Why is FB.UI Share response returning nothing?

Question

I have setup a share popup triggered by Jquery. It works, but I want to use the response value to trigger an AJAX call on success and Facebook only returns an empty array.

Here is the javascript


    $("#fb-request").click(function () {
        FB.ui({
            method: 'share',
            name: 'Check out website',
            href: 'URL_TO_SHARE',
        },
        function (response) {
            if (response && !response.error_code) {
              console.log(response); // Returns: []
            }
        });
    });

Because of this I can't make the difference between someone who posts and someone who uses the cancel button. Am I missing something here? Or is there something to setup on the Facebook App?

Thanks,

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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From documentation:

Response Data

Parameter Description object_id Only available if the user is logged into your app using Facebook and has granted publish_actions. If present, this is the ID of the published Open Graph story.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

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answered Oct 01 '14 at 13:41

Daredzik

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Ok, i login user on background with FB.login but this doesn't help, i still get the empty response – Julia Usanova Feb 01 '16 at 11:33
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You should provide login with access permissions, it is made like that: `function myFacebookLogin() { FB.login(function(){}, {scope: 'publish_actions'}); }` – Julia Usanova Feb 01 '16 at 11:54
i also facing same problem, even though i got user logged in with same as described in above comment. – Imran Qamer Jul 15 '16 at 02:42
And what will happen now that publish_actions is not available? – Andres SK Sep 28 '18 at 16:34
Same problem here even if he user is logged in!! any solution? – bondif Jul 12 '19 at 22:02

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 05 '17 at 09:01

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If the user cancels the share dialog, the response is undefined, so:

$("#fb-request").click(function () {
    FB.ui({
        method: 'share',
        name: 'Check out website',
        href: 'URL_TO_SHARE',
    },
    function (response) {
        if (response && !response.error_code) {
            if (typeof response != 'undefined'){
                //shered
            }
        }
    });
});

edited Jun 05 '17 at 09:01

Pang

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answered Jun 05 '17 at 08:41

Marcin Żurek

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This code works fine in PC / Android, but it doesn't work on iOS. As long as the user is not logged in to your app (with the proper permission), the value of response will always be an empty array (regardless if the share has happened or not). – Alon Bilu Jul 02 '17 at 14:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '17 at 17:29

Check first if your user is connected.

FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
if (response.status === 'connected') {
    FB.ui(
        {
            method: 'feed',
            link: 'your_url',
            mobile_iframe: true
        },
        function(response){
        });
}
else {
    FB.login(function(response){
        FB.ui(
        {
            method: 'feed',
            link: 'your_url',
            mobile_iframe: true
        },
        function(response){
        });
    });
}

});

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 22:55

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this worked for me.

FB.ui({
    method: 'share',
    display: 'popup',
    href: url,
}, function(response){
    if (typeof response != 'undefined'){
        alert("shared");
    }else{
        alert("no shared");
    }
});

answered Aug 01 '17 at 22:55

Melvin Melara

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Why is FB.UI Share response returning nothing?

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