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Is the fb_graph gem better?

It seems to be newer, but the facebooker has a lot more people using.

http://github.com/nsanta/fbgraph

http://github.com/mmangino/facebooker

Update:

I looked into koala, and it seems it is a good choice as well.

http://github.com/arsduo/koala

I also figure out that fb_graph is different than fbgraph. This is the right one:

http://github.com/nov/fb_graph

And there is a new facebooker, that uses that Open Graph API, but it doesnt look as mature as the others:

http://github.com/wallace/facebooker2

rafamvc
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  • I looked into koala, and it seems it is a good choice as well. http://github.com/arsduo/koala http://github.com/wallace/facebooker2 – rafamvc Oct 13 '10 at 22:18
  • The facebooker2 link you posted is actually a fork. The true project link can be found here: https://github.com/mmangino/facebooker2 – Christopher Johnson Feb 08 '11 at 05:07
  • See a similar question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3928040/which-facebook-ruby-api – David Nov 08 '11 at 17:47

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I've been using Koala and have been very happy. It's very low level - meaning no abstractions that try to do stuff for you. The graph API is very straightforward, so this the best approach.

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I ended up using Koala. It seems to be the best choice now. Facebooker2 is still very early stage, and Koala does a great job wrapping everything.

Don't get confused! Facebooker is for the old FB API!

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The original Facebooker gem was split into two pieces for the new api - Facebooker2 for front-end helpers/auth and Mogli for back-end open graph api calls. Both are managed by the same person who did the original Facebooker gem - mike mangino - who does a great job of supporting both. Mogli is most directly comparable to Koala.

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So far, I'm a big fan of koala, but I've not tried fb_graph. I did post a comparison of a few facebook gems here: http://jeffdeville.com/minifb-vs-koala-vs-mogli-facebook-graph-api-r

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