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Installing Connectors (Facebook/Twitter/StatusNet)
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* [Home](help)
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Friendica uses plugins to provide connectivity to some networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.
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There is also a plugin to post through to an existing account on a StatusNet service.
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You only need this to post to an already existing StatusNet account, but not to communicate with StatusNet members in general.
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All three plugins require an account on the target network.
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In addition you (or typically the server administrator) will need to obtain an API key to provide authenticated access to your Friendica server.
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Site Configuration
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Plugins must be installed by the site administrator before they can be used.
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This is accomplished through the site administration panel.
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Each of the connectors also requires an "API key" from the service you wish to connect with.
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Some plugins allow you to enter this information in the site administration pages, while others may require you to edit your configuration file (.htconfig.php).
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The ways to obtain these keys vary between the services, but they all require an existing account on the target service.
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Once installed, these API keys can usually be shared by all site members.
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The details of configuring each service follow (much of this information comes directly from the plugin source files):
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Twitter Plugin for Friendica
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* Author: Tobias Diekershoff
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* tobias.diekershoff@gmx.net
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* License: 3-clause BSD license
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###Configuration
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To use this plugin you need a OAuth Consumer key pair (key & secret).
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You can get it from [Twitter](https://twitter.com/apps).
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Register your Friendica site as "Client" application with "Read & Write" access.
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We do not need "Twitter as login".
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When you've registered the app you get a key pair with an OAuth Consumer key and a secret key for your application/site.
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Add this key pair to your global .htconfig.php:
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$a->config['twitter']['consumerkey'] = 'your consumer_key here';
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$a->config['twitter']['consumersecret'] = 'your consumer_secret here';
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After this, your users can configure their Twitter account settings from "Settings -> Connector Settings".
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###More documentation
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Find the author's documentation here: [http://diekershoff.homeunix.net/redmine/wiki/friendikaplugin/Twitter_Plugin](http://diekershoff.homeunix.net/redmine/wiki/friendikaplugin/Twitter_Plugin)
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StatusNet Plugin for Friendica
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---
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* Author: Tobias Diekershoff
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* tobias.diekershoff@gmx.net
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* License: 3-clause BSD license
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###Configuration
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When the addon is activated the user has to aquire the following in order to connect to the StatusNet account of choice.
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* The base URL for the StatusNet API, for identi.ca this is https://identi.ca/api/
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* OAuth Consumer key & secret
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To get the OAuth Consumer key pair the user has to
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1 ask her Friendica admin if a pair already exists or
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2 has to register the Friendica server as a client application on the StatusNet server.
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This can be done from the account settings under "Settings -> Connections -> Register an OAuth client application -> Register a new application" on the StatusNet server.
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During the registration of the OAuth client remember the following:
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* Application names must be unique on the StatusNet site, so we recommend a Name of 'friendica-nnnn', replace 'nnnn' with a random number or your website name.
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* there is no callback url
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* register a desktop client
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* with read & write access
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* the Source URL should be the URL of your Friendica server
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After the required credentials for the application are stored in the configuration you have to actually connect your Friendica account with StatusNet.
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This is done from the Settings -> Connector Settings page.
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Follow the Sign in with StatusNet button, allow access and then copy the security code into the box provided.
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Friendica will then try to acquire the final OAuth credentials from the API.
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If successful, the addon settings will allow you to select to post your public messages to your StatusNet account (have a look behind the little lock symbol beneath the status "editor" on your Home or Network pages).
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###More documentation
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Find the author's documentation here: [http://diekershoff.homeunix.net/redmine/wiki/friendikaplugin/StatusNet_Plugin](http://diekershoff.homeunix.net/redmine/wiki/friendikaplugin/StatusNet_Plugin)
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The Friendica/Facebook connector
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###Configuration
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First, register an API key for your site on [Facebook](developer.facebook.com).
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This requires a Facebook account, and may require additional authentication in the form of credit card or mobile phone verification.
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We'd be very happy if you include "Friendica" in the application name to increase name recognition.
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The Friendica icons are also present in the images directory and may be uploaded as a Facebook app icon.
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Use images/friendica-16.jpg for the Icon and images/friendica-128.jpg for the logo.
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The url should be your site URL with a trailing slash.
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You **may** be required to provide a privacy and/or terms of service URL.
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Navigate to Set Web->Site URL & Domain -> Website Settings.
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Set Site URL to yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com.
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Set Site Domain to your yourdomain.com.
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Install the Facebook plugin on your Friendica site at 'admin/plugins'.
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You should then see a link for Facebook under 'Plugin Features' on the sidebar of the admin panel.
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Select it.
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Enter the App-ID and App Secret that Facebook gave you.
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Change any other settings as desired.
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On Friendica, each member who wishes to use the Facebook connector should visit the Facebook Settings section of their "Settings->Connector Settings" page, and click 'Install Facebook Connector'.
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Choose the appropriate settings for your usage and privacy requirements.
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This will ask you to log into Facebook and grant permission to the plugin to do its stuff.
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Allow it to do so.
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You're done.
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To turn it off visit the Connector Settings page again and 'Remove Facebook posting'.
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Videos and embeds will not be posted if there is no other content.
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Links and images will be converted to a format suitable for the Facebook API and long posts truncated - with a link to view the full post.
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Facebook contacts will also not be able to view "private" photos, as they are not able to authenticate to your site.
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We will address this in a future release.
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