Facebook: Is it possible to DELETE a Checkin via Graph API?

Question

When I post a checkin to Facebook the API returns the id of the story created.

How can I delete this story?

I tried to delete using

DELETE -> /me/ID

or

DELETE -> /ID

without success. I received the response GraphMethodException: Unsupported delete request.

I do not believe that this is possible via the API. From the documentation, it says - `"NOTE: Publishing a Checkin object is deprecated in favor of creating a Post with a location attached."`. I know for sure that you can delete posts created by your application, perhaps that is a better way to proceed.. — Lix, Dec 11 '12 at 13:31
In addition, you really should mention what you mean by `"without success"`. Did you see an error message of some sort? What exactly went wrong? — Lix, Dec 11 '12 at 13:32
Never saw this Deprecation Warning from the docs... Do you know when they started changing this behavior? — Rafael Oliveira, Dec 11 '12 at 13:35
I don't think you were ever allowed to delete a checkin. I don't think this is something new. You can however follow changes in the [developers road map](https://developers.facebook.com/roadmap/). — Lix, Dec 11 '12 at 13:41

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '12 at 20:46

You're right, it doesn't work for me either:

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Unsupported delete request.", 
    "type": "GraphMethodException", 
    "code": 100
  }
}

But, as Lix quoted:

NOTE: Publishing a Checkin object is deprecated in favor of creating a Post with a location attached.

It means that Checkin should not be used anymore. Instead, you have to create a Post.

You can create a post on behalf of the user by issuing an HTTP POST request to PROFILE_ID/feed (not PROFILE_ID/posts)

Creating a post with a location:

Let's check in at New York!

Result:

{
  "id": "1022369832_4517701013579"
}

Deleting the post with a location:

DELETE -> http://graph.facebook.com/1022369832_4517701013579

Result: true

I think that you haven't any other choice.

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