In what Facebook promises will be «many changes» in the coming months, the platform started by cutting off
API access to Events, Groups, Pages, and Instagram for new developers.
In what Facebook promises will be «many changes» in the coming months, the platform started by cutting off
API access to Events, Groups, Pages, and Instagram for new developers.
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Starting today, apps using the
API will no longer be able
to access the guest list or posts on the
event wall.
Facebook said it will now have
to manually approve most apps before they can
access the
APIs — application programming interface platforms — if they plug into Pages, Group or
Events.
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Moving forward, Facebook is modifying many of its
APIs - including
Events, Groups, and Instagram Platform, among others -
to restrict third - party applications from
accessing sensitive data.
Starting today, Facebook says it will no longer allow developers
to use the
Events API to access the guest list or
event wall of a concert, gathering, or similarly scheduled
event on Facebook.
Apps using the
Events API will no longer
access the guest list or wall posts and the Groups
API will no longer provide
access to member lists as well as personal information.
With the
Events API, for example, apps will no longer be able
to access attendees or posts on the
event wall, and the Groups
API will no longer provide member lists or names associated with posts or comments.
Apps using the
Events API won't be able
to access guest lists or posts shared on the
event wall.
Facebook said it will now have
to manually approve most apps before they can
access the
APIs — application programming interface platforms — if they plug into Pages, Group or
Events.
The
Events API no longer will allow apps
to access the guest list or posts on the
event wall.
The main changes are
to its backend application programming interfaces (
API) that will restrict outside developers from
accessing user data collected through Facebook
events, groups and pages.
These include limiting
access to information by virtue of limiting
APIs in
Events, Groups, Pages, and others
Mike Schroepfer, Facebook's chief technology officer, outlined nine new ways the company will better protect user data, including limiting its groups, pages, and
events API, used by developers
to access attendance data; limiting which apps can request
access to user check - ins, likes, photos, posts, and videos; and limiting what search results will return when users type in people's phone numbers.
In order
to use
events in your skill service, you must set up access to the Alexa Skill Management API (SMAPI) as described in Add Events to Your Skill With
events in your skill service, you must set up
access to the Alexa Skill Management
API (SMAPI) as described in Add
Events to Your Skill With
Events to Your Skill With SMAPI.
Apps using the
Events API will no longer be able
to access the guest list or posts on any given
event wall.
Third - party apps that use the
API will no longer be given
access to the guest list or posts on the Facebook
Events wall.
For example, Schroepher writes that as of Wednesday Facebook is changing developers»
access to the
Events API.