Status message

A status message on a user's wall as represented in the Graph API.

Example

A status message on the Facebook Page:

https://graph.facebook.com/10150224661566729

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Fields

A Status message has the following fields.

Name	Description	Permissions	Returns
id	The status message ID	Requires access_token	string
from	The user who posted the message	Requires access_token	object containing id and name fields
message	The status message content	Requires access_token	string
place	Location associated with a Status, if any	Requires access_token	object containing id and name of Page associated with this location, and a location field containing geographic information such as latitude, longitude, country, and other fields (fields will vary based on geography and availability of information)
updated_time	The time the message was published	Requires access_token	string containing ISO-8601 date-time
type	The object type which is set to status	Requires access_token	string

Update

You cannot edit any of the fields in the status message object.

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Connections

A Status message has the following connections.

Name	Description	Permissions	Returns
comments	All of the comments on this message	Requires access_token	array of objects containing id, from, message and created_time fields
likes	The users that have liked this message	Requires access_token	array of objects containing id and name

comments

Create

You can write to the STATUS_MESSAGE_ID/comments connection to post a comment to the status message by issuing an HTTP POST request with the publish_stream permission and following parameters.

Parameter	Description	Type	Required
message	Comment text	string	yes

If the write is successful, you get the following return.

Name	Description	Type
id	The new comment ID	string

likes

Create

You can write to the STATUS_MESSAGE_ID/likes connection to like the status message by issuing an HTTP POST request with the publish_stream permission. No parameters necessary.

If the write is successful, you get the following return.

Description	Type
If the like succeeded	boolean

Delete

You can unlike an status message by issuing an HTTP DELETE request to the STATUS_MESSAGE_ID/likes connection with the publish_stream permission.

If the delete is successful, you get the following return.

Description	Type
If the unlike succeeded	boolean