Facebook Connect to Actionscript 3 : RIA Journal

Ok, now you may be asking yourself, why would I use this instead of the new Facebook Actionscript API that I talked about previously? That API is all good if you are working on a stand alone RIA, but I think it is really hampered by the process that you have to go through to authenticate your app with popup windows, etc. Even though it is an authorized API, that process feels like more of a hack than this is.

This makes use of Connect and AS3 to authenticate and do other things as well. It uses JS as a “bridge” for the AS and Connect to talk. I like this:

“But as we have to deal with automatic login and javascript popups, this way was easier to integrate in a Flash website and, moreover, the Javascript library is built with a HTML website in mind. So, it allows you to use the same library in your average website and listen to any event that passes along (login, disconnects, friends, a status that has been set, …)”

Give it a try though, I think that it works well. It works especially well in combination with the Facebook AS3 API, when using the Connect JS Bridge here as a way to authenticate the app.