How To Use Facebook Chat with Pidgin
Facebook announced that Facebook Chat could now be integrated into third party IM clients earlier this week. No longer are you restricted to using the official Facebook site to interact with chat. Facebook Chat now utilizes the XMPP Chat protocol, which allows users to immediately reap the benefits of the release — without having to wait for developers to update their chat clients.
Any third party IM client (such as Pidgin, iChat, Adium, Digsby) can now utilize the Facebook Chat service. Below, we detail the setup process for the popular Pidgin IM client, though the generic server details are enough to connect through any client supporting XMPP or Jabber (see step 3).
- Protocol: XMPP
- Username: [your current Facebook username] (see step 1)
- Domain: chat.facebook.com
1. Currently, you’ll need a Facebook Username (ie, facebook.com/mikeknoop). If you haven’t already set one up, click here to do so.
2. Open up Pidgin, Click Accounts, then Manage Accounts. Now click Add.
3. Fill in the Basic tab with the following details:
- Resource: [unused, you may leave blank]
- Password: [your current Facebook password]
4. On the Advanced tab, make sure all SSL options are unchecked.
5. Click Add. You’re done!
Note: If your client does not support XMPP but supports Jabber, simply use [username]@chat.facebook.com as your Jabber ID.
You’ll notice that your buddy list is now automatically populated with your Facebook friends who are online.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
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March 8th, 2010 at 1:02 am
i want friends but only girls
June 19th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
thank you very much.. it helps me alot, now connected.
August 18th, 2010 at 2:37 am
when i try to connect pidgin gives me an error “not authorized” ,
i’ve double checked all the details i need to enter what seems to be the problem.
August 30th, 2010 at 9:37 am
rajat: I got the same thing because I had set “Resource” to “Home”. Deleting “Home” (or whatever was in that field) remedied it.
September 3rd, 2010 at 10:33 am
its not working
September 18th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
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November 22nd, 2010 at 4:37 pm
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December 14th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Perfect! thanks a lot
December 23rd, 2010 at 4:45 am
not authorized :o(
February 2nd, 2011 at 11:26 pm
I have the same problem, I configure , but when i try to connect pidgin gives me an error “not authorized”
February 4th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
same here: not autherized