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sharer.php?u= stopped working for my domain


Our software has a video library that lets the users send the video links to facebook. We're using the very simple sharer.php technique.

In the past couple days, this suddenly stopped working.

Here is the link I'm trying to share. When I go to it, sometimes I see a blank screen, and other times I see the sharer but with no pre-defined content.

https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://RachelHomer1234.nowsender.com/e/vd?NW76AT

(Posting the URL encoded one as well. Neither one works.)

https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FRachelHomer1234.nowsender.com%2Fe%2Fvd%3FDQT5XC

I use the same sharing code on other websites of ours, and it's working fine, which suspects me to believe there's perhaps some domain blocking going on?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance, Rachel


Solution

  • It turns out the problem is in the case of the domain. If you change RachelHomer1234 to rachelhomer1234 it seems to work just fine.

    There is no documentation to back this up, just my own trial and error.