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Need to create a POST Facebook check in

I'd like to create a link or button on my website for a user to click on, that will check them into a place on Facebook.

I'd like to have the code be flexible so I may change the place name within the code (and re-use the code for checkins at different locations within the site)

I tried to create this via the Graph API using POST with LOCATION attached but was unsuccessful.

Solution

  • According to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.0/user/tagged_places/#publish you need to publish a Post via /{user-id}/feed

    See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.0/user/feed/#publish You need a specific place_id to do this, and the read_stream permission in the User Access Token.