How do I get message_tags right in corona sdk?

sooyoul.com · December 18, 2013, 10:24pm

So I’m doing this

So I’m trying to post an image to my own wall with tags of friends.

local function onLoginSuccess(friends) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; local attachment = { &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; message = " ??????. ", &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; source = { baseDir=system.DocumentsDirectory, filename="picture.jpg", type="image" }, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; message\_tags = friends, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; } &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; facebook.request( "me/photos", "POST", attachment ) end &nbsp;

But I could not get message_tags format correctly and it bounces.

They say in an obj C, it should be something like this.

"message\_tags": { "18": [{ "id": "##########", "name": "Abc Def", "type": "user", "offset": 18, "length": 7 }], "7": [{ "id": "##########", "name": "AbcD", "type": "user", "offset": 7, "length": 4 }] } &nbsp;

But since Corona doesn’t have arrays and stuff, I couldn’t figure out what would work.

Please help me!

rob · December 19, 2013, 12:03am

Have you tried:

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; local attachment = { &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; message = " ??????. ", &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; source = { baseDir=system.DocumentsDirectory, filename="picture.jpg", type="image" }, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; message\_tags = &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "id": "##########", &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "name": "Abc Def", &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "type": "user", &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "offset": 18, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "length": 7 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; } &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; facebook.request( "me/photos", "POST", attachment )

sooyoul.com · December 19, 2013, 4:49pm

Yup I have and I tried again when you asked.

The thing is, message_tags is an array of friend objects. And what I thought would work would be to do this

-- friends is a list of user object returned from showDialog where you can choose friends. mt = {} for i,v in pairs(friends) do &nbsp; &nbsp; mt[i] = &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {id=&nbsp;v.id, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;name= v.fullName, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;type=&nbsp;"user", &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;offset= i, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;length= 7} end local attachment &nbsp;= { &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;message = " ??????. ", &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; source = { baseDir=system.DocumentsDirectory, filename="picture.jpg", type="image" }, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;message\_tags = mt } &nbsp;

This does not work either.

I’ve done about 7 hours of researching before I submitted this post

And the only thing close to my question was this

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/35057-can-i-tag-someone-on-facebook-through-my-app/

except there is no promising answer.

rob · December 19, 2013, 12:03am