Facebook - share photo via me/photos request has broken?

Solar2D Network
#1

I have had this feature implemented in a number of my games. The code is pretty straightforward:

[lua]

 local attachment =

  {

   message = “Your image is now on your Facebook page!”,

   source = { baseDir=system.ResourceDirectory, filename=“image.jpg”, type=“image” },

  }

   facebook.request( “me/photos”, “POST”, attachment )

[/lua]

This seems to have broken in the last few days, I’m thinking maybe Facebook changed something? I get a response of  “Error: HTTP status code: 400”, facebook error code 5. This is from the app I’m working on and an old one that I know this worked on fine as recently as a week ago.

I am using the “publish_stream” parameter when logging in.

If I run the Facebook Sample app, with this code replacing the ‘post photo’ section, and making sure there is an image with the correct name in the Resource Directory, it fails. 

#2

I was hoping this would be a temporary facebook issue but it’s still not working this morning :frowning:

#3

Well I’m at my wits end with this - 99.9% sure it’s not my code. Anyone else who posts local images to facebook within their app having any luck?

#4

I didn’t see anything on the Facebook developers blog. 

Rob

#5

Hmm…something must have changed. Code that worked previously just, well, isn’t.

I have a valid access token, I can make normal posts to the wall, I can make posts with a remote image, but posting to me/photos just isn’t happening.

#6

Nick, I’m having the same issues with response of  “Error: HTTP status code: 400”, facebook error code 5 for iOS.

​I can use the same code to post images to Android fine and also post a message fine on iOS and Android but no matter what I try I cannot post an image to Facebook via facebook.request( “me/photos”, “POST”, attachment ).  

#7

Corona, it’s definitely broken for posting local photos on iOS.  Nick is right.  Needs fixing fast please as I can’t send my app for approval until fixed.

I can post messages both on iOS and Android and post a local photo on Android using the example code.

I even created a new Facebook app with different app ID.  Still the same.   “Error: HTTP status code: 400”, facebook error code 5 for iOS.

It’s not the setup in the Facebook developers page otherwise I wouldn’t be able to send a message on iOS or both message and local photo on Android.

#8

I’ll check with Engineering, but according to the Facebook Graph API, the source needs to be a multi-part/encoded image and I don’t know how we are uploading the images.  All the examples show using URL’s of an already uploaded image so I couldn’t really determine what they want.

Do we know when this broke?  Was it a particular version of Corona SDK that worked and stopped?

Thanks

Rob

#9

Actually in retrospect, can one of you go ahead and file a bug report.  Regardless if this is a Corona problem or a Facebook problem, we need to adapt to it.

Rob

#10

It was working with any version of Corona up til about 10-14 days ago. Now it doesn’t matter which version I build with it doesn’t work, and apps that were built months ago also fail.

#11

Okay, make sure to include that information in the bug report.  Post the bug report number back here.

Thanks

Rob

#12

Bug Submission: 31671

#13

I still have apps that were built with 2013.2100 that still post fine (before FB was a separate plugin). When I replace them with an app built with anything current (2014.2223) the same code will not post and I get the com.facebook.sdk error 5.

#14

I’m also experiencing this problem.

#15

I am also experiencing this same issue:

iPhone testApp[1408] \<Warning\>: Error: HTTP status code: 400
#16

 Got a reply back from my bug submission saying the Issue has been fixed and will be available in daily build 2014.2225.

Fingers crossed :slight_smile:

As soon as it’s available I will test and post back results confirming if fixed.

Thanks Corona for fixing this :slight_smile:

#17

Just to let everyone know that I have tested the latest daily build 2014.2228 and it has fixed the issue.  Without changing any code my app sent an image as expected to my Facebook photos via a screenshot.

#18

That’s great. I’ve tried the latest daily build and it does work. What to do if I want use the stable/public release?

Also, I’m gettings this error in the iOS Simulator Log (public and latest build):
<Error>: HID: The ‘Passive’ connection ‘MyAppName’ access to protected services is denied.

Is this normal?

#19

@frisky did you forget to change "MyAppName" to your actual real app name somewhere?

#20

@frisky

That error appears when your settings>Facebook has your app turned off under ‘Allow these apps to use your account’.

Go into settings>Facebook and allow your app.

It might not work on iOS simulator, as I’ve never tried filling it from iOS, so I would possibly dismiss this error.