Facebook posts checkin using Open Graph protocol id as place id

Question

I used the FB page linter to make sure that all the meta information I use is correct. According to the url graph , my page ID is 157797447612809, but when I try to post a check to this page , I get an error message:

(#100) Requires a valid Place Page ID 

Surprisingly, there is no good information about publishing a check on an open graphic page, available anywhere on the Internet. I used all the possible variations of my place page id that I could imagine, from the URL to the page id on different pages, but always get the same error. Does anyone have an example of how this should be done? Thanks!

Answer 1

Since there is absolutely no Facebook documentation for this, I solved this by seeing what foursquare did and a lot of trial and error.

When defining an open graph object in facebook, you must add a property of type GeoPoint . I named my location. Define the object page in the metadata as follows:

  <meta property="mytestapp:location:latitude" content="37.791" /> <meta property="mytestapp:location:longitude" content="-122.395" /> 

Now, when you debug this object, it is registered as a place, as a fourth grader . You can check and create map views for activities that include this object.

Answer 2

I think you need to add at least location related tags, for example. og: longitude and og: latitude.

See this graph output for a page with these og tags and checks.

http://graph.facebook.com/149998791679075

http://foursquare.com/venue/128530

By the way: I hope you get the irony of this example 8)

I'm also not sure if you can register on the og: type = food page. Perhaps this should be one of the types of places, for example. landmark - see type information on the OpenGraph page. However, the above example applies to og: type = company, so you need to check the various types to see.

Answer 3

The Geopoint object is described here:

https://developers.dev.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/complextypes/#geopoint

Example:

 <meta property="your-og-app:location:latitude" content="37.416382"> <meta property="your-og-app:location:longitude" content="-122.152659"> <meta property="your-og-app:location:altitude" content="42"> 

Answer 4

I spent too many hours on this, but it seems impossible. Then I typed this answer. I think this feature is currently open only to Foursquare. Facebook API docs have nothing to do with this.