FacebookFeed API for Laravel

by Denis Mitrofanov 2016, _(*1)

Install

composer require denismitr/facebookfeed

Add Denismitr\FacebookFeed\FacebookFeedServiceProvider.php to Laravel's config/app.php providers array. And also you can use FacebookFeed facade also by adding Denismitr\FacebookFeed\Facades\FacebookFeed.php to config/app.php the facades array, _(*2)

Usage

At this moment there are two main methods in the FacebookFeed API:, _(*3)

[image](#Upload an image)
[link](#Send a link to a webpage)

Upload an image

FacebookFeed::image('Some message', '/path/to/image.jpg')->send();

Send a link to a webpage

Facebook::link('Some message', 'http://a_link.to/a_page')->send();

Exceptions

There are three exception classes:, _(*4)

//Invalid facebook api variables
Denismitr\FacebookFeed\Exceptions\InvalidEnvSetting.php

//File is not readable
Denismitr\FacebookFeed\Exceptions\InvalidFilePath.php

//Error while sending to facebook
Denismitr\FacebookFeed\Exceptions\SendToFacebook.php

Environment variables

The environment variables must be set like so:, _(*5)

FACEBOOK_ID=your facebook id
FACEBOOK_SECRET=your facebook secret key
FACEBOOK_API=v2.6
FACEBOOK_TOKEN=your facebook token

Important

The long-term Facebook access token you can get through the Graph API Explorer and it is required to get it from the name of the Facebook APP you are using, but connected to the user account., _(*6)