Auth.createToken

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Description

Creates an auth_token to be passed in as a parameter to login.php and then to auth.getSession after the user has logged in. The user must log in soon after you create this token.

Important: This method is intended for desktop applications only, not for applications that run in a Web browser.

Parameters

RequiredNameTypeDescription
required api_key string The application key associated with the calling application.
sig string An MD5 hash of the current request and your secret key, as described in the How Facebook Authenticates Your Application.
v string This must be set to 1.0 to use this version of the API.
optional format string The desired response format, which can be either XML or JSON. (Default value is XML.)
callback string Name of a function to call. This is primarily to enable cross-domain JavaScript requests using the <script> tag, also known as JSONP, and works with both the XML and JSON formats. The function will be called with the response passed as the parameter.

Example Return XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <auth_createToken_response xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd"> 3e4a22bb2f5ed75114b0fc9995ea85f1 </auth_createToken_response>

Example Return JSON

"3e4a22bb2f5ed75114b0fc9995ea85f1"

Error Codes

CodeDescription
1 An unknown error occurred. Please resubmit the request.
2 The service is not available at this time.
4 The application has reached the maximum number of requests allowed. More requests are allowed once the time window has completed.
5 The request came from a remote address not allowed by this application.
101 The API key submitted is not associated with any known application.
104 Incorrect signature.

Notes

  • This function does not require a session_key or call_id. However, specifying a call_id does not cause any problems. The values returned from this call can be stored, but expire on their first use in auth.getSession.

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