Class: Broadcast::Medium::Facebook

Inherits:
Broadcast::Medium show all
Defined in:
lib/broadcast/media/facebook.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Broadcast::Medium

#initialize, #namespace, #options

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Broadcast::Medium

Instance Method Details

#publish(message) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/broadcast/media/facebook.rb', line 5

def publish(message)
  # We do not rescue any Koala exceptions to make them crash the sendout
  # This should make debugging easier i.e. when fb has privilege issues

  # Connect to facebook and get info about current user
  graph       = Koala::Facebook::GraphAPI.new(options.token)
  me          = graph.get_object('me')
  # Get the connections to retrieve the appropriate page
  connections = graph.get_connections(me['id'], 'accounts')
  raise "No pages available" if connections.size == 0

  # Find the page to post to
  page        = connections.find { |connection| connection['name'] == options.page }
  raise 'Page not found' if !page

  # Create a new graph so that the page posts to itself
  page_graph = Koala::Facebook::GraphAPI.new(page['access_token'])
  page_graph.put_wall_post(message.body)
end