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This Enterprise Service Bus system allows a Software Developer to post to the Facebook wall of a user that logged in to WorkXpress via Facebook.
A User of a WorkXpress Application that utilizes the Facebook Enterprise Service Bus functionality will need to authorize this application to allow posting to their wall. This is accomplished via the Facebook OAuth field.
Sending posts from WorkXpress to Facebook is a two step process. First the values for Message, Link, Link Caption, Link Description, and Link Name must be stored somewhere in WorkXpress for the ESB Profile to reference. This can be accomplished with a table, or by storing these values on any accessible record in WorkXpress. Next, Enterprise Service Bus Actions need to be added to send the Post Data to Facebook. While setting up that Action, the Software Developer will setup a Facebook Post ESB Profile to let WorkXpress know how to read post records to send to Facebook.
In addition to the Wall Post ESB it is possible to utilize the Facebook Social Plugins for Like Buttons, Share Buttons, Send Buttons, Embedded Posts, Follow Buttons, Comments, Activity Feed, Recommendataions Feed, Like Box, and Facepile. To utilize these functions the developer simply needs to do 3 things.
The following pieces of data are sent to Facebook:
The data handler selection for an Outgoing ESB Profile will determine what helpers and configuration is needed and or available.