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Is it possible to post something on a facebook group using android?

Why doesn't Facebook Groups let 3rd party apps post to the group wall or message group members through the API?

  • I'm working on a Facebook app that uses Facebook  groups, and I'd like to open up a Feed dialog to let the user post a  notice to the group's feed. I have a user who is in the group and I've got the relevant permissions as well. I've tried passing the group's Facebook id in the https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/feed/ feed dialog, but get a Facebook error. There doesn't appear to be a programmatic way to do it either: the group's feed (described at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/group/)  isn't documented to accept POSTs either. Is there a way to post a  message to the group using the Graph API or one of the other API  methods?

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    I tested it against the Graph Explorer API. Using the access token (you will need user_groups and friends_groups permission), you can simply POST using the group's feed link: http://graph.facebook.com/GROUPID/feed. You will need to have a POST value of either 'message' or 'link' minimally for the POST action to return a valid post id. Graph Explorer is a form of application (testing application) that Facebook built for developers to test out the evolving APIs. If Graph Explorer can be utilised to post the message on the group feed, you can create third party apps to do the same.

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While I'm not privy to the inner workings of the Facebook Groups team, I guess that posting through third-party apps in the past created a huge spam problem in Facebook Groups. Even now people post a lot of irrelevant content to groups I'm part of, even those that blatantly go against the group rules.Posting is still possible though but only admins are allowed to autopost to groups. Messaging members programmatically still isn't allowed.

Glenn Santos

Hi, you can do that using Grytics for public groups or groups you admin.Have a nice day.

Stéphane Baudin

Yes, it definitely allows it. https://dosocial.com is a service that can post to Facebook Groups.

Kane Thomas

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