Introduction

Facebook Connect is way to make your application more social. With it you gain access to:

  1. Identity: the user's name, photo and more [User].
  2. Social Graph: the user's friends and connections [Connection].
  3. Distribution: the Stream, and the ability to communicate [Publishing]
  4. Integration: publishers, canvas pages, profile boxes & tabs.

This guide is for using the Mu JavaScript library to access the above on your site. Mu is a very small library which you can use along with your favourite JavaScript library such as Dojo, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype or YUI.

Getting Started

Console

A Console is available which demonstrates the various features provided by the library. Click here and try it out.

Bootstrap

  1. Create a application at http://www.facebook.com/developers/createapp.php
    1. Give it a name, Agree to the TOS.
    2. Click on the Connect entry on the left hand navigation.
    3. Enter your website URL in Connect URL.
    4. Enter your domain in Base Domain.
    5. Save Changes
    6. Copy the API Key

  2. Optional: Use one of the Examples to get started.

API Documentation

API Documentation is available for the public interface.

Authentication & Authorization

Authentication & Authorization is described in greater detail here.

More