Facebook Adds New Way to Share Web Content Without Leaving the Page

August 5th, 2009

By Justin Smith

When Facebook launched the Open Stream API a few months back, it enabled app developers to read and publish to the stream for the first time. That, in turn, has led to a variety of stream publishing applications.

Today, Facebook extended the Stream publishing API to the web via a new JavaScript call that can be used to create widgets that publish to the Facebook Stream without leaving your website. It can be thought of from the user’s perspective as almost like a better “Share” button. Here’s how it works:

Starting today, webmasters are able to implement the new “stream publishing” share button using the new API. If the user is logged in to Facebook, a dialog box will pop up on the site allowing the user to enter a comment before publishing. If the user is not logged in, they’ll be prompted to do so sign in first and then publish the story.

It all happens without any new windows opening or sending the user away from your site. In addition, webmasters can format the feed stories to be published exactly as they’d like. Users will not see a Facebook Connect authorization screen.

All in all, it’s a more seamless “share on Facebook” experience that webmasters should like. For more details, check out the Developer Wiki.

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10 Responses to “Facebook Adds New Way to Share Web Content Without Leaving the Page”

FT.com | Tech Blog | Facebook’s adolescence Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
[...] As it continues to draw more visitors to its own site, Facebook is also working to embed itself in other sites across the web. To enable this cross-web pollination, Facebook last year launched Connect, which lets users log into other websites with their Facebook credentials. Now Facebook is making it easier for users to share information from other websites back into their news feeds, with an updated version of the Open Stream API. [...]
Eric Godfrey Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
You should tell “Networked Blogs” to implement this. I don’t feel like authorizing them just to use the share button on that top frame.
Facebook Developer Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Its really an interesting effort from facebook, Because me and other people also get fed up to go back to main pages, While its really helpful for most of the users now. Great, Thanks for news.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 6, 2009 Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
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Gopinath Raj Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Do anyone have readymade code available using this method (like the one for the traditional share button)
Alexandre Malavasi Says:
August 7th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Teste submit comment
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August 11th, 2009 at 3:14 am
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August 25th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
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