gnu-social/plugins/Facebook
Brion Vibber 0e852def6a XMPP queued output & initial retooling of DB queue manager to support non-Notice objects.
Queue handlers for XMPP individual & firehose output now send their XML stanzas
to another output queue instead of connecting directly to the chat server. This
lets us have as many general processing threads as we need, while all actual
XMPP input and output go through a single daemon with a single connection open.

This avoids problems with multiple connected resources:
* multiple windows shown in some chat clients (psi, gajim, kopete)
* extra load on server
* incoming message delivery forwarding issues

Database changes:
* queue_item drops 'notice_id' in favor of a 'frame' blob.
  This is based on Craig Andrews' work branch to generalize queues to take any
  object, but conservatively leaving out the serialization for now.
  Table updater (preserves any existing queued items) in db/rc3to09.sql

Code changes to watch out for:
* Queue handlers should now define a handle() method instead of handle_notice()
* QueueDaemon and XmppDaemon now share common i/o (IoMaster) and respawning
  thread management (RespawningDaemon) infrastructure.
* The polling XmppConfirmManager has been dropped, as the message is queued
  directly when saving IM settings.
* Enable $config['queue']['debug_memory'] to output current memory usage at
  each run through the event loop to watch for memory leaks

To do:
* Adapt XMPP i/o to component connection mode for multi-site support.
* XMPP input can also be broken out to a queue, which would allow the actual
  notice save etc to be handled by general queue threads.
* Make sure there are no problems with simply pushing serialized Notice objects
  to queues.
* Find a way to improve interactive performance of the database-backed queue
  handler; polling is pretty painful to XMPP.
* Possibly redo the way QueueHandlers are injected into a QueueManager. The
  grouping used to split out the XMPP output queue is a bit awkward.
2010-01-21 22:40:35 -08:00
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facebook Update to external Facebook libs 2009-12-31 22:39:01 +00:00
locale New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
facebookaction.php Removed crazy redundant broadcasting of notices by the FB app 2009-12-31 22:53:46 +00:00
facebookapp.css Forgot to move the facebookapp.css file into the new Facebook plugin 2009-10-27 21:00:26 +00:00
facebookhome.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
facebookinvite.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
facebooklogin.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
facebooknoticeform.php - Use a stripped down new notice form for FB app because FB canvas apps 2009-12-31 22:39:01 +00:00
FacebookPlugin.php Major refactoring of queue handlers to support running multiple sites in one daemon. 2010-01-12 20:45:09 -08:00
facebookqueuehandler.php XMPP queued output & initial retooling of DB queue manager to support non-Notice objects. 2010-01-21 22:40:35 -08:00
facebookremove.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
facebooksettings.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
facebookutil.php - Use a stripped down new notice form for FB app because FB canvas apps 2009-12-31 22:39:01 +00:00
FBC_XDReceiver.php Gather all the Facebook stuff together in one place 2009-10-21 01:07:03 +00:00
FBConnect.css Combine Facebook and Facebook Connect plugins into one big plugin 2009-10-21 01:17:31 +00:00
FBConnectAuth.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
FBConnectLogin.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
FBConnectSettings.php New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization. 2009-12-08 12:17:11 -08:00
fbfavicon.ico Gather all the Facebook stuff together in one place 2009-10-21 01:07:03 +00:00
README Removed Facebook stuff from the StatusNet README and wrote a new README 2009-10-21 17:53:23 -07:00

This plugin allows you to use Facebook Connect with StatusNet, provides a
Facebook application for your users, and allows them to update their
Facebook statuses from StatusNet.

Facebook Connect
----------------

Facebook connect allows users to register and login using nothing but their
Facebook credentials. With Facebook Connect, your users can:

- Authenticate (register/login/logout -- works similar to OpenID)
- Associate an existing StatusNet account with a Facebook account
- Disconnect a Facebook account from a StatusNet account

Built-in Facebook Application
-----------------------------

The plugin also installs a StatusNet Facebook application that allows your
users to automatically update their Facebook statuses with their latest
notices, invite their friends to use the app (and thus your site), view
their notice timelines, and post notices -- all from within Facebook. The
application is built into the StatusNet Facebook plugin and runs on your
host.

