FB.ui

Overview

FB.ui is a generic helper method for triggering Dialogs which allow the user to take some action.

These dialogs include:

• The Feed Dialog allows a user to post a story to their Timeline and to their friends' News Feeds
• The OAuth Dialog allows a user to authorize an application as part of an authentication flow.
• The Add Page Tab Dialog allows a user to add an application to a Facebook Page which they administer.
• The Friends Dialog allows a user to send a friend request to another user.
• The Pay Dialog allows a user to make a purchase using Facebook Credits.
• The Requests Dialog allows a user to send a request to one or more of their friends
• The Send Dialog allows a user to send a Facebook Message to one or more of their friends.

Example

To invoke the Feed Dialog, use feed as the method, and optionally specify other properties as documented in the Feed Dialog documentation:

FB.ui(
  {
    method: 'feed',
    name: 'Facebook Dialogs',
    link: 'http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/',
    picture: 'http://fbrell.com/f8.jpg',
    caption: 'Reference Documentation',
    description: 'Dialogs provide a simple, consistent interface for applications to interface with users.'
  },
  function(response) {
    if (response && response.post_id) {
      alert('Post was published.');
    } else {
      alert('Post was not published.');
    }
  }
);