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Bit frustrating that you can't put "http://bugs.developers.facebook.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841" in as a link without escaping the =, which breaks the link. 08:06, 30 November 2007 (PST)

Is it possible to embed links somehow into the Users.setStatus API call? I hate looking at ugly urls.

Is there a way to format links in status? I'd like to be able to do <a href='foo'>bar</a> in a link. Is there any way to do this?

URLs should get converted to links automatically, so just pass the fully formed URL in the status string. If that doesn't work, please file a bug. Thanks -- Pete (563683308 12:37, 13 February 2009 (PST))

[edit] Adding link to status

I've seen applications that ask a question (Do you think that Joe Doe is smart Yes or No) and the 'Yes or No' is a link back to the application. How can this be done. I don't want to display the entire url to my application