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Facebook Send Button: 'Sorry, something went wrong'

I'm implementing a Facebook Send dialog, by opening facebook.com/dialog/send in a popup window. When I click the 'Send' button the dialog will display the error: 'Sorry, something went wrong' – but only for certain link URLs. The best examples I have are:

Not Working:

https://www.facebook.com/dialog/send
    ?app_id=12345
    &name=Example
    &link=facebook.com/examplepage
    &redirect_uri=http://www.example.com/response

Working:

https://www.facebook.com/dialog/send
    ?app_id=12345
    &name=Example
    &link=google.com
    &redirect_uri=http://www.example.com/response

These links are identical except that the first one shares 'facebook.com' and the second one shares 'google.com'. Only the second one works.

The same errors occur if I use the Facebook JavaScript API with FB.ui({method: 'send'}).

Solution

  • Answering my own question:

    Both the links now work for me, although I have not changed anything. I can only hypothesise that Facebook has either fixed this bug, or this issue occurs on some internet connections and not others.