Facebooker talk - Jul 2008 - Running multiple FB apps off the same Rails app

Hi all,

I''m trying to do a few templatized apps. I want them to all run off the
same
Rails app, which would fetch the right ''theme'' from a database
based on
params[:fb_sig_api_key]. The themes store the config details of each app, in
addition to specific prompts and so on.

Presumably this would need a modified Facebooker, which can work with
multiple api key / secret key combos instead of a single facebooker.yml
file.

I''m not sure where to start though, and I figured I''d check
with people who
know Facebooker better than I do. Any suggestions?

Robert
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I am doing this by using a filter and spoofing the ENV variables. Not
pretty but it works.

before_filter :authenticate

def authenticate
    @app = find_application

      ENV[''FACEBOOK_API_KEY''] =  @app.api_key
      ENV[''FACEBOOK_SECRET_KEY''] = @app.secret_key

      ensure_application_is_installed_by_facebook_user
end

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Robert Matei <rmatei at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I''m trying to do a few templatized apps. I want them to all run
off the same
> Rails app, which would fetch the right ''theme'' from a
database based on
> params[:fb_sig_api_key]. The themes store the config details of each app,
in
> addition to specific prompts and so on.
>
> Presumably this would need a modified Facebooker, which can work with
> multiple api key / secret key combos instead of a single facebooker.yml
> file.
>
> I''m not sure where to start though, and I figured I''d
check with people who
> know Facebooker better than I do. Any suggestions?
>
> Robert
>
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
>

Hi,

I have done this with rfacebook, and I believe it should be fairly
easy to replicate the approach for Facebooker as well.

So I had 2 different namespaces for the facebook applications with in
the same rails app. The trick is to set the fb params(api key etc.) in
the application_controller.rb of each namespace.

For example, application_controller.rb of fb1 would have following,

http://pastie.org/236172


Thanks
Jatinder
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Robert Matei <rmatei at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I''m trying to do a few templatized apps. I want them to all run
off the same
> Rails app, which would fetch the right ''theme'' from a
database based on
> params[:fb_sig_api_key]. The themes store the config details of each app,
in
> addition to specific prompts and so on.
>
> Presumably this would need a modified Facebooker, which can work with
> multiple api key / secret key combos instead of a single facebooker.yml
> file.
>
> I''m not sure where to start though, and I figured I''d
check with people who
> know Facebooker better than I do. Any suggestions?
>
> Robert
>
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
>

We actually just added support for Bebo that should also support multiple
rails apps in one instance.  I tested it once in my dev environment.

Please try this in you facebooker.yml where foo is some unique prefix for
the config:

foo_api_key: f688cbe01c465d71e4f9bed26722309a
foo_secret_key: SECRETKEY
foo_canvas_page_name: app_canvas_page_name
foo_adapter: FacebookAdapter
foo_callback_url: http://mycoolfacebookapp.com

I think it requires the same callback_url as the other app, but I don''t
remember if it can be different. If this gets a lot of use was can make it a
little cleaner.

Dave



On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Toby Hede <tobyhede at
info-architects.net>
wrote:
> I am doing this by using a filter and spoofing the ENV variables. Not
> pretty but it works.
>
> before_filter :authenticate
>
> def authenticate
>    @app = find_application
>
>      ENV[''FACEBOOK_API_KEY''] =  @app.api_key
>      ENV[''FACEBOOK_SECRET_KEY''] = @app.secret_key
>
>      ensure_application_is_installed_by_facebook_user
> end
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Robert Matei <rmatei at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I''m trying to do a few templatized apps. I want them to all
run off the
> same
> > Rails app, which would fetch the right ''theme'' from
a database based on
> > params[:fb_sig_api_key]. The themes store the config details of each
app,
> in
> > addition to specific prompts and so on.
> >
> > Presumably this would need a modified Facebooker, which can work with
> > multiple api key / secret key combos instead of a single
facebooker.yml
> > file.
> >
> > I''m not sure where to start though, and I figured
I''d check with people
> who
> > know Facebooker better than I do. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Facebooker-talk mailing list
> > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
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In my case, the FB credentials are in the database ... so the YML was
not an option - but it''s arguably cleaner than my ENV hackin.



