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So I have a Facebook webpage app, and I'm trying to use the Facebook Javascript SDK and the FB.ui function to post a custom Open Graph story on a user's wall.

I have a custom action 'Ride' and custom object 'Distance'. I am trying to post a custom story 'Ride a Distance'.

My function below is triggered on the click of a button:

function postDistanceRidden() {
  FB.ui({
    method: 'share_open_graph',
    action_type: 'APP_NAME:ride',
    action_properties: JSON.stringify({
        distance:{
          "og:type" : "APP_NAME:distance",
          "app_id" : "APP_ID",
          "og:url" : 'PUBLIC_URL',
          "og:title" : "My Title",
          "og:image" : "PUBLIC_IMAGE_URL",
          "APP_NAME:distance_value" : "10",
          "APP_NAME:distance_unit" : "miles",
        },
    })
  }, function(response){});
}

When I click the button and run the function above, I get a Facebook popup window with the following error: "Action Requires At Least One Reference: The action you're trying to publish is invalid because it does not specify any reference objects. At least one of the following properties must be specified: distance."

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Furthermore, I have tried the above code with replacing my custom actions/objects with Facebook defined ones, and it worked (for example, 'liking' an 'article'). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please tell me if I need to provide more information.

Thanks!

user3634146
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  • have you defined a story (relation) by clicking "+Add Custom Story" in "Stories" tab by selecting ride from action list and distance from object list? – webenformasyon Sep 30 '15 at 07:17

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You need to create a "self-hosted object" and pass the url of your object.

function postMyAction() {
    FB.ui({
         method: 'share_open_graph',
         action_type: 'APP_NAME:action',
         action_properties: JSON.stringify({
             object: "my_url_object"
         },
    })
    }, function(response){});
}

And in object html:

<head>
    <meta property='fb:app_id' content='app_id'/>
    <meta property='og:type' content='my_app:object'/>
    <meta property='og:title' content='my_object_title'/>
    <meta property='og:image' content='an_image'/>
    <meta property='og:url' content='self_url'/>
</head>
jltafarel
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