Post a private message to the user frined using Ruby and fb_graph gem?

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I want to send a private message to a user's friend using fb_graph. In the docs I can see how to send a post in the users wall but not how to send a message on behalf of that user.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '12 at 07:11

You can use Facebook Chat API to send private messages, here is an example in Ruby using xmpp4r_facebook gem:

sender_chat_id = "-#{sender_uid}@chat.facebook.com"
receiver_chat_id = "-#{receiver_uid}@chat.facebook.com"
message_body = "message body"
message_subject = "message subject"

jabber_message = Jabber::Message.new(receiver_chat_id, message_body)
jabber_message.subject = message_subject

client = Jabber::Client.new(Jabber::JID.new(sender_chat_id))
client.connect
client.auth_sasl(Jabber::SASL::XFacebookPlatform.new(client,
   ENV.fetch('FACEBOOK_APP_ID'), facebook_auth.token,
   ENV.fetch('FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET')), nil)
client.send(jabber_message)
client.close

allways see "RuntimeError: not-authorized" exception: xmpp4r_facebook.rb:103:in `auth' — bmalets, Apr 17 '15 at 14:31

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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Unfortunately it cannot be done; Facebook removed the functionality due to abuse (spam etc).

Please refer to: how send message facebook friend through graph api using Accessstoken

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Dec 03 '10 at 15:21

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actually it is possible, there are some app able to do that – rtacconi Dec 04 '10 at 23:38

rtacconi · Answer 3 · 2010-12-07T19:36:35.677

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It seems that is not possible but posting to the user's wall might be an alternative: https://github.com/nov/fb_graph/issues/issue/28/#comment_591398

edited Dec 07 '10 at 19:36

answered Dec 06 '10 at 14:11

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Post a private message to the user frined using Ruby and fb_graph gem?

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