July 10, 2013
The following changes can be enabled/disabled using the "July 2013 Breaking Changes" migration until July 10th when they will go into effect permanently for everyone.
New APIs for comment replies
As announced here, this migration enables the updated comment APIs.
Social plugins will require an absolute URL in the href parameter
Social plugins, such as the Like Box and Like Button, will require an absolute URL in the 'href' parameter.
Stream table will throw exception with invalid filter_key
Query [stream_filter] table for a set of valid stream filters. The [stream] table will throw an exception if called with an invalid 'filter_key' option.
Removing publish_checkins permissions
Publishing a Checkin object is deprecated in favor of creating an Open Graph story with a location attached. You can also create a Post with a location attached using the publish_steam extended permission.
FQL Checkin table page_id change
We are renaming page_id to target_id for the [Checkin] table.
Removing version field for Groups
We introduced version field to indicate whether the group was created prior to launch of the current groups product in October 2010. We are removing this field as all Groups on Facebook are now the same version. This impacts both Group Graph API and [Group FQL Table].
Photos will no longer return larger sizes than the uploaded version
images field in [photos] and [photo_src] table will no longer return image sizes larger than the original uploaded version of the photo.
Deprecating comments field from stream FQL table
We are deprecating the comments field from stream FQL table. Please select the comment_info column to fetch the can_comment and comment_count fields (formerly called can_post and count), and use the comment table directly to retrieve the list of comments.
Removing xid, reply_xid, username and comments from comment FQL table
We are removing the fields on the FQL comment table that were used exclusively for legacy Comments Plugins -- xid, reply_xid, username and comments. We now treat comments the same across plugins and within Facebook. Please query for comment replies left on the plugin the same way as you would for other comments.
Removing count from comments Graph API connection
We are removing the undocumented count field on the comments connection in the Graph API. Please request {id}/comments?summary=true explicitly if you would like the summary field which contains the count (now called total_count)
The following changes will go into effect on July 10, 2013.
Mobile App Install Ads change
We are updating the Creative Spec parameter app_platform_type to mobile_store. The possible values for mobile_store are now "itunes", "itunes_ipad", and "google_play".
Conversion spec and tracking pixel ID changes
We are deprecating the use of 'tracking_pixel_id' when specifying the desire to track a conversion pixel in an ad. You should instead specify the pixel in the newly launched tracking_specs field.
We are also deprecating the use of conversion specs in bid types that are not optimized for actions (e.g. CPM, CPC, and oCPM when no bid value is placed on actions). You should instead use tracking_specs to track conversions for these bid types.
Custom Audiences change
We have changed the targeting spec parameter excluded_user_adclusters to be excluded_custom_audiences. Additionally, the endpoint to create and retrieve your custom audiences is now: https://graph.facebook.com/(act_adaccountid)/customaudiences.
Accessing link stats change
App access tokens will be required for accessing the [link_stat] FQL table. App access tokens will also be required for retrieving data from Graph API endpoint for link stats, ie: http://graph.facebook.com/?id=http://example.com.
Graph API search changes
User access tokens will be required for all search Graph API calls except Posts, Places and Pages. App access tokens may also be used for Post search Graph API calls. Places and Pages search Graph API calls will still require an App access token. Search for Applications will no longer be supported.
Open Graph apps using custom actions for fitness, books, movies, and TV
As announced in March, any apps that previously used custom actions to represent this type of sharing will need to move common actions by July 10, 2013.
Removing page_friends_of_fans metric
We are removing the metric: page_friends_of_fans from the Insights Dashboard and the Insights API.