If you're using the Umbraco package from 6.1.x, it think there are some breaking changes that will keep you from using the latest version of Skybrud.Social.
However Skybrud.Social itself doesn't have any dependencies, so if you use that directly, it shouldn't be a problem using 0.9.4.1.
0.9.4 also supports using a client ID as an alternative to an access token for Instagram, so you don't need to set up an authentication page.
You can do something similar with the other services as well.
With Facebook, if you're just accessing public information, you can use what is called an app access token, whereas what you get from the authentication page is a user access token. To find your app access token, you can go to this page:
A benefit of using an app access token is that it wont expire after two months like user access tokens.
You can then create a new instance of FacebookService like:
FacebookService service = FacebookService.CreateFromAccessToken(appAccessToken);
With Twitter (also if you just need public stuff), you can just specify the consumer key and consumer secret:
TwitterOAuthClient client = new TwitterOAuthClient {
ConsumerKey = "123",
ConsumerSecret = "456"
};
TwitterService service = TwitterService.CreateFromOAuthClient(client);
Google also allows you to specify a server key instead, which is now also supported in Skybrud.Social with the latest version.
For us, this is the preferred approach since we don't need to obtain a user context (via authentication), but can just make calls on behalf of the app instead.
Actually we haven't used the Umbraco package for any of our projects yet, since we're usually setting this up for our clients anyways.
Valid version mix
Hi Anders,
I am working on umbraco 6.1.6 site, i need to do the following:
Get hash tag counts for a given tag for
twitter instagram facebook
I was going to nuget Skybrud.Social 0.9.4.1 and install skybrud social for umbraco package for umbraco v6 will this mix work?
Or do i need to use older version of skybrud.social if so then does that older version support getting hashtag counts?
Regards
Ismail
It depends.
If you're using the Umbraco package from 6.1.x, it think there are some breaking changes that will keep you from using the latest version of Skybrud.Social.
However Skybrud.Social itself doesn't have any dependencies, so if you use that directly, it shouldn't be a problem using 0.9.4.1.
0.9.4 also supports using a client ID as an alternative to an access token for Instagram, so you don't need to set up an authentication page.
The clientid is only for Instagram? The others I will need authentication page?
You can do something similar with the other services as well.
With Facebook, if you're just accessing public information, you can use what is called an app access token, whereas what you get from the authentication page is a user access token. To find your app access token, you can go to this page:
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/accesstoken/
A benefit of using an app access token is that it wont expire after two months like user access tokens.
You can then create a new instance of
FacebookServicelike:With Twitter (also if you just need public stuff), you can just specify the consumer key and consumer secret:
Google also allows you to specify a server key instead, which is now also supported in Skybrud.Social with the latest version.
For us, this is the preferred approach since we don't need to obtain a user context (via authentication), but can just make calls on behalf of the app instead.
Actually we haven't used the Umbraco package for any of our projects yet, since we're usually setting this up for our clients anyways.
Anders,
Excellent, I will go down route of just using api directly with consumer key and secret as I am only interested in public info.
Regards
Ismail
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