Get Notifications
Problem
I need to retrieve all of the outstanding Notifications for the current user.
Solution
Use the Notifications.get()
method:
$notifications = $facebook->api_client->notifications_get();
Discussion
Notifications.get()
returns a multidimensional array in which the elements are different
Notification types (messages, pokes, shares, friend requests, group
invites, and event invites), with each one containing different
information depending on its type. Messages, pokes, and shares all
contain an unread
count and the
most_recent
ID of the relevant
content type, friend requests contains the uid
s of the users who have made the
outstanding requests, and group and event invites contain the gid
s and eid
s of the relevant groups and
events.
Facebook encourages developers who are building apps that notify users of new messages, pokes, and shares to use the following logic:
if (unread > 0 && most_recent > old_most_recent) { display_notification(); } old_most_recent = most_recent;
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