Share url in facebook messenger from web

Question

I would like to share an url from a website (using mobile device) to facebook messenger app.

I tried to use:

FB.ui({
    method: 'send',
    link: 'http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/15/travel/europe-favorite-streets.html',
});

But that does nothing on the mobile device. I also tried:

fb://messaging/compose/new

That did open the message dialog but I can't find an URI for sharing an url.

I wonder if this is even possible?

score 25 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 13 '21 at 02:10

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This is what you are looking for:

Link:

<a href="fb-messenger://share/?link= https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.facebook.com%2Fdocs%2Fsharing%2Freference%2Fsend-dialog&app_id=123456789">Send In Messenger</a>

JavaScript:

window.open('fb-messenger://share?link=' + encodeURIComponent(link) + '&app_id=' + encodeURIComponent(app_id));

Please note: This will only work on mobile devices. For more information see here:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/messenger/web

edited Jul 13 '21 at 02:10

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answered Jan 04 '18 at 13:03

Milen Kovachev

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Is there the same alternative for the desktop web too? Please mention if you know any. – shivendra pratap singh May 23 '18 at 11:45
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it works on mobile if you have FB app installed, is there any solution for non-mobile? – Umair Ayub Jan 24 '19 at 12:56

andyrandy · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-01T12:55:31.993

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You can use the Send Dialog, which is not supported on mobile: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/reference/send-dialog#examples

Alternative for mobile: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/messenger

edited Sep 01 '17 at 12:55

answered Jan 08 '16 at 11:07

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The alternative you propose does not compile. I get a Use of unresolved identifier 'FBSDKShareMessengerURLActionButton' error and the code won't compile. And yes, I am importing the 4.29 sdk and later. – LilMoke Jan 04 '19 at 14:18
that is a very specific issue, you should create a new thread for it, including all the relevant code of yours. – andyrandy Jan 06 '19 at 12:14

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 03 '19 at 11:10

FWIW the following link, clicked on a desktop computer, will allow your user to share the link via Facebook Messenger. You have to replace app-id with the app-id of an arbitrary app of yours, created at developer.faceboook.com:

http://www.facebook.com/dialog/send?app_id=[app-id]&link=https://stackoverflow.com&redirect_uri=https://stackoverflow.com

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 01 '17 at 12:42

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<a href="fb-messenger://share/?link=http://url-you-want-to-share.com&app_id=your-app-id-here">
... 
</a>

Does not seem to work on desktop, but I could be wrong.

Source: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/messenger

answered Sep 01 '17 at 12:42

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