ecl_facebook 1.4.1
Easy Facebook integration for Django.
License: Apache 2.0

ECL Facebook
============

ECL Facebook is a Facebook library for Python 2.7+. It makes the Facebook API a
joy to use and has built-in integration for `Django`_ and `Flask`_.

If you have an issue to report or a feature request, add it at
https://github.com/elmcitylabs/ECL-Facebook/issues.

.. _Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/

.. _Flask: http://flask.pocoo.org/

.. _installation:

Installation
------------

ECL Facebook is on `PyPi`_, and we recommend installing via `pip`_ ::

    $ pip install ecl-facebook

.. _pip: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/

.. _PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ecl_facebook

.. _configuration:

Configuration
-------------

If you'd like to use ECL Facebook for a stand alone application (e.g., in a
script you're writing to download your tweets), you'll need to set the
environment variables ``FACEBOOK_KEY``, ``FACEBOOK_SECRET``,
``FACEBOOK_REDIRECT_URL``, and ``FACEBOOK_SCOPE`` with the values appropriate
for your Facebook application. ::

    export FACEBOOK_KEY="256064624431781"
    export FACEBOOK_SECRET="4925935cb93e3446eff851ddaf5fad07"
    export FACEBOOK_REDIRECT_URL="http://example.com/oauth/complete"
    export FACEBOOK_SCOPE="email"

If you're only interested in integration with Django, read the section below.

.. _authentication:

Authentication
--------------

We've made authentication very simple. Probably too simple, to be honest. ::

    >>> from ecl_facebook.settings import DIALOG_URL
    >>> DIALOG_URL
    https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?scope=email&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fredirect&client_id=340516819320318

After opening this URL in your browser and allowing the application, you'll be redirected to a page with a URL similar to the following. ::

    http://example.com/redirect?code=AQDOvI5wqlwNXQ6AK9jepHW4LUKboJk7v9yLGeaFNCDCs1hchWpCYoqDF0FZFLS03YOZJ1lLhrzQrQ7PNWD2iiZZ6IBaW0KG6255_e3prYu60QZd6_IOIiC1z0U3w2SWJDiq_rtD0KQtcJk__YvZa1XSicZA5fnyEtEZBE3XzNpEgzp1fZZ8HEeQCrqazGjUNjU#_=_

You'll need to paste this code in the ``code`` variable below. ::

    >>> from ecl_facebook import Facebook
    >>> code = "AQDOvI5wqlwNXQ6AK9jepHW4LUKboJk7v9yLGeaFNCDCs1hchWpCYoqDF0FZFLS03YOZJ1lLhrzQrQ7PNWD2iiZZ6IBaW0KG6255_e3prYu60QZd6_IOIiC1z0U3w2SWJDiq_rtD0KQtcJk__YvZa1XSicZA5fnyEtEZBE3XzNpEgzp1fZZ8HEeQCrqazGjUNjU"
    >>> facebook = Facebook()
    >>> data = facebook.oauth.access_token(code=code)
    >>> data
    <Objectifier#dict access_token=str expires=str>

Congratulations, you have successfully authenticated with Facebook. ``data`` is
an ``Objectifier`` object which should contains your token and its expiration
time.

To call the API, use your newly-acquired access token and access token secret. ::

    >>> facebook = Facebook(data.access_token)
    >>> facebook.me()
    <Objectifier#dict username=unicode first_name=unicode last_name=unicode verified=bool name=unicode locale=unicode gender=unicode email=unicode link=unicode timezone=int updated_time=unicode id=unicode>

So, yeah. That's it. Be fruitful and multiply.

Integrating with Django
-----------------------

What we did above is easy. For Django projects, we've made it even easier. In your views file, ::

    from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
    from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect

    from ecl_facebook.django_decorators import facebook_begin, facebook_callback
    from ecl_facebook import Facebook

    from .models import User

    # ...

    @facebook_begin
    def oauth_facebook_begin(request):
        pass

    @facebook_callback
    def oauth_facebook_complete(request, access_token, error):
        if error is None:
            facebook = Facebook(token)
            fbuser = facebook.me()
            user, _ = User.objects.get_or_create(facebook_id=fbuser.id, defaults={
                'access_token': access_token})
            user = authenticate(id=user.id)
            login(request, user)
            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('home'))
        else:
            # handle authentication exception
            pass

Of course, you'll need to have a URL with the name ``home`` defined in your
URLs file. Now, add these values to your settings. ::

    # The User model that you'll be using to authenticate with Facebook.
    PRIMARY_USER_MODEL = "app.User"

    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
        # ...
        'ecl_facebook.backends.FacebookAuthBackend',
    )

    FACEBOOK_KEY = "256064624431781"
    FACEBOOK_SECRET = "4925935cb93e3446eff851ddaf5fad07"
    FACEBOOK_REDIRECT_URL = "http://example.com/oauth/complete"
    FACEBOOK_SCOPE = "email"

There's also setting called ``FACEBOOK_CSRF_TOKEN_REQUIRED``, which is ``True``
by default. We don't suggest you change this one unless you have a really good
reason.

Then map the above views in your urls.py. ::

    # ...

    urlpatterns = patterns('app.views',
        # ...
        url(r'^oauth/facebook/begin$', 'oauth_facebook_begin'),
        url(r'^oauth/facebook/complete$', 'oauth_facebook_complete'),
    )

You're done. Oh, you might also want to add some fields for storing the
Facebook-related fields in your user model.

TODO
----

* Decorators for other popular Python frameworks.
* More comprehensive test suite.
* More users!

Contributing, feedback, and questions
-------------------------------------

* Bitbucket: http://bitbucket.com/elmcitylabs/ecl-facebook
* Github: https://github.com/elmcitylabs/ecl-facebook
* Email: opensource@elmcitylabs.com.
* Twitter: `@elmcitylabs <http://twitter.com/elmcitylabs>`_

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