How to debug Facebook Credits API callback?

Question

I'm working on Facebook Credits API integration and still haven't found a solution of how to debug the Facebook Credits callback on localhost...

I will appreciate any idea of to do it.

Thanks a lot!

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:19

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You can use a tool called localtunnel, it's an easy way to share localhost web servers to the rest of the world.

Install it using RubyGems by running:
```
$ sudo gem install localtunnel
```
Run your local web server on any port! Let's say you're running Apache on port 8080.
Run localtunnel passing it the port to share
```
$ localtunnel 8080
```
Note: the first time you run localtunnel you have to point to a public SSH key. Check the README if you need help.

Here's an example:
```
$ localtunnel -k ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 8080
```
You should see something like this:
```
Port 8080 is now publicly accessible from
http://8bv2.localtunnel.com ...
```

Note: every time you stop your local web server you should run localtunnel again and update your Facebook app configuration.

answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:19

Giovanni Cappellotto

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Thanks, really helpful. I wonder, is there a way of requesting the "localtunned" generated url? – Hertzel Guinness Dec 24 '11 at 07:07
Yes, here it is: http://www.twilio.com/engineering/2011/06/06/making-a-local-web-server-public-with-localtunnel – Giovanni Cappellotto Dec 24 '11 at 17:02
You can learn a lot from `LocalTunnel::Tunel` (https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel/blob/master/lib/localtunnel/tunnel.rb). – Giovanni Cappellotto Dec 24 '11 at 17:04
Can you please provide an example? – Hertzel Guinness Dec 25 '11 at 10:36
I think you can `curl http://open.localtunnel.com/` than open the tunnel by yourself following http://www.revsys.com/writings/quicktips/ssh-tunnel.html using parameters parsed from the response – Giovanni Cappellotto Dec 28 '11 at 00:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '11 at 07:51

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You cannot use your localhost since facebook's public servers must use HTTP(S) to transfer and receive data from you callback file. You must host this file on a public facing server.

answered Sep 08 '11 at 07:51

DSchultz

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