ThatGuySam / facebook-live-embed-php

Gets current or latest live stream from a Facebook page

Facebook Live Embed

Introduction

Gets current or latest live stream from a Facebook page

Here's a demo!

Based on youtube-live-embed

Code Samples

Get Embed code

This generates the embed code for you with respect to width and height of the livestream(ie: Portrait live streams from phones)

<div class="embed-container">
    <?= $FacebookLive->embedCode() ?>
</div>

Get Embed URL

This just get the embed url so you can use it more custom ways

<iframe src="<?= $FacebookLive->getEmbedAddress() ?>" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Installation

1. Install

$ git clone https://github.com/ThatGuySam/facebook-live-embed
$ cd facebook-live-embed
$ composer install

2. Configure

• Go to https://developers.facebook.com/
• Create a new app and get the App ID and the App Secret
• Get the link for the page you want to pull live streams from
• In the install folder rename config-sample.php to just config.php
• Edit config.php and add your App ID, App Secret, and Facebook Page Link respectively

3. Include PHP Class

require_once __DIR__ . '/GetFacebookLiveStream.php';

4. Configure Live instance

$FacebookLive = new GetFacebookLiveStream([
  'facebook_page' => $fb_page,     // Facebook Page URL or ID
  'app_id' => FB_APP_ID,           // Facebook App ID
  'app_secret' => FB_APP_SECRET,   // Facebook App Secret
  'cache_stream_for' => 60,        // How long to cache request for in seconds
]);

5. Place in template

This generates the embed code for you with respect to width and height of the livestream(ie: Portrait live streams from phones)

<div class="embed-container">
    <?= $FacebookLive->embedCode() ?>
</div>

5.1 Alternative custom use in template (Bootstrap)

<div class="fb-live-embed embed-container">

  <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 is-<?= $FacebookLive->embed_orientation ?>" style="padding-top: <?= $FacebookLive->embed_ratio_percent; ?>"  >
    <iframe
      src="<?= $FacebookLive->getEmbedAddress() ?>"
      scrolling="no"
      frameborder="0"
      webkitallowfullscreen="1" mozallowfullscreen="1" allowfullscreen="1"
      ></iframe>
  </div>

</div>

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