facebook apprequests dialog error “An error occurred. Please try again later.”

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I was searching all possible topics but now solution works for me.

There is my code, which works in all browsers except Chrome. There is just window with An error occurred. Please try again later..

It is identical code from FB documentation.

<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"></script>

<script>
  FB.init({
    appId  : {$appId},
    frictionlessRequests: true
  });

  function sendRequestViaMultiFriendSelector() {
    FB.ui({ method: 'apprequests',
      message: '{_"FACEBOOK_INVITE_WINDOW_MESSAGE"}'
    }, requestCallback);
  }

  function requestCallback(response) {
    //callback code
  }
</script>

<a onclick="sendRequestViaMultiFriendSelector(); return false;">

Try setting the `show_error` parameter to true in your dialog call, maybe that’ll give you some relevant info about the actual error. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/ — CBroe, Jul 31 '12 at 08:57
The error is API Error Code: 191 API Error Description: The specified URL is not owned by the application Error Message: redirect_uri is not owned by the application. It is used at 2 pages and works if FF, Opera, Safari. In Chrome works only at 1 page. Only sometimes it works at both pages in Chrome. So it cannot be thanks to redirect URL. — tttpapi, Aug 06 '12 at 07:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '12 at 18:31

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This might be because your application is still in sandbox mode.

answered Sep 18 '12 at 18:31

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I think this would be better suited as a comment. – Austin Henley Sep 24 '12 at 04:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '12 at 15:33

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You have to specify the display option for the dialog ('popup, 'iframe'...)

For example:

FB.init({
  appId  : {$appId},
  frictionlessRequests: true,
  display: 'popup'
});

answered Dec 19 '12 at 15:33

Sergi

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '12 at 17:42

You have not stated if your application is on Facebook or not. The reason this is important is because of the canvas_url parameter of your application settings. If you are on apps.facebook.com/app_namespace, then you'll already have this field filled out. However some projects simply do not operate on Facebook itself. In such cases people don't really "need" to fill in this parameter. It is however necessary for app requests to work.

When a user acts on an application request (IE accepts it), they are redirected to the canvas url of that application. Not specifying the canvas url can nullify the request. This might also be the reason for the error.

Try setting your canvas url. You can even have it redirect to your proper URL, it doesn't have to "do" anything else.

facebook apprequests dialog error “An error occurred. Please try again later.”

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