The only question that has a bunch of answers. WElcome to the guide i wish i had when i was scrambling for this to make it work at 10:30 at night on the deadline day... FB does some weird things with canvas apps, and well, you've been warned. If youa re still here and you have a Rails app that will appear behind a Facebook Canvas, then you will need:
Gemfile:
gem "rack-facebook-signed-request", :git => 'git://github.com/cmer/rack-facebook-signed-request.git'
config/facebook.yml
facebook:
key: "123123123123"
secret: "123123123123123123secret12312"
config/application.rb
config.middleware.use Rack::Facebook::SignedRequest, app_id: "123123123123", secret: "123123123123123123secret12312", inject_facebook: false
config/initializers/omniauth.rb
OmniAuth.config.logger = Rails.logger
SERVICES = YAML.load(File.open("#{::Rails.root}/config/oauth.yml").read)
Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
provider :facebook, SERVICES['facebook']['key'], SERVICES['facebook']['secret'], iframe: true
end
application_controller.rb
before_filter :add_xframe
def add_xframe
headers['X-Frame-Options'] = 'GOFORIT'
end
You need a controller to call from Facebook's canvas settings, i used /canvas/ and made the route go the main SiteController for this app:
class SiteController < ApplicationController
def index
@user = User.new
end
def canvas
redirect_to '/auth/failure' if request.params['error'] == 'access_denied'
url = params['code'] ? "/auth/facebook?signed_request=#{params['signed_request']}&state=canvas" : "/login"
redirect_to url
end
def login
end
end
login.html.erb
<% content_for :javascript do %>
var oauth_url = 'https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth/';
oauth_url += '?client_id=471466299609256';
oauth_url += '&redirect_uri=' + encodeURIComponent('https://apps.facebook.com/wellbeingtracker/');
oauth_url += '&scope=email,status_update,publish_stream';
console.log(oauth_url);
top.location.href = oauth_url;
<% end %>
Sources
- The config i think came from omniauth's example.
- The gem file (which is key!!!) came from: slideshare things i learned...
- This stack question had the whole Xframe angle, so you'll get a blank space, if
you don't put this header in the app controller.
- And my man @rafmagana wrote this heroku guide, which now you can adopt for rails with this answer and the shoulders of giants in which you walk with.
