Facebook/Heroku sample app -- Python
This is a sample app showing use of the Facebook Graph API, written in Python, designed for deployment to Heroku.
Run locally
Set up a Virtualenv and install dependencies:
virtualenv --no-site-packages env/ source env/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt
Create an app on Facebook and set the Website URL to
http://localhost:5000/
.
Copy the App ID and Secret from the Facebook app settings page into
your .env
:
echo FACEBOOK_APP_ID=12345 >> .env echo FACEBOOK_SECRET=abcde >> .env
Launch the app with Foreman:
foreman start
Deploy to Heroku via Facebook integration
The easiest way to deploy is to create an app on Facebook and click
Cloud Services -> Get Started, then choose Python from the dropdown.
You can then git clone
the resulting app from Heroku.
Deploy to Heroku directly
If you prefer to deploy yourself, push this code to a new Heroku app on the Cedar stack, then copy the App ID and Secret into your config vars:
heroku create --stack cedar git push heroku master heroku config:add FACEBOOK_APP_ID=12345 FACEBOOK_SECRET=abcde
Enter the URL for your Heroku app into the Website URL section of the Facebook app settings page, hen you can visit your app on the web.