropdown button
   • Choose your app
   • Press on Get Token dropdown buton
   • Choose Get App Token
   • Copy generated access_token

II. Insert your access_token into aping-config.js

Create and open js/apiNG/aping-config.js in your application folder. It should be look like this snippet:

angular.module('jtt_aping').config(['$provide', function ($provide) {
    $provide.value("apingDefaultSettings", {
        apingApiKeys : {
            facebook: [
                {'access_token':'<YOUR_FACEBOOK_TOKEN>'}
            ],
            //...
        }
    });
}]);

⚠️ Replace <YOUR_FACEBOOK_TOKEN> with your facebook access_token

3. USAGE

I. Models

Supported apiNG models

model	content	support	max items per request	(native) default items per request
social	last posts from users wall	full	100	25
image	last images from users wall	full	100	25
video	last videos from users wall	full	100	25
event	last events from users wall	full	100	25

support:

• full: the source platform provides a full list with usable results
  
• partly: the source platfrom provides just partly usable results

II. Requests

Every apiNG plugin expects an array of requests as html attribute.

Requests by Page

parameter	sample	default	description	optional
page	michaeljackson		name or id of any facebook page	no
items	0-100	25	items per request	yes
showAvatar	true	false	Use true for show users avatar as image if post has no own image	yes

Samples:

• [{'page':'muenchen'}, {'page':'Berlin'}, {'page':'Koeln'}]
• [{'page':'muenchen', 'items':10}, {'page':'Berlin', 'items':70}]

III. Rate limit

Visit the official API rate limit documentation

Here's how rate limiting on the Facebook Graph API works:

• Rate limiting is done on your Facebook AppId. If your app reaches a rate limit, all calls made for that app will be limited not just on a per-user basis.
• Rate limiting is calculated by taking the number of users your app had the previous day and adding today's new logins. This gives a base number of users that your app has.
• Each app is given an allotment of 200 API calls per user in any given 60 minute window.

Licence

MIT