Creating a Facebook Places Check-In app using the Graph API

Zen CheckIn Facebook App

I was taking a look at the some analytics for the blog and I noticed that a lot of people are visiting my Using OAuth and Graph API’s in FaceBook Canvas Apps post. This leads me to believe there are a lot of people with Facebook Canvas app questions looking for more information. On that note, I decided to demonstrate some of the new capabilities of Places in the Graph API. This is a feature Facebook has just recently rolled out and provides for the basis of some new types of apps. An example would be special features or coupons offered to those who have checked-in to a place.

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Using OAuth and Graph API’s in FaceBook Canvas Apps

FaceBook OAuth

On a FaceBook Canvas Application project I needed to post messages to a users wall using PHP. Now, you may or may not be aware, but FaceBook has switched to Open Authentication and Graph API’s. There is quote a bit of documentation on the subject and it’s implementation at http://developers.facebook.com/docs/. The only thing missing is direct examples on how to perform these tasks. I searched around a bit and found information on this topic scarce. So, for your viewing pleasure, here are a couple examples on how to use the OAuth and Graph API’s.

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