Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: SocialRequest.New

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SocialRequest.New

Creates a new social request.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Social	5.3	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Deprecated

This function was deprecated.

MBS( "SocialRequest.New" { ; ServiceType; URL; RequestMethod } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

ServiceType The service type to use. Can be Twitter, Facebook, SinaWeibo, TencentWeibo or LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is macOS only and not available on iOS. "Twitter" Optional

URL The URL to use for this request. Depends on the webservice. "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json" Optional

RequestMethod What request method to use. Can be DELETE, PUT, POST or GET. "POST" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
ServiceType	The service type to use. Can be Twitter, Facebook, SinaWeibo, TencentWeibo or LinkedIn. LinkedIn is macOS only and not available on iOS.	"Twitter"	Optional
URL	The URL to use for this request. Depends on the webservice.	"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json"	Optional
RequestMethod	What request method to use. Can be DELETE, PUT, POST or GET.	"POST"	Optional

Result

Returns reference number or error.

Description

Creates a new social request.
This function is for easily query social web services like Twitter or Facebook by using the user account defined in system preferences. So you don't need to implement calling web service yourself and you don't need to ask user for credentials.
Please use SocialRequest.Release later to free request.

Added iOS support for plugin version 7.3.

Examples

Post on Twitter:

Set Variable [$accounts; Value:MBS( "Social.Accounts"; "Twitter")]
Set Variable [$accountIdentifier; Value:GetValue($accounts; 1)]
If [$accountIdentifier = ""]
Show Custom Dialog ["No Twitter account allowed?"]
Else
Set Variable [$request; Value:MBS( "SocialRequest.New"; "Twitter"; "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json"; "POST" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "SocialRequest.AddParameter"; $request; "status"; Tweets::Message )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "SocialRequest.SetAccount"; $request; $accountIdentifier)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "SocialRequest.Perform"; $request; Get(FileName); "TweetCompleted" )]
End If

Example Databases

Mac only/Tweet on Twitter

Created 28th August 2015, last changed 12nd June 2020

SocialRequest.GetURL - SocialRequest.Perform

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