Posting an image from one server to another? Facebook PHP Sdk - php

So, I have an image on a server # a location like this.... http://www.theserver.com/image/img.jpg
I have a Facebook connected website running here http://www.theOTHERserver.com/facebook/.
On the other server I plan to add some code like so..
$photo = "http://www.theserver.com/image/img.jpg";
$ret_obj = $facebook->api('/me/photos', 'POST', array(
'source' => '#' . $photo,
'message' => $message,
)
);
Does anyone know if this (the above) is going to work? There are of course many examples where the photo is stored locally...e.g.
$photo = "/img.jpg";

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How do I can post a multiple photos via Facebook API

Now I posting a single photo to wall like this:
$response = $facebook->api("/$group_id/photos", "POST", array(
'access_token=' => $access_token,
'message' => 'This is a test message',
'url' => 'http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/agydwb6_460s.jpg',
)
);
It works fine, but can I somehow post a multiple photos, something like this:
You can now publish multiple images in a single post to your feed or page:
For each photo in the story, upload it unpublished using the {user-id}/photos endpoint with the argument published=false.
You'll get an ID for each photo you upload like this:
{
"id": "10153677042736789"
}
Publish a multi-photo story using the {user-id}/feed endpoint and using the ids returned by uploading a photo
$response = $facebook->api("/me/feed", 'POST',
array(
'access_token=' => $access_token,
'message' => 'Testing multi-photo post!',
'attached_media[0]' => '{"media_fbid":"1002088839996"}',
'attached_media[1]' => '{"media_fbid":"1002088840149"}'
)
);
Source: Publishing a multi-photo story
You can make batch requests as mentioned here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11025457/1343690
But its simple to loop through your images and publish them directly.
foreach($photos as $photo)
{
//publish photo
}
Edit: (regarding grouping of photos on wall)
This grouping is done by facebook automatically if some photos are uploaded into the same album.
Currently you cannot create an album in a group via Graph API - it is not supported (as of now), see this bug.
But you can do this - create an album manually, then get the album_id by-
\GET /{group-id}/albums, then use the the code with album_id instead of group_id-
foreach($photos as $photo){
$facebook->api("/{album-id}/photos", "POST", array(
'access_token=' => $access_token,
'name' => 'This is a test message',
'url' => $photo
)
);
}
I've tested it, see the result-
Actually you can upload a multi story photo(I did it using Graph Api and PHP) but the problem comes if you need scheduled this post.Your post is schedule but also it shows on the page's feed.
P.S. I'm using Graph Api v2.9
PHP Code
$endpoint = "/".$page_id."/photos";
foreach ($multiple_photos as $file_url):
array_push($photos, $fb->request('POST',$endpoint,['url' =>$file_url,'published' => FALSE,]));
endforeach;
$uploaded_photos = $fb->sendBatchRequest($photos, $page_access_token);
foreach ($uploaded_photos as $photo):
array_push($data_post['attached_media'], '{"media_fbid":"'.$photo->getDecodedBody()['id'].'"}');
endforeach;
$data_post['message'] = $linkData['caption'];
$data_post['published'] = FALSE;
$data_post['scheduled_publish_time'] = $scheduled_publish_time;
$response = $fb->sendRequest('POST', "/".$page_id."/feed", $data_post, $page_access_token);
$post_id = $cresponse->getGraphNode()['id'];
You will need to upload each photo first with published state to false, and then use the ID's of the unpublished photos to the /me/feed endpoint to schedule the photo. The schedule needs to be within the 24 hours from the time the photos are uploaded as facebook deletes all unpublished photos in 24 hours.
Ref:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/photo-uploads/
There is no way to publish more than one photo in the same graph API call.
See documentation: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/photos

Using album image as thumbnail for open graph story

I am working on a sample application in PHP to upload a picture to facebook and use that link to create a story. All is well except for the thumbnail is not showing up. Does anyone know if it is restricted to actually use the uploaded album image as a thumbnail?Below is the code i am using
$ret_obj = $facebook->api('/me/photos', 'POST', array(
'image' => '#'.realpath($photo),
'message' => $message,));
$imgId = $ret_obj['id'];
$objectjson = json_encode(array('title'=>'Sample','url'=>'http://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid='.$imgId,'description'=>'This is a sample','image'=>'http://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid='.$imgId));
$ret_obj = $facebook->api('/me/objects/xxxx:yyyy', 'POST', array(
'object' => $objectjson));
EDIT: Forgot to mention that i am using the suggested size image and any other images other than the uploaded ones can be used as thumbnail

Posting to wall users use token

I have php code that posting in the wall of the user that use in my app. But in the post write
"post by _" (My app name).
Code:
$fql_info = $facebook->api($fql_query);
if($fql_info[0][offline_access] == 1)
{
$attachment = array(
'message' => "",
'name' => u("ghfhgfhfgh"),
'description' => u("fghgfhgfh"),
'link' => LINK,
'picture'=> "http://gfhgfhgfhfh"
);
$facebook->api('/'.$f[uid].'/feed', 'POST', $attachment);
$abc.=$f[uid]."\n";
echo $f[uid]."-".$fql_info[0][offline_access]."\n";
}
I want to know how I can to post but without my app name. User as poster itself, not the application has released it.
is it possible?
I guess it's not possible. The app name will appear in the post.
Sorry to say but i don't think this is possible . Facebook would not allow us to do that , it will always say Posted via : [Your APP name]

tagging a page in photos

Greetings
Here's what's up:
I'm working on an app where the user or a page they administrate is tagged in their own image, however, tagging a page they administrate doesn't function, I have no trouble with the user being tagged.
Here's some code:
$tdata = array('tag_uid' => $fb_id,'x' => 0,'y' => 0);
$datatags[] = $tdata;
$attachment = array(
'access_token' => $access_token,
'tags' => $datatags
);
$attachment['image'] = '#'.realpath($image_name.);
$result = $facebook->api('/'.$album_id.'/photos', 'POST', $attachment);
$fb_id is either the ID for the user or the page. which is grabbed using /me/accounts in the Graph API
Thanks!
Per the documentation you cannot do this:
You can specify which user to tag using two methods: in the URL path
as PHOTO_ID/tags/USER_ID, or in a URL parameter as
PHOTO_ID/tags?to=USER_ID. Currently, you cannot tag a Page in a photo
using this API.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/photo/

post photo to friend wall through graph api

I'm trying to post a photo to one of friends wall using the new graph api. For this I have the following code:
$attachment = array(
'message' => 'Posted a photo',
'source' => '#' . realpath(PATH_TO_MY_PHOTO)
);
$facebook->setFileUploadSupport(true);
$facebook->api('/'.$id_friend.'/feed?access_token='.$access_token, 'post', $attachment);
The problem is that the picture is not uploaded. I mean, it only post the message without any picture. This does not work either if I try to post on the current user wall.
Does anyone have any idea on how to achieve this ? Thanks.
p.s. I'm requesting only publish_stream permission
In order to post a poto to a users wall, as in publishing a photo and not a stream story,
you can post to here:
http://graph.facebook.com/ALBUM_ID/photos.
for more information visit facebook's graph api photo documentation.
You should replace "source" with "picture".
$imagepath='http://site.com/pic.jpg';
$attachment = array(
'message' => 'Posted a photo',
'picture' => $imagepath
);
$facebook->setFileUploadSupport(true);
$facebook->api('/'.$id_friend.'/feed?access_token='.$access_token, 'post', $attachment)
You can optionally add some more fields. for more details:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/post/

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