Quick setup instructions*
-------------------------

Install the Facebook Developer application on Facebook:

    http://www.facebook.com/developers/

Use it to create a new application and generate an API key and secret. Add a
Facebook app section of your config.php and copy in the key and secret,
e.g.:

    // Config section for the built-in Facebook application
    $config['facebook']['apikey'] = 'APIKEY';
    $config['facebook']['secret'] = 'SECRET';

In Facebook's application editor, specify the following URLs for your app:

- Canvas Callback URL     : http://example.net/mublog/facebook/app/
- Post-Remove Callback URL: http://example.net/mublog/facebook/app/remove
- Post-Add Redirect URL   : http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
- Canvas Page URL         : http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
- Connect URL             : http://example.net/mublog/

    *** ATTENTION ***
    These URLs have changed slightly since StatusNet version 0.8.1,
    so if you have been using the Facebook app previously, you will
    need to update your configuration!

Replace "example.net" with your host's URL, "mublog" with the path to your
StatusNet installation, and 'yourapp' with the name of the Facebook
application you created. (If you don't have "Fancy URLs" on, you'll need to
change http://example.net/mublog/ to http://example.net/mublog/index.php/).

Additionally, Choose "Web" for Application type in the Advanced tab. In the
"Canvas setting" section, choose the "FBML" for Render Method, "Smart Size"
for IFrame size, and "Full width (760px)" for Canvas Width. Everything else
can be left with default values.

* NOTE: For more under-the-hood detailed instructions about setting up a
        Facebook application and getting an API key, check out the
        following pages on the Facebook wiki:

    http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Connect/Setting_Up_Your_Site
    http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Creating_your_first_application

Finally you must activate the plugin by adding the following line to your
config.php:

    addPlugin('Facebook');

Testing It Out
--------------

If the Facebook plugin is enabled and working, there will be a new Facebook
Connect Settings tab under each user's Connect menu. Users can connect and
disconnect* to their Facebook accounts from it.

To try out the plugin, fire up your browser and connect to:

    http://SITE/PATH_TO_STATUSNET/main/facebooklogin

or, if you do not have fancy URLs turned on:

    http://SITE/PATH_TO_STATUSNET/index.php/main/facebooklogin

You should see a page with a blue button that says: "Connect with Facebook"
and you should be able to login or register.

From within Facebook, you should also be able to get to the Facebook
application, and run it by hitting the link you specified above when
configuring it:

    http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/

That link should be present you with a login screen.  After logging in to
the app, you are given the option to update their Facebook status via
StatusNet.

* Note: Before a user can disconnect from Facebook, she must set a normal
  StatusNet password. Otherwise, she might not be able to login in to her
  account in the future.  This is usually only required for users who have
  used Facebook Connect to register their StatusNet account, and therefore
  haven't already set a local password.

Offline Queue Handling
----------------------

For larger sites needing better performance it's possible to enable queuing
and have users' notices posted to Facebook via a separate "offline"
FacebookQueueHandler (facebookqueuhandler.php in the Facebook plugin
directory), which will be started by the plugin along with their other
daemons when you run scripts/startdaemons.sh. See the StatusNet README for
more about queuing and daemons.

TODO
----

- Invite Facebook friends to use your StatusNet installation via Facebook
  Connect
- Auto-subscribe Facebook friends already using StatusNet
- Share StatusNet favorite notices to your Facebook stream
- Allow users to update their Facebook statuses once they have authenticated
  with Facebook Connect (no need for them to use the Facebook app if they
  don't want to).
- Re-design the whole thing to support multiple instances of StatusNet