Facebook Pages Getting Stream API Support – Look for New Page Management Apps Soon

While the Facebook Open Stream API has proven very successful amongst users of applications like Seesmic and TweetDeck who are interested in updating their personal Facebook profiles through another application or device, Facebook Page owners have traditionally had to either post status updates directly on the Page or use tools like Selective Twitter Status to syndicate status updates from Twitter.

Today, however, Facebook is adding full Facebook Page support to the Open Stream API. Now, Page owners can use applications like Seesmic, TweetDeck, and others to post updates and content to their Facebook Pages. All you have to do is authorize an application to publish on behalf of the Page, and you’re all set.

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This is very welcome news to app developers interested in serving Page administrators, and to Page owners themselves who want to be able to create more robust interfaces for managing user communication and content on their Facebook Page. We expect to see many app developers jumping on the new feature soon, as there’s definitely a lot of pent up demand for more powerful third party Page management tools.

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4 Responses to “Facebook Pages Getting Stream API Support – Look for New Page Management Apps Soon”

  1. Facebook Adds New Way to Share Web Content Without Leaving the Page says:

    [...] Facebook extended the Stream publishing API to the web via a new JavaScript call that can be used to create [...]

  2. facebookmarketing.de | Open Stream API geupdated – Facebook VS. Twitter says:

    [...] Im letzten Facebook Developer Blog Post werden einige Neuerungen bekannt gegeben, das interessanteste Update sind die neuen Funktion der Open Sream API. Für externe Applikationen und Websites wird es ab nun einfacher Zugriff zum Publizieren von Inhalten im Stream zu erhalten, da keine aktive Facebook Session benötigt wird (d.h. externe Applikationen, denen Zugriff auf den Activity Feed vom Nutzer gewährt wird, können nun auch Inhalte Publizieren ohne das der Nutzer gleichzeitig auf Facebook eingeloggt sein muss).  Facebook begibt sich damit ein Stück weiter in das Terrain von Twitter.  Beim “Konkurrenten” Twitter ist dies schon von Beginn an realisiert, was die Entwicklung externer Programme und Tools extrem begünstigt hat (Bsp. Tweetdeck, Seesmic). Nicht nur das Publizieren von Inhalten wird durch das Update vereinfacht auch die Abfrage des Streams ist nun einfacher möglich. Was es Nutzern möglich macht, die Aktivitäten von Public Profiles von externen Tools aus zu verfolgen, auch das wird Twitternutzern wirklich sehr bekannt vorkommen. [...]

  3. Linkwertig: Reuters, GoogleReader, Pornoportale » netzwertig.com says:

    [...] » Facebook Pages Getting Stream API Support – Look for New Page Management Apps Soon [...]

  4. Facebook Platform Launches New Mailbox, Notification APIs says:

    [...] continuing to add new APIs to let developers add more compelling and engaging features. Last week, Facebook expanded the Stream APIs to fully support Facebook Pages. Today, Facebook is adding two more APIs around the Facebook Inbox and application [...]

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