INTERACTIVE COURSE

Facebook Login and the Facebook Graph API

Beginner

14 Lessons

1h 30min

Certificate of Completion

20 Playgrounds

11 Quizzes

33 Illustrations

Course Overview

Facebook’s Graph API is the central means for programmatic access to Facebook data. It is the entry point for reading and writing to Facebook’s “social graph”. This course begins with a discussion of the major concepts of the Facebook Graph API. You will learn basic concepts like authentication, authorization, and access tokens. Then, you will build out your mini-project step by step by deploying the "Login with Facebook" web page. By the end, you will have a thorough understanding of how to build API i...Show More

Course Content

Getting Started

Introduction to the Facebook Graph API Accessing the Graph API on Behalf of Your Users Facebook Login and Access Tokens Set Up Facebook App with Facebook Login Working with the "Login with Facebook" Button Understanding the "Login with Facebook" Authorization Flow Examining the Short-Lived Access Token Exchange for a Long-Lived Access Token Login with Facebook as a Test User Graph API Basics: Starting with the User Profile Pagination and Other Graph API Endpoints Know Your Friends with Graph API Wrapping Up and Next Steps

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