3 ms·
Facebook has stated that the sharer.php is deprecated. https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/252983554810810/ https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/25298355481081
by MJR 13y ago
Facebook has stated that the sharer.php is deprecated. https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/252983554810810/ https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/252983554810810/
It appears to have an unclear lifespan. While it has been fully replaced by the Feed Dialog, it's still working now and is used all over the internet. I can see the case where it won't see any further development or features, but it's a tough call whether or not to incorporate the deprecated method or accept possible risks of the current methods - Like button or Feed Dialog.
- c3o 13y agoYou can fairly easily use /dialog/feed "manually" instead of sharer.php if you're worried about the latter's lifespan – you just need to set up an app for your domain first since "app_id" is a required param (and also "next", which is a redirect URI on the same domain). Example: http://antiprism.eu/en#share http://antiprism.eu/en#share
- proexploit 13y agoThe bug you referenced is from over a year ago and in fact the feature is no longer deprecated. The documentation page [1] used to highlight the deprecated status but has recently been updated and any mentions of deprecation have been removed. [1] https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/share-links/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/share...
- MJR 13y agoInteresting, thanks for the link. When I implemented a share in an app recently, this wasn't an option. I wish there was more version information on the page. The only reference to a timestamp now is that this page was updated a week ago.