Facebook API Key : Where To Get It ?
|Facebook friend connect was announced back in 9th may 2008 and this option already made big impact on the way people connect and login to facebook from other network and websites.Facebook friend connect now become a universal sign in option for most of the social networks and reputed websites.
Facebook API allows users to dynamically connect their identity information from Facebook, such as basic profile, friends, photos information and more, to third party websites, as well as desktop and mobile applications.
In order to implement facebook connect on your website or blog you need facebook API key.You can get this when you create your own facebook application or can use Facebook API key on any other application for your blog or websites that incorporating Facebook connect.
For example, some of the wordpress plugins that support facebook connect option require the facebook API key to be inserted to work perfectly.If you don’t have a Facebook API key then it’s your turn to get one quickly.
If you are a web developer or publisher,then you must be looking for Facebook API key.You can get this quickly by accessing your facebook developer account and do follow below steps.
Step 1 : Login to Facebook developer account.You can use your Facebook Login information for the same.
Step 2 : Click on create new application if you don’t created any application before.
Step 3 : Give a name for your application and click continue.
Step 4 : Now you need to pass the facebook security check in.Enter the captcha code and click ok.
You will be now redirected to a new page where you will get your facebook API key or known as Application ID.Along with API key your will get your application secret code.
Note : Don’t share your application details to any one else on the web.