[Facebooker-talk] fb_comments and fb_board not working

[Jonathan Otto]

just add the _method parameter to your URL for the callback parameter
(you need to specify it), this will force rails to interpret the
request as GET. for example, a RESTful URL works like so:

user_url @user, :_method => :get


On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah I'm not really sure. Apparently I need to immerse myself in REST wrt
> Rails. I'm pretty confused I guess. Running "rake routes" can cause
> additional confusion sometimes.
>
> The thing to understand with the problem here is that the URL has to accept
> POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST definition... and therefore
> will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by itself won't accept a
> POST and  therefore won't work with the fb:comments tag.
>
> Right now I'm so confused that any page I put a fb:comments or fb:board on I
> make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really ideal.
>
> Ken Schroeder wrote:
>>
>> Been following along with your thread here as I've had the same exact
>> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
>> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>>
>> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name 'fancy_path/:id' .... didn't quite
>> undetstand how to input that correctly.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com
>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    That's what I figured and that makes perfect sense. Thanks for
>>    clearing that up. you might want to put this in your book btw.
>>
>>    Best regards
>>
>>
>>    Mike Mangino wrote:
>>
>>        Actually, you can
>>
>>        map.fancy_name 'fancy_path/:id' ....
>>
>>        Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request
>>        to a URL that doesn't support posts. When they try to do that,
>>        your application returns an error and they cancel the posting.
>>        By creating a route by hand, you are decoupling it from the
>>        HTTP method used.
>>
>>        Mike
>>
>>        On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>
>>            Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic
>>            , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want comments on those
>>            pages. That doesn't work. And I can't hardcode a route for
>>            a dynamic route that I know of really.
>>
>>            Mike Mangino wrote:
>>
>>                Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>
>>                route.discussion_board 'discussion',
>>                :controller=>"home", :action=>"index"
>>
>>                Then, go to
>>                http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see
>>                if that works.
>>
>>                I struggled like mad to get this to work the first
>>                time too. I wish I could remember the eventual fix.
>>
>>                Mike
>>
>>
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