Facebook-page-tab NPM

ExpressJS middleware to create facebook tab page applications.

Auth via top location.

Installation

npm install facebook-page-tab

Data stored on session

user
application
page

package.json

Create a package.json file

{
  "name": "my-tab-app",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.2.0",
    "body-parser": "^1.2.0",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.1.0",
    "express-session": "^1.1.0",
    "facebook-page-tab": "0.0.7"
  }
}

Dependencies

Install dependencies

npm install

config.js

Create config.js file

var Config = function(){

    var self = this;

    /**
     * Http Port
     * @type {number}
     */
    self.port = 1772;

    /**
     * Facebook Application Settings
     */
    self.facebook = {
        id: '', // facebook application ID
        secret: '', // facebook application secret
        callback: 'https://domain.com/app/', // facebook callback url
        scope: ['email'] // http://bit.ly/1vqKT2o
    };

    /**
     * Session Settings
     */
    self.session = {
        secret: '123456', // custom hash
        key: 'fb_' + self.facebook.id, // session key name
        cookie: {
            secure: true,
            maxAge  : new Date(Date.now() + 3600000*24) // 24 hours
        },
        proxy: true
    };

}

module.exports = new Config();

app.js

Create app.js file

var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var session = require('express-session');
var facebookPageTap = require('facebook-page-tab');
var config = require('./config');

var app = express();

// Express configuration

app.use( bodyParser() );
app.use( cookieParser( config.session.secret ) );
app.use( session( config.session ) );

app.use( facebookPageTap( app, config.facebook ) );

app.post( '/', function( req, res ){
    res.send( JSON.stringify( req.session, null, 2 ) );
} );

app.listen(config.port);