Fandjango Example

This repository consists of a sample Facebook application powered by the Fandjango library and a walkthrough to replicate it.

Walkthrough

Register a Facebook application

First of all, we'll need to register a new application with the Facebook platform. To do so, go to facebook.com/developers and create your application. Once you have convinced Facebook that you are in fact human, you'll be presented with a daunting number of options. Don't worry, though; they're all optional and we only need to configure two of them right now:

• App namespace - The URL you'd like your application to be accessed from, e.g. http://apps.facebook.com/myapp.
• Canvas URL - The URL that Facebook may load your application from, e.g. http://myserver.com.

Create a new Django project

Next, create a new Django project and install Fandjango:

$ django-admin.py startproject myfacebookapplication
$ pip install fandjango

Add fandjango to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings file.

Configure Fandjango

Fandjango needs some configuration. Specifically, you need to add its middleware to your middleware classes and specify your application's id, secret key and namespace (all of which can be found on facebook.com/developers) in your settings file:

FACEBOOK_APPLICATION_ID = 181259711925270
FACEBOOK_APPLICATION_SECRET_KEY = '214e4cb484c28c35f18a70a3d735999b'
FACEBOOK_APPLICATION_NAMESPACE = 'myapp'

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'fandjango.middleware.FacebookMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
]

Finally, synchronize your database to install Fandjango's models:

$ python manage.py syncdb

Note: If you're using Django's built-in CSRF protection middleware, you need to make sure Fandjango's middleware precedes it. Otherwise, Facebook's requests to your application will qualify cross-site request forgeries.

Develop the application

# urls.py

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    # Examples:
    url(r'^$', 'fandjangoexample.views.home', name='home'),
)

# views.py

from django.http import HttpResponse
from fandjango.decorators import facebook_authorization_required

@facebook_authorization_required
def home(request):
    return HttpResponse('Hello, %s' % request.facebook.user.first_name)

Sit back and enjoy

That's it! You have created a Facebook application that authorizes and greets its users. Navigate to your application's canvas URL to have a closer look at your new marvel of technology.

Where do I go from here?

You should read the documentation and browse the source code.