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The Facebook API is primarily for putting things into Facebook, not taking them out of it. For instance, you cannot (AFAIK) create a messenger client using the
by untog 9y ago
The Facebook API is primarily for putting things into Facebook, not taking them out of it. For instance, you cannot (AFAIK) create a messenger client using the public APIs.
- paxys 9y agohttps://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/webhook https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/webh... and https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/reference/send-api https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/refe... have everything you need to make a messenger client, and there's a ton of more functionality you can add.
- untog 9y agoAll the documentation for that API refers to Messenger bots, not end users, and the quick start page discusses attaching your bot to a Facebook Page. Maybe I'm reading it wrong but this does not seem to be an API for creating alternative chat clients. A messages API definitely did exist years ago, but I'm pretty sure Facebook phased it out, along with many other APIs for user data. EDIT: here it is, deprecated: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.10/user/inbox https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2....
- skinnymuch 9y agoYou can't create an alternative client or something of that interesting nature with those links. Or anything on FB as far as I am aware.