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FacebookService (class exported as FacebookService)

You only need to inject this service in your application if you aren't using FacebookModule.

Usage

import { FacebookService, InitParams } from 'ngx-facebook-sdk';

constructor(private fb: FacebookService) {

  const params: InitParams = {

  };

  fb.init(params);

}

Instance Methods init

This method is used to initialize and setup the SDK.

Param	Type	Details	Default
params	InitParams	Initialization parameters

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api

This method lets you make calls to the Graph API

Param	Type	Details	Default
path	string	The Graph API endpoint path that you want to call.
method (optional)	string	The HTTP method that you want to use for the API request.	get
params (optional)	Object	An object consisting of any parameters that you want to pass into your Graph API call.

Example usage of api:

this.fb.api('somepath')
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(e => console.log(e));

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ui

This method is used to trigger different forms of Facebook created UI dialogs. These dialogs include:

• Share dialog
• Login dialog
• Add page tab dialog
• Requests dialog
• Send dialog
• Payments dialog
• Go Live dialog

Param	Type	Details	Default
params	UIParams	A collection of parameters that control which dialog is loaded, and relevant settings.

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getLoginStatus

This method allows you to determine if a user is logged in to Facebook and has authenticated your app.

Param	Type	Details	Default
forceFreshResponse (optional)	boolean	Force a fresh response.	false

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login

Login the user

Param	Type	Details	Default
options (optional)	LoginOptions	Login options

Example usage of login:

// login without options
this.fb.login()
  .then((response: LoginResponse) => console.log('Logged in', response))
  .catch(e => console.error('Error logging in'));

// login with options
const options: LoginOptions = {
  scope: 'public_profile,user_friends,email,pages_show_list',
  return_scopes: true,
  enable_profile_selector: true
};
this.fb.login(options)
  .then(...)
  .catch(...);

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logout

Logout the user

Example usage of logout:

this.fb.logout().then(() => console.log('Logged out!'));

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getAuthResponse

This synchronous function returns back the current authResponse.

Example usage of getAuthResponse:

import { AuthResponse, FacebookService } from 'ngx-facebook-sdk';

...

const authResponse: AuthResponse = this.fb.getAuthResponse();

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