On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:41 AM, David Clements <digidigo at gmail.com>
wrote:
> We actually just added support for Bebo that should also support multiple
> rails apps in one instance.  I tested it once in my dev environment.
>
> Please try this in you facebooker.yml where foo is some unique prefix for
> the config:
>
> foo_api_key: f688cbe01c465d71e4f9bed26722309a
> foo_secret_key: SECRETKEY
> foo_canvas_page_name: app_canvas_page_name
> foo_adapter: FacebookAdapter
> foo_callback_url: http://mycoolfacebookapp.com
>
> I think it requires the same callback_url as the other app, but I
don''t
> remember if it can be different. If this gets a lot of use was can make it
a
> little cleaner.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Toby Hede <tobyhede at
info-architects.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> I am doing this by using a filter and spoofing the ENV variables. Not
>> pretty but it works.
>>
>> before_filter :authenticate
>>
>> def authenticate
>>    @app = find_application
>>
>>      ENV[''FACEBOOK_API_KEY''] =  @app.api_key
>>      ENV[''FACEBOOK_SECRET_KEY''] = @app.secret_key
>>
>>      ensure_application_is_installed_by_facebook_user
>> end
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Robert Matei <rmatei at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I''m trying to do a few templatized apps. I want them to
all run off the
>> > same
>> > Rails app, which would fetch the right ''theme''
from a database based on
>> > params[:fb_sig_api_key]. The themes store the config details of
each
>> > app, in
>> > addition to specific prompts and so on.
>> >
>> > Presumably this would need a modified Facebooker, which can work
with
>> > multiple api key / secret key combos instead of a single
facebooker.yml
>> > file.
>> >
>> > I''m not sure where to start though, and I figured
I''d check with people
>> > who
>> > know Facebooker better than I do. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Robert
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>> >
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
>

You could overid Facebooker.load_adapter  or
Facebooker::AdapterBase.facebooker_config possibly.  Using the adapter will
allow you to run your apps on Bebo as well.

Dave


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Toby Hede <tobyhede at
info-architects.net>
wrote:
> In my case, the FB credentials are in the database ... so the YML was
> not an option - but it''s arguably cleaner than my ENV hackin.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:41 AM, David Clements <digidigo at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > We actually just added support for Bebo that should also support
multiple
> > rails apps in one instance.  I tested it once in my dev environment.
> >
> > Please try this in you facebooker.yml where foo is some unique prefix
for
> > the config:
> >
> > foo_api_key: f688cbe01c465d71e4f9bed26722309a
> > foo_secret_key: SECRETKEY
> > foo_canvas_page_name: app_canvas_page_name
> > foo_adapter: FacebookAdapter
> > foo_callback_url: http://mycoolfacebookapp.com
> >
> > I think it requires the same callback_url as the other app, but I
don''t
> > remember if it can be different. If this gets a lot of use was can
make
> it a
> > little cleaner.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Toby Hede <tobyhede at
info-architects.net
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I am doing this by using a filter and spoofing the ENV variables.
Not
> >> pretty but it works.
> >>
> >> before_filter :authenticate
> >>
> >> def authenticate
> >>    @app = find_application
> >>
> >>      ENV[''FACEBOOK_API_KEY''] =  @app.api_key
> >>      ENV[''FACEBOOK_SECRET_KEY''] =
@app.secret_key
> >>
> >>      ensure_application_is_installed_by_facebook_user
> >> end
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Robert Matei <rmatei at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I''m trying to do a few templatized apps. I want them
to all run off
> the
> >> > same
> >> > Rails app, which would fetch the right
''theme'' from a database based
> on
> >> > params[:fb_sig_api_key]. The themes store the config details
of each
> >> > app, in
> >> > addition to specific prompts and so on.
> >> >
> >> > Presumably this would need a modified Facebooker, which can
work with
> >> > multiple api key / secret key combos instead of a single
> facebooker.yml
> >> > file.
> >> >
> >> > I''m not sure where to start though, and I figured
I''d check with
> people
> >> > who
> >> > know Facebooker better than I do. Any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > Robert
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > Facebooker-talk mailing list
> >> > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> >> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
> >> >
> >> >
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> >> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
> >
> >